We're in the midst of an ugly disbanding process at our school. Both our parliamentarian and another member on our board (the local council PTA president) are making things very difficult. We're up to our 2nd (of 3) votes and I'd like to know if their is precedent (bylaws) regarding who "runs" that vote. Thanks!

All of these votes (don't even get me started on the craziness of needing three votes to get out -- what state?) are absolutely run by your group and your leadership.

How do you run your other votes? Typically, the president should preside. If regional or state PTA officers are in attendance, they are there as your guests and they have no supervisory or leadership role.

If you provide more specifics, maybe we can help more.

Tim

Why do you proceed with pushing the disbanding if your school has already voted twice not to move forward? I don't understand.

Originally posted by <Interested>:
Why do you proceed with pushing the disbanding if your school has already voted twice not to move forward? I don't understand. Don't think that's what's happening. Think it's been 2 votes already in favor of disbanding as part of an intentionally laborious state-mandated disbanding process.

Tim

Actually, I'm a parent from there and one of the votes had people there who weren't members to vote....

Generally, I (the president) do preside over the votes; however, since this has been so contentious, I didn't want to run into any further "parliamentary procedure" problems.

We're in California and, based on what I do know, we need to complete this vote and, if it is pro-disbanding, do one more no fewer than 30 days later.

Thanks for the responses (and the support!).

Originally posted by Rockne:
All of these votes (don't even get me started on the craziness of needing three votes to get out -- what state?) are absolutely run by your group and your leadership.

How do you run your other votes? Typically, the president should preside. If regional or state PTA officers are in attendance, they are there as your guests and they have no supervisory or leadership role.

If you provide more specifics, maybe we can help more.

Tim