Along time ago someone posted the address to the Roberts Rules web site-- www.robertsrules.com
All the info you gave at the post will be good info and they are REALLY quick with a response. Also you are asking professional Parlimentarians so they really have to know their stuff! (They also are up to date on all the procedures!)
Our past Prez was really good at quoting things from the by-laws that weren't there!
So much fun!!
Anyway may the force be with you and keep us posted!
I posted this on the Bylaws section of the boards, but thought I would get a reply quicker here... Our PTO President has turned in her resignation. This leaves our PTO in a predicament. The two remaining officers feel we should hold complete re-elections. Our current bylaws state that "a vacancy occurring in any office shall be filled by vote of the organization within one month of the vacancy." The elections held in May were not held according to the bylaws. No nominating committee was set forth to prepare a new slate of officers for nominations. Someone actually came forth on their own stating that they would like to be President or Vice-President and was told by the President (that just resigned) that we are only going to have one President from now on. Is it proper procedure to announce that we will be holding re-elections before school starts or should we just elect a new President and Vice-President until re-elections next spring? We want to go about this the proper way, as nothing in the past year or two has been anywhere near proper. If we were to call a special meeting, do we announce that it is a re-organizational meeting or re-elections? We also would like to adopt a new set of bylaws, as the current ones are more than ten years old and very vague. Can a new set be presented to be voted on at the re-organizational meeting or should it be addressed after the re-elections are held and over with (if we hold re-elections)? Our bylaws state that "The officers shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer" but at election time, there was no "Vice President" elected. The current (now former) President said that "we are only going to have one from now on". At the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year, we had a Vice President and she moved and was never replaced. (Why? I don't know.) She also stated that we are only going to have 3 meetings a year from now on. How can you have a PTO with only 3 meetings a year?!
Also, the Roberts Rules of Order that we have is a 1989 copyright, should we get an updated version or are they all pretty much the same? We want to be current, so please advise on which book we should use. Thank you in advance for all your help!
