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There have been many questions lately as to the way our membership meetings are held. I thought this a good subject for a posting on our site. This information was taken from our Local By-Laws (Article VI, page 3) and the latest edition of the Union Voice. I wanted to give a thanks to our Recording Secretary, Arleen Kelley, for her article in our Sept./Oct. 2006 issue of the Union Voice. Not only will this help us to be better informed of the way our meetings are held, but those who are new to the meeting procedure can follow along and know what to expect!  Arleen has added a few tips in her article which I feel should be added to this post.

Simple Meeting Agenda:

1. Meeting called to order
2. 2. Roll call/ Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence
3. Reading of the previous minutes
4. Financial report
5. New members sworn in
6. Board recommendations and communications
7. Officer and committee reports
8. Old business
9. New business

Arleen states in her article “At times we may deviate form our regular order of business to hear a speaker or special guest, then business would resume as usual. Under Board recommendations and communications, whatever decisions or money is spent out of this hall would fall under this section. The actual dollar amount comes under financial report. New business is where you would address questions or issues that are on your mind.” Thanks Arleen for clarifying the meeting procedure! We do appreciate it!

Our By-Laws state that a quorum shall consist of seventy (70) members or five percent (5%) of the membership, whichever is less, based on the previous month’s per capita payment to the International Union. In Section 5a it states that the lack of a quorum shall not be considered sufficient cause to dispense with the attendance requirements of all elected and appointed Union officials, Section 5b states that when there is not a quorum, there shall be an informal meeting consisting of officer reports, committee reports, communications, and a discussion period. In Section 6 our By-Laws states that any member who attends a meeting in an intoxicated condition and/or creates a disturbance or becomes unruly, shall lose voice and his right to vote at said meeting. All questions of a parliamentary nature shall be decided by Roberts Rules of Order-Revised.