Badges
Badges issued by registration committee shall be identified by ribbons as follows: State officers, Regional directors...................................................... gold Standing committee chairs, immediate past state president, district directors, Bylaws chair, Local organization presidents or presidentʼs representative............................................................... green Special committee / Task Force chairs and Appointees ……….............. orchid Past state presidents..................................................................... blue
Minutes Minutes of the interim board of directors meeting shall be approved by a committee composed of the state president-elect, vice-president, and treasurer, in addition to the state president, duplicated and distributed to each member of the board of directors, all active past state presidents, bylaws chair, handbook chair, and historian.
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Rule 2
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL WOMEN OF TENNESSEE, INC.( BPW / TN) RULES OF ORDER FOR MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Admission
Each delegate, member or visitor attending the Board of Directors meeting shall have paid the registration fee as set out in the Handbook of Policies and Procedures.
Voting
As provided by Article XV, Section 1, By-laws, the voting body of this meeting shall consist of the Executive Committee, district directors, standing committee chairs, immediate past state president, bylaws chair, and the presidents of the local organizations of the state or the duly authorized representative of any local organization president.
Rule 3 No member shall have more than one vote, and no voting by proxy shall be permitted( Article XV, Section 6, Bylaws).
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Rule 6
Rule 7
Only members of the voting body may make motions, second motions and vote. Any other member of BPW / TN in good standing and who has paid registration fee may attend the meeting and have privilege of discussion( debate) but may not vote.
Quorum
A quorum shall be the members who are present and registered when the roll is called, provided three( 3) are members of the executive committee.( Article XV, Section 7, Bylaws).
Motions
All persons who speak from the floor, upon receiving recognition, must state their name, office and / or local organization affiliation or member at large status for the Secretaryʼs record. All motions must be handed to the Secretary in writing.
Reports and Discussion
Discussion( debate) of all motions, reports, and other questions before the assembly shall be limited to two minutes for each speaker. A member shall not be allowed the privilege of the floor a second time until others who wish to speak have first had the opportunity to do so. General consent shall be required if additional time is to be granted a speaker.
Rule 8 The member making a motion shall have the privilege of opening and closing the discussion( debate) thereon.
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Rule 10
A timekeeper and clerk shall be appointed for each meeting. The timekeeper shall call to the attention of the presiding officer when a speakerʼs time has expired. The clerk will read the roll call.
Parliamentary Authority
The rules contained in the current edition of Robertʼs Rules of Order, Newly Revised shall govern all proceedings of the Board of Directors.
28 June 2010