[17545] in APO-L
Re: Pledging....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas W. Strong Jr.)
Thu Nov 13 12:07:46 1997
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:05:05 -0500
Reply-To: "Thomas W. Strong Jr." <strong@DEMENTIA.ORG>
From: "Thomas W. Strong Jr." <strong@DEMENTIA.ORG>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199711122342.SAA25288@alycia.dementia.org>
On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, James Carr wrote:
> My chapter is having a small problem w/ what happened at pledge boards
> last night. One pledge didn't get voted in and now, We're having a
> revote tonight at 10 o'clock... Many of us don't think that this pledge
> deserves a revote. Aside from chapter bylaws, how constitutional is it to
> revote a pledge? And if it is allowed how often does this happen? Thanks
> guys input would be appriated and if you can respond by quarter to ten!
That's something that's entirely up to the chapter's bylaws. The
national bylaws don't even say anything about pledges being voted on the
first time. If your chapter chooses to set it up so that a vote is not
required, or if you want to only allow one vote, or if you want to allow
any number of votes until one comes back successfully, that's entirely up
to the chapter.
Having seen the bylaws from numerous chapters, and based on the question
you asked, I would guess that you don't have any provision in you bylaws
for more than one vote to be taken. As someone else mentioned, if you
are operating under Roberts Rules of Order (Newly Revised :-), then if
someone who voted on the prevailing side (i.e. voted "no") wished to
change their mind, they can move to reconsider the decision at any time
your bylaws allow such a motion to be made. It gets a lot more
complicated from there, but the basic premise is that someone from the
prevailing side has to change their mind, and they have to do it at a
time that they can make a motion, usually while the meeting is still in
session.
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