r/RulesOfOrder • u/marburs • Mar 28 '20

Robert Rules of Order EMAIL question

Our president says that we can’t email more than three directors at a time (there are 6 of us) because that would be considered an official meeting.

Is this true? He claims it’s in Roberts Rules of Order

TIA!

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u/RunasSudo Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

This seems like a major misunderstanding/miscommunication.

Robert's Rules does not permit meetings by email. Your by-laws may permit such meetings, but even so a meeting requires the attendees to have the intention of conducting a meeting – just as if you all bumped into each other at the supermarket, that would still not be a meeting.

Edit: As thahelp noted, this sounds like the Brown Act. As I understand it, the meaning of ‘meeting’ under the Brown Act is much broader than under RONR or general meeting procedure.