presented by: donna murray-brown president and ceo ... · presented by: donna murray-brown...

Presented by: Donna Murray-Brown

President and CEO

Michigan Nonprofit Association

*English Parliament

*Protects the rights of individuals

*Protects the organization

*Diversity of thought leadership

*Gets things done!!!

*Mitigates chaos

*Government and civic organizations

*Corporations

*Nonprofit organizations

Group Meetings

Conducting Business

Fair/Transparent Process

*Everyone!!!!

*Officers have a unique role

-Chair

-Vice Chair

-Secretary

-Treasurer

-Committee Chairs

•Open meetings

•Announce the issues before the

Board members.

•Recognize a Board member.

•State and put to vote all legitimate

questions.

•Enforce the rules of debate.

•Keep the floor open for debate.

•Expedite matters.

•Decide all questions of order.

•Respond to parliamentary

inquiries.

•Authenticate all acts of the Board.

•Declare the meeting adjourned.

*The Chairperson of a Community Board should:

be fair, yet firm.

*Never engage in debate or take sides without first

relinquishing the chair

*Be knowledgeable of issues on the floor.

*Be aware of which motions are "In Order" or "Out of

Order."

*Be aware of which motions are debatable and non-

debatable.

*Be aware of which motions are pending.

*Prevent the abuse of parliamentary procedure.

*Obtain the floor, introduce motions, enter

discussions, oppose, amend, and vote on motions.

*Inquire about which issue is being voted on.

*Call the Chair's attention to breaches of procedure.

*Appeal the Chair's decisions.

*Call for order.

*Call for the order (agenda) of the day.

*Meeting Order

*Quorum

*Motion/Process

*Debate Process

*Call to Order

*Executive Committee (Officers) Report

*Standing Committee Reports

*Special Committee Reports

*Special Orders (issues of special priority)

* Unfinished (Old) Business

*New Business

*Announcements

*Adjournment

* Majority of board

members must be

present to dispose

(vote and accept)

of motions.

Main

Subsidiary

Privilege

Incidental

*Raise your hand

*Be Clear and Concise

*Madam or Mister Chair/President,

I move….

*Motion Seconded

*Originator first to address

*Speak Once!!!

*Chair is the process manager

*Vote

*Effective Meeting Process

*Chair Manages the Process

*Quorum Needed to Vote

*Motion activates the proposal

*Motion Needs to be Seconded

*Debate can occur after motion is

moved

*Vote

Nonprofit Network Contact Info: 536 N Jackson Jackson, MI 49201 517 -796-1157 Regina Funkhouser, Executive Director Regina@nonprofnetwork.org

Organization Name: Detroit Executive Service Corps (DESC) 16250 Northland Dr Southfield, MI 48075 (248) 395-2840 Keith Ramundo 248.395.2840, ext 27

Organization name: The Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University 201 Front Ave SW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 616-331-758 (www.johnsoncenter.org) Terry Horton, Senior Program Advisor (hortonte@gvsu.edu 616-331-9026)

ONEplace@kpl 315 S Rose St Kalamazoo MI 49007 Phone 269-553-7899 ONEplace@kpl.gov or 269-553-7910

Nonprofit Alliance at Kellogg Community College 15 Capital Ave NE Battle Creek, MI 49017 Teresa Durham, Director 269-565-2190 durhamt@kellogg.edu

Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW) 1100 N Main St Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 998-0160 Governance Experts and Trainers Diana Kern Vice President of Programs dkern@new.org 734-998-0160 x 230

1175 Erie Street Marquette, MI 49855 Phone: 906-228-8919 1-877-33YOUTH

The BEST Project 310 E. Third Street Flint, MI 48502 810.232.8000 [p] 810.232.9122 [f]

NorthSky Nonprofit Network Freya Bradford, Senior Consultant 202 E Grandview Pkwy Traverse City, MI 49684 fbradford@northskynonprofitnetwork.org 231-929-3934 x 209

*http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/downloads/pdf/guide_to_parliamentary_procedure.pdf

*https://www.boardsource.org/eweb/

*http://parliamentarians.org/procedure.php

*http://www.specarolinas.org/PDF/Parlimentary_Procedure_Why_Use.pdf

*Michigan Nonprofit Association Capacity Building Team