Parliamentary Procedure?

Question

We are a nonprofit organization that is 30 years old. We have a Board of Directors. the Executive and Personnel Committees have been working together to hire a new Director. In the process, the office space needs to be rearranged. The old-time, mom-and-pop staff does not want to do it, they don't want any more Directors, and they will try to influence the Board to keep them happy and productive by voting their way. Can we just decide the office rearrangement in committee without taking it to a vote?

Update:

Our bylaws does not address this question. In our bylaws it states that any questions not addressed will follow parliamentary procedure.

Mom of Will · Accepted Answer

Robert's Rules of Order simply address the fact that any vote by committee does not need a second when presented for vote.

Your Policies and Bi-Laws should have a Director who oversees the building or the office, it's staff, and equipment.  Generally speaking, this director (or even chair) has the authority to present the office in a way that is most efficient and beneficial to the organization.

Tightly (micro) managed organizations can strangle themselves, so be very careful of any attempts to determine desk placement (for example) by the higher board authority.  The Board is there to oversee and manage the charity and it's members, not get overly-involved in the day to day actions.

Without reading your Policies and Bi-Laws, I cannot tell you exactly what your next step is, but whoever is in charge of the "space" is the person to execute the rearrangement.

I hope this helped.  Email me if you have more details that need consideration.

Parliamentary Procedure?

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