Your Opinion Please - Roberts

ARTICLE 16: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY AND PERMANENT RULES

The rules contained in the most recent edition of Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised as of July 1, 2020 shall serve as a guide to the Party and given great weight in conducting orderly conventions and meetings.  The right of the majority to make decisions and the minority to be heard shall be respected.  For each main motion, the Chair must request a standing second to the motion or any amendments. If fewer than ten percent of the delegates stand, the motion or amendment shall die for lack of a second. Robert’s Rules of Order shall not be used in a manner which is inconsistent with these bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation of the Libertarian Party, the mission and core functions of a national political party, impediments caused by force majeure, impossibility, government edicts interfering with delegate participation and emergency as determined by the Libertarian National Committee or the delegates, and any special rules of order adopted by the Party. Robert’s Rules of Order or any other form of order for the conduct of business shall not be used to prevent the Libertarian Party from meeting its core responsibilities as a national political party.    Any Convention and any meeting may be conducted using any means of communication by which all delegates, officers, directors or committee members participating may simultaneously hear each other during the convention or meeting.  A delegate, officer, director, or committee member participating in a meeting by such means will be considered present in person at the meeting.