Live Stream of June 28th Reconvene of Nevada Convention

[SnappleLlama]

someone is asking if they have the authority to hold this convention

 

[Monotaur]

switched to a different microphone (I meant to do it earlier). Hopefully you can hear it now.

Right now we're working through a bunch of procedural junk to try and un-screw the mess made on Apr 26 (rules that weren't followed, etc.)

Thanks, it sounds MUCH better now!

 

[Monotaur]

Uhm, so does the discussion going on now mean that they don't technically need a quorum?

 

[SnappleLlama]

hmm...withholding delegate lists...bad, Bob Beers....BAD!

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

I'm wondering how many people are there...

 

[natedawg1604]

There is no "former" convention, the convention NEVER recessed. The convention has always been going on. Under RONR (10th. Ed.) sec. 20, p. 222, ln. 30,

"A recess is a short intermission in the assembly's proceedings, commonly only of a few minutes, which does not close the meeting and after which business will immediately be resumed at exactly the point where it was interrupted."

Thus, by definition, a recess can never be used to close a meeting. Under RONR, there are two types of recess: (1) a privileged motion to recess, requiring a majority vote, or (2) a unilateral recess being declared by the chair if it was provided for in the agenda or program. On April 26th, a RECESS was not provided for in the program or agenda (even though the agenda on April 26th. may have provided for ADJOURNMENT at a particular time, completely different from a recess).

Thus, the purported recess on April 26th. would have been valid ONLY if a motion to recess was made and seconded by the convention delegates, and the motion was voted on by a majority of delegates. Even then, however, the recess could not have been used to close the meeting.

 

[SnappleLlama]

There is no "former" convention, the convention NEVER recessed. The convention has always been going on. Under RONR (10th. Ed.) sec. 20, p. 222, ln. 30,

"A recess is a short intermission in the assembly's proceedings, commonly only of a few minutes, which does not close the meeting and after which business will immediately be resumed at exactly the point where it was interrupted."

Thus, by definition, a recess can never be used to close a meeting. Under RONR, there are two types of recess: (1) a privileged motion to recess, requiring a majority vote, or (2) a unilateral recess being declared by the chair if it was provided for in the agenda or program. On April 26th, a RECESS was not provided for in the program or agenda (even though the agenda on April 26th. may have provided for ADJOURNMENT at a particular time, completely different from a recess).

Thus, the purported recess on April 26th. would have been valid ONLY if a motion to recess was made and seconded by the convention delegates, and the motion was voted on by a majority of delegates. Even then, however, the recess could not have been used to close the meeting.

So does that mean that no quorum is needed today?

 

[Monotaur]

Yes there IS a quorum!!!

 

[SnappleLlama]

Yes there IS a quorum!!!

OH YEAH!! AWESOME!!! Oh, wow, Nevada is going in the history books on this one!!!

 

[mello]

A women just said, "A quorum of qualified delegates is present."

 

[natedawg1604]

No, I was just addressing an earlier comment made by a delegate regarding the "former" convention, my post was not related to the current business of determining a quorum...

 

[SnappleLlama]

a women just said, "a quorum of qualified delegates is present."

woo hoo!!!

 

[dannno]

anybody hear the "nnnayy"

 

[SnappleLlama]

No, I was just addressing an earlier comment made by a delegate regarding the "former" convention, my post was not related to the current business of determining a quorum...

That's okay, it sounds like they have a quorum....thanks for clarifying the rules of "recessing"....this is so exciting!

 

[natedawg1604]

So I take it that the new credentials report consists of the delegates present today?

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

That's okay, it sounds like they have a quorum....thanks for clarifying the rules of "recessing"....this is so exciting!

Not the one we thought about. Well, we gonna see some time later which convention wins...

 

[colecrowe]

aa

 

[SnappleLlama]

there are only 300 people there. most people were thinking it would take 720 to make the quorum--half of the people that convened the original meeting.

Oh. Well, that definitely changes things....

 

[natedawg1604]

Can someone explain why the first credentials report was improper?

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Im a bit worried.Sounds like the way this is set up will end up in a legal battle or a credentials hearing in Sept. Either way they are bought and owned by the other side.