MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS AND MEMBERS’ RIGHT TO SPEAK
1. Membership Meetings shall be open to all Members in accordance with the Florida Statutes. 2. In addition to the rights described in the Florida Statutes, and in Article 4, Section 4 of the By-Laws, the Association has adopted the following rules regarding Members’ right to speak at Membership Meetings: a. Each Member may speak one (1) time on each item opened for discussion or included on the agenda after discussion has been opened to the Membership and before any action is taken by the Membership on the item. b. Each Member has the right to speak for a maximum of three (3) minutes per agenda item and any other item opened for discussion. c. At the Board’s discretion, the Board may provide speaker request cards to be completed by Members wishing to speak at a meeting. It is preferable that speaker cards, that include the item to be addressed by the speaker, be completed prior to the commencement of the meeting; however, speaker cards will also be accepted after the meeting has commenced.
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