01-16-2015, 12:27 PM
I think you might be confused. RR's rules of ORDER is a method of orderly conducting the meeting so that it is organized and civil.
RR's have nothing to do with the bylaws themselves but rather it is a method of conducting the business of the meeting - following the agenda, approving the minutes, old business, new business.
If the bylaws are unfamiliar to the board, a copy should be at meeting, and when someone makes a motion (following RR's of order) then in the discussion portion prior to voting to pass or reject the motion, how the bylaw references it can be discerned. The motion may or may not be a valid motion based on the bylaws. The motion if not valid can then be tabled or reformatted to reflect the bylaw applied to it.
Following RR's is not that hard. What becomes more involved is interpreting the bylaws.