On 12-Mar-99 Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
> William
>
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "William X. Walsh" writes:
>
> > I don't agree that her points are that important, but nonetheless, lets
> > assume
> > they are for this purpose.
>
> You are entitled to your opinion. As is anybody else.
>
> > If we are having a meeting to decide if our company should open up
> > into the market in Country X, should we permit someone to have the
> > floor at such a meeting to only argue that we shouldn't market our
> > product at all? The decision to market the product had already been
> > made, and nothing at this meeting could change that. This meeting
> > is not the place to make that argument, this meeting was for the
> > narrowling defined purpose of deciding whether to market the product
> > in a particular area.
>
> I am not saying he should have recognized her, that's in his
> discretion. But once he does she has the floor for the time limit
> agreed upon.
She got that plus some. And kept coming back to make the point again. As the
original post pointing out she abused the privilege and indeed the indulgence
that had been granted to her.
> Don't go into content, because this may haunt you when someone shuts
> you mike off when you have the floor because they disagree with your
> position.
I don't agree that this was a content issue. If we are discussing topic A at a
meeting, anyone trying to turn it into a meeting on a totally different topic
(which this clearly was) is out of order.
> > The meeting had a set of parameters of what the meeting's purpose
> > and topic was. Ronda's statements were outside the scope of those
> > parameters and purpose, and as such was not germaine to the topic at
> > hand. I think they were quite generous in the tolerance they showed
> > in letting her present her comments even in the limited fashion they
> > did.
>
> If I am not mistaken, the meeting went according to Roberts'
> Rules.
>
> She *HAD* the floor.
Provided she could remain germaine. Topicality is an important part of any
rules of order.
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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12-Mar-99
Time: 12:41:49
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