Seating Charts at meeting

Originally Posted by adpiucf

If you have members on probation who aren't permitted to vote, I think it would make the most sense to announce their names just prior to your meeting and make them sit together so they don't mistakenly vote-- maybe put them within eyesight of whomever would keep track of voting? Again, I'm sure your nationals has some set seating order that you should follow.

Off topic, but regarding members who weren't in good standing (as we called it) who weren't allowed to vote, those names were kept confidential and the only ones who were allowed to know who they were were the EC. Same with members on payment plans. Both were considered sensitive subjects.

[Stef the Pef]

Originally Posted by OTW

Off topic, but regarding members who weren't in good standing (as we called it) who weren't allowed to vote, those names were kept confidential and the only ones who were allowed to know who they were were the EC. Same with members on payment plans. Both were considered sensitive subjects.

Ding ding ding. And they should remain confidential unless the person chooses to let anybody else in the room know on their own. Those are both very sensitive subjects and if I was put in a corner of the room for being unable to vote (most likely because I couldn't afford the fines/dues at the time), darn skippy I'd be mad about that.

[Xidelt]

When I was a collegian in my local sorority, we had a problem with sisters talking during chapter meetings. It made chapter run longer than it needed to and nobody could hear the business that was being discussed because of all of the giggling/chitchat. Sisters tended to sit in in the same groups of friends each week. Our Parliamentarian (it was her job to keep order during meetings/observe Robert's Rules/etc) solved the problem with a seating chart. She put each sister's name on an index card and put the cards on seats prior to each chapter meeting. It kept everyone quiet because it broke up the groups of friends. The Parliamentarian kept the seating chart interesting by mixing it up each week.