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6 <br />11 <br />. <br />3.All board members must receive proper notice of meetings <br />Since all members are equally entitled to participate in board <br />meetings, each member must be properly notified of the place, <br />time, and purpose of meetings. <br />4.The board may act only with a quorum. <br />5.There must be a question before the board on which it can de- <br />. Except when electing their own officers or balloting for <br />cide <br />appointments, legislative bodies proceed by voting or <br />yes no <br />on specific proposals put forward by one or more members. <br />Each member has a right to know at all times what question <br />is before the board and what effect a yes or no vote would <br />have on that question. <br />. The very nature of a <br />6.There must be opportunity for debate <br />deliberative body requires that members share information <br />and opinion about matters before the board. <br />. Legislative bodies do not <br />7.Questions must be decided by vote <br />decide matters by discussing them until a consensus emerges. <br />. Usually only a simple majority <br />8.Votes are decided by majority <br />of votes cast suffices, but the boardÔs rules or an applicable <br />law may sometimes require an extraordinary majority. <br />9.There must be no fraud, trickery, or deception in the boardÔs <br />. <br />proceedings <br />10.The boardÔs rules of procedure must be applied consistently. <br />Most of the following rules have been modified to suit local <br />needs and customs. The comments following the rules note <br />when rules state procedures required by law (North Carolina <br />General Statutes, hereinafter cited as G.S.). <br />I. Applicability <br /> These rules apply to all meetings <br />Rule 1. Applicability of Rules. <br />of the Board of Commissioners of Orange County at which the <br />board is empowered to exercise any of the executive, quasi-judi- <br />cial, administrative, or legislative powers conferred on it by l <br />Comment: On the whole, rules of procedure of a governing board <br />are intended to govern formal meetings of the board where it <br />will exercise any of its executive and legislative powers. Thes <br />rules fulfill that purpose and also are designed to ensure board <br />compliance with the Open Meetings Law, G.S. 143-318.9 <br />through 318.18, which applies to any gathering of a majority of <br /> <br />