The majority of the Cerritos College Board of Trustees have been serving the campus for two or more years and have yet to learn proper parliamentary procedure or Robert’s Rule of Order when it comes to having an efficient meeting.
Last academic year, 2013-2014, there was an agenda item where the new Board of Trustee officers were to be elected by nominations by a majority vote.
For the positions there was only one nomination done for president and Bob Arthur, trustee member, who wished to make another nomination and was not allowed to do so.
According to Robert’s Rule of Order, nominations are closed once and do not open for further nominations to come forward. This was a question asked to the legal council, Reuben Smith, serving on the board, who did answer the question, but did not answer the question correctly.
A violation that occurs every board meeting, which is mostly seen done by John Paul Drayer, trustee member, is when speaking or addressing a presenter. Members of the board must first be addressed by the chair of the board before speaking and must also address the chair while speaking.
Carmen Avalos, board president, allows these violations to occur and makes it seem as though our Board of Trustees are not trained and don’t know how to run an efficient meeting.
The Falcon Weekly 