No.

18-003

IN THE

Supreme Court of Saginaw Valley

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NIC VON SCHNEIDER,

Petitioner
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PETITION TO CERTIFY A QUESTION

 QUESTION PRESENTED

Does Article III, Section 1, 3.1.1 of the Student Association

Bylaws contradict Article I, Section 2, Subsection 3 of the
Student Association Charter?

Does Article III, Section 7, 3.7.4 of the Student Association

Bylaws contradict Article I, Section 2, Subsection 3 of the
Student Association Charter?
 LEGAL ARGUMENT

Article III, Section 1, 3.1.1 of the Student Association

Bylaws states: “The parliamentary Authority shall be based on
Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised in all cases in which it
is not inconsistent with statute, the Charter, or the Bylaws, or
the Standing Rules of Order.” (Emphasis added.)
Article III, Section 7, 3.7.4 of the Student Association
Bylaws states: “No act shall be valid unless approved at a
meeting of the Association by a majority vote, unless otherwise
specified in the Charter, Bylaws, or Robert’s Rules of Order,
Newly Revised, of the members present and voting.” (Emphasis
added.)
Article I, Section 2, Subsection 3 of the Student Association
Charter states in part, “... meetings will be conducted using the
version of Robert’s Rules of Order that the Parliamentarian
specifies at the beginning of his/her term.”
The Parliamentarian conceivable has the right, under the
Charter, to choose his or her version of Robert’s Rules of Order,
however the Bylaws command that he or she use the Newly
Revised version.

CONCLUSION

The petition should be granted. I certify that this filing is

submitted in good faith and that I am the named person below,
pursuant to this Court’s rule 1.9.

Respectfully submitted,

NIC VON SCHNEIDER

July 4, 2018