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RR states at 48:2 that the minutes should contain mainly a record of what was done at the meeting, not what was said by the members.... In this situation, we have a chairman who seems intent on ignoring the vote of the members taken several years ago about the designation of delegates to a national conference. During the meeting, the President stated that he would appoint delegates for the conference. A member objected during the meeting and noted the prior vote. The member sent the chair a copy of the minutes from years ago showing the vote during a break in the meeting. During the meeting the member noted that the Chairman had the minutes showing that the members elect delegates and the Chair noted that he would review it. Fast forward to the following month. The minutes for the prior month's meeting are distributed and in the minutes the secretary states that the following people were "appointed" by the Chair to serve as delegates. The member noted that the minutes should be revised to reflect not only the objection but also that the Chair was to come back to report the outcome. The Chair refused to make the amendment citing the above Rule saying that nothing was "done" and that the member only "said" something. The member noted that raising the concern was an important point to reflect in the discussion and stated that the rule only says that the minutes should contain MAINLY a record, and that is the base, but that more can be added, particularly where it provides context that an issue relating to the interpretation of the rights of the Chair is involved. Looking at RR, I can find no support for the member's position, but is seems the correct position in that without this statement, it looks as if the Chair can appoint delegates when there is a record of member action (a vote) stating otherwise. The Chair will not add the minutes revision absent something in RR or another source which supports this contention because...he's, well, he's an a-hole... Seriously, is there something I can point to in RR to support this, as it was not an action (i.e., motion) that was taken and the member did NOT formally say "I object" to the steps the Chair was trying to take. She merely stated that the Chair couldn't do it and referred to the prior meeting minutes. Thanks!