Revoking or revoting after a majority vote resigns

[Belinda Nego]

A vote was called and ruled upon based with a majority vote.  Now a member of the majority has resigned.  Can the replacement member make a motion (maybe under new businesses) to revoke the past vote?  Or does it need to be a sitting member of the majority from the existing vote.

[Richard Brown]

If the meeting at which this took place is over, it is too late for a motion to Reconsider, or, as you say, to "revote".  It's more complicated than just "re-voting", though. 

However, at future meetings.... any future meeting or even all future meetings... any member can make a motion to rescind the previously adopted motion.   It takes a majority vote of previous notice was given.  If previous notice of the motion to rescind was not given, it requires a two thirds vote or the vote of a majority of the entire membership.

A member is a member is a member.  It doesn't  matter if it is a new member, an old member, or a member who was present when the motion was originally adopted. 

 

[Belinda Nego]

To be clear, can you define "previous notice" 

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Notice of the motion was given at the previous meeting or was included in the call of the meeting.

[Guest]

Meaning it needs to be added to an upcoming agenda, or motioned at the next meeting for discussion at the following meeting?  What if there are no board meetings scheduled between the upcoming meeting (where a new member would be approved) and the start of the new rule being enacted.

[jstackpo]

RONR doesn't require an agenda so all that is required is that a simple notice of the intent to make the motion (giving details of what the motion is  --  i.e., in your case "to rescind...") is included in the call to the meeting (p. 121) ...

or...

An oral announcement to the same effect be given, by anybody, at the previous meeting.  You don't "motion for discussion", you just say "At the next meeting, I will move to rescind...".

If the rule goes into effect before the next regular meeting, so be it. The rule was adopted and is in effect.  Perhaps, if the bylaws allow it, a Special Meeting (p. 91) could be called sooner and the motion to rescind made then.

[Dan Honemann]

By the way, even if previous notice has not been given, if we are dealing with action taken by a board, the vote of a majority of the entire membership of the board will suffice to adopt a motion to rescind the action which was taken. In relatively small boards with good attendance, such a vote may not be all that difficult to obtain.