Guest Thatguy Posted January 28, 2017 at 03:24 AM Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 at 03:24 AM My question is can a chair of a meeting make a motion that has already been turned down by the Executive board? Further information: A motion was brought before our executive board and failed. The executive board passed another recommendation to bring in front of the body. As the chair of the executive board made the recommendation (which was seconded) the chair of the union meeting brought up the motion that failed in the executive board. Is it out of order to bring a motion to the floor that has already been turned down by the Executive board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted January 28, 2017 at 03:35 AM Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 at 03:35 AM Duplicate post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted January 28, 2017 at 03:40 AM Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 at 03:40 AM No, not by any rule in RONR, but it might be out of order if your own rules give the executive board the sole authority to propose motions to the general membership. However, if the executive board chair had already made his motion, and it had already been seconded, then making any other main motion at that time is definitely out of order. Furthermore, even if the executive board's recommendation was considered and defeated, it might still be out of order to then introduce the motion that failed in the executive board - unless that motion was sufficiently different from the just-defeated recommendation so that it did not present essentially the same question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thatguy Posted January 28, 2017 at 01:35 PM Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 at 01:35 PM Thanks for the replies. I appreciate them. Other than the second motion being out of order due to the first motion being seconded but not voted on yet; I feel it was just in bad taste maybe and not against the rules of order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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