Jamies Posted July 7, 2017 at 07:20 PM Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 at 07:20 PM Is it overstepping one's boundaries, if serving as Recording Secretary, to remind members of a board to review a document presented by another board member prior to the meeting so that it can be discussed? Would this be considered directing the minutes? Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted July 7, 2017 at 07:48 PM Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 at 07:48 PM 24 minutes ago, Jamies said: Is it overstepping one's boundaries, if serving as Recording Secretary, to remind members of a board to review a document presented by another board member prior to the meeting so that it can be discussed? Would this be considered directing the minutes? Thank you, I have no idea what is meant by "directing the minutes", but nothing that I know of suggests to me that there is anything wrong with the Recording Secretary or anyone else reminding board members to review a document prior to a meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamies Posted July 7, 2017 at 09:45 PM Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 at 09:45 PM Yes, I was perplexed by "directing the minutes" as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nancy N. Posted July 8, 2017 at 08:33 PM Report Share Posted July 8, 2017 at 08:33 PM 22 hours ago, Jamies said: I was perplexed by "directing the minutes" as well So where'd it come from? Were you accused of it? (If so, can you ask the accuser what was meant by it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted July 9, 2017 at 03:57 PM Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 at 03:57 PM 19 hours ago, Guest Nancy N. said: So where'd it come from? Were you accused of it? (If so, can you ask the accuser what was meant by it?) They must have meant "directing the minuets." It's a common typo around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamies Posted July 24, 2017 at 06:49 PM Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 at 06:49 PM Shmuel Gerber, I believe it stems from a very divided board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted July 25, 2017 at 03:53 AM Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 at 03:53 AM On 7/7/2017 at 3:20 PM, Jamies said: Is it overstepping one's boundaries, if serving as Recording Secretary, to remind members of a board to review a document presented by another board member prior to the meeting so that it can be discussed? No, any member may remind the rest of the Board to review documents prior to a meeting, although that should be common sense. But there is nothing in RONR to specifically allow a member to do so, or to stop them from doing so. It is just a 'friendly reminder' as part of a discussion between two or more people outside a meeting. Nothing wrong with that. Quote Would this be considered directing the minutes? As others have said, I have no idea what "Directing the Minutes" means. Then again, only decisions made DURING a meeting go into the Minutes, not debate during a meeting, and discussions outside a meeting (either orally, by snail mail, by e-mail, or fax, or any other form of communication) should certainly not be contained in the Minutes. Could it be that the Recording Secretary is putting too much information into the Minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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