Russ1409

Thank you for the clarification and the citations.

We are about to make changes to our bylaws. I want to make sure I have the terms and procedures correct, using RONR. 1) We have several bylaws where some simple changes need to be made, changing of wording, addition of some small items etc. This is a motion to amend something previously adopted, correct? 2) We have two new additional bylaws. This is a motion to adopt revised bylaws? Since we already have bylaws in place, is the addition of bylaws a "revision" of the bylaws? 3) All of these changes or additions have come from a bylaw committee. My understanding from another post in this forum is that no motion and no second is made, since it came from the committee, the person from the committee is providing the motion. Correct? 4) I, as the Chair, have made several of the changes/amendments in the bylaw committee. If I'm bringing forth these changes to the membership at the regular meeting, am I technically making the motion? Can I do that as the Chair, or do I need to temporarily step down? 5) I see the footnote in the Table Of Rules section regarding no second of a committee's motion is needed (assuming I'm reading #3 above correctly), but I'd like to be able to cite such procedure. Is p. 28 (11) the correct area? Thank you. Russ

Ok, everyone, thank you very much for the help.

How is an amendment to a motion recorded in the minutes? Does the secretary only record the final motion? And if so, does the person who made the amendment become the person making the motion? Example: Brian makes the motion that the club spends $500 on new tools. The motion is seconded and during debate Dave moves to amend the motion to allocate $1,000 to buy two sets of tools. The motion to amend is seconded, debated, and passed. The club then passes the motion to buy two sets of tools up to $1,000. How is all of this recorded in the minutes? Was the second vote really needed? I know we vote to approve amendments, but basically we voted twice on the same subject. If the amendment failed, then I could see going back to a vote on one set of tools for $1,000. Thanks, Russ

Honestly, the best way to handle this is to get rid of the FaceBook account and make sure all business is conducted at properly called meetings, properly run under RONR. If you feel like you have to have a FB account then you need to be the moderator of the account. Delete the posts that aren't appropriate.