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Apologies - I was just rereading section 35-"To Take From The Table" but am not finding anything about amending something previously adopted...am in the wrong section? My reference is http://www.rulesonline.com/rror-06.htm#35

Thank you all for the sage advice. Can you clarify "only if previous notice has been properly given" - does that mean it should be on the agenda, or something different?

I am First Selectman in a small rural town, with a 3 member Board of Selectmen. in March of 2020, the Board passed the following motion, "to dedicate the second floor meeting room in honor of Maureen Brady." As we all know, March 2020 was the beginning of the pandemic, and we never got around to having a ceremony to celebrate the dedication. Fast forward 2+ years...that conference room was repurposed into an office. In taking a deeper look at Mrs. Brady's long career of public service (40+ years, multiple elected and appointed positions, great accomplishments, and is still a deputy ROV to this day well into her 80's), I decided I would bring a resolution to the Board to dedicate the town hall in her honor (while in office, she was instrumental in getting a deal put together for the land, and got the building built). The issue of the old motion from 2020 came up as being in conflict with a new motion to dedicate the building in her honor. My question (I think) is procedural...how do we 'undo' that previous motion so we can move forward with this new one? thanks!

In October of 2018, our local board of selectmen made a motion "to keep the electric car charging station until it is no longer operable." Without getting too far into the weeds, we are (obviously) in very different times and I would like to pose a motion to change the course of that (unthoughtful imho) motion made and passed by a previous board. (background if needed - no members on the board at that time are on the board now.) What is the proper motion to make reconsider the motion, and ultimately make a motion to have the charger inspected for possible repair and/or replacement. Any help is greatly appreciated!

When entering into executive session, our board makes a motion to enter into ES, we vote, and it is recorded in the minutes. If I am correct that no motions are made in executive session, how do we come out of executive session? Recently, a set of minutes of our board documented a motion to go into ES, and a motion to come out of ES. The dispute is that the motion to come out would have been made IN ES, and therefore should not have been documented in the minutes. It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg question, but would love some guidance.

Can anyone provide the section reference for for this rule on voting?

Thank you - can you provide the RONR section and/or page reference?

My organization started its meeting with a quorum, but about halfway through, lost the number of members required to be in attendance in order to make a quorum. I have a couple of questions: Can the meeting continue to meet and go on with the agenda? How does this affect how minutes are recorded?

Background: members of an NFP volunteer organization held a meeting. During that meeeting, a member inquired whether a letter, to be sent by the CEO - who was out of state and not at the meeting - had been sent (the letter had been approved at a previous meeting). The president said she would ask the chief and get back to the membership. The next evening, various members (including the CEO and a number of senior leadership who did attend the previous nights meeting) attending a training workshop. Afterwards, the CEO and four of the leadership discussed at length, the issue of the letter, and how to “handle” this task not being completed, despite the membership authorizing the CEO to complete it. Question: is there such a thing as an “illegal meeting”, and if so, where is the line between discussion and illegals meeting and did these folks cross it by conducting business without knowledge of the whole?

Thanks everyone - hugely helpful as always!

My organization' executive board scheduled a meeting, but we did not have a quorum. We did not call the meeting to order, but did have some informal discussions and catch up from the previous meeting. a) is this legal to do; and b) how do i generate a set of minutes?

We have a by-law regarding how often and the manner by which by-law can be amended. Below is the by-law; we've had an issue where a member of our organization did not submit his proposed language in writing, and now that its weeks later, he is saying that he presented his proposal to the membership from something he wrote up, which meets the letter of the bylaw. I disagree. My read is that a member must present proposed amendments in writing, to the membership. (funny thing is - there were four members who presented proposed amendments; three of the four all had a copy to give to the president; he was the only one who didn't. Any clarification is appreciated. "These By-Laws may be amended two times a year, in June and the December meeting, by two-thirds vote of the active emergency members present and voting, under the following provisions: that the proposed amendment has been presented in writing two months prior and notice has been sent by mail or electronic mail to each active emergency member that such action will be taken, and that the change is posted on the Department web site at least ten days prior to the meeting."