Our women's group does the same, as the secretary begins to read the minutes, a member will make a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes and it passes. However, we do not come back later to the minutes. We do provide a copy of the minutes at the hospitality table so should that motion be corrected to say "dispense with the reading of the minutes and approve them as distributed/printed"? And is this accepted by majority vote? If someone opposes, must they be read? Thanks for any input!