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Today I submitted my letter for amendment. In speaking to the adjutant when I gave him the letter, I discovered that the commander is the one typing the minutes. The adjutant says he types too slow in typing the minutes. During our conversation, the adjutant said he needed to verify what I had submitted, and I told him to do just that. After I left the adjutant, I was speaking to another individual outside when the commander came to me and became confrontational. He emphatically said he was not going to send any letter of notice to over 400 of our members. I reminded him he does not have the authority to stop in sending the notice. There were a few expletives he used, but in the end I reinforced my position. (I will be notifying our District Commander of the Post Commander's obvious refusal to take corrective action.) He even went so far as to say he could say something about what was said in the minutes, but I told him that it still cannot be included in the minutes. He was very hostile towards me.

Yes, they are.

Thank you, Zev. I thought of what he did after the meeting also. I believe he included those after-meeting comments in order to cause ill feelings towards me. Censuring the commander is not a bad idea. I'll speak to the Department Quartermaster on the subject of censure. I'm sure he would be able to provide me with the proper process. Thanks again, Zev.

Thanks, Gary. I'll contact the adjutant, and request he notify the membership of my intentions. Whether or not he notifies the membership, I will have no control of that even though I know he must comply with my request. When I contact him I will be specific in my request so there will be no confusion of my intentions.

There is a roster, but I do not have access to it. Some (or the majority) of our members are elderly, some live out of state or live too far away from our location to be able to attend our monthly meetings. I'll have to decide which route to go. The most viable option is the 2/3 vote, but I may not have enough supporters.

Thank you for the clarification, Gary.

On the average, our meeting attendance is between +/-20 to 30 members so they would be considered "the full membership...," is that correct?

Thank you, Atul. I will read those pages.

Thank you Joshua. I'll have to remember what you've suggested in the future. Does the "entire membership" reflect those present at the next meeting or the total number of active members in our local organization?

There was a meeting tonight where the minutes of the previous month's minutes were read; however, the commander (chairperson) added notes that did not occur during last month's meeting. He added a conversation he and our Department Quartermaster (and the Quartermaster and I) had after the conclusion of the last meeting and via email nor did the conversation occur in our meeting facility. Our adjutant (secretary) was absent from our last meeting so I was surprised he (adjutant) was reading something that had occurred after the meeting. The impression I got from the reading of the minutes was that the commander typed up the minutes. (It was too accurate for the adjutant to have typed it up.) Is the commander allowed to include a conversation that was not a matter of record during the meeting? The minutes were approved as read, but I still had my doubts on what the commander did and included in the minutes. Am I able to request that portion of the minutes be amended, rescinded or expunged at our next meeting by having those comments removed? I looked at RONR, 11th Ed., pages 305-310, subparagraph 35, but I am uncertain if I could or if I should.

Very enlightening.

Thank you for your comments. Enlightening.

Thank you for the reference. That helps.