Ian Watt

I should have said that this is not a criminal grand jury but is what could be described as 'civil' if there was a term for it. I did raise it as a point of order (which was vigorously challenged) but in the end the motion was accepted and voted unanimously bar my abstention vote. Thankyou for your comments, I am glad that I haven't lost it all to age!!

I am the Secretary and stand-in parliamentarian of a Grand Jury and came upon an interesting dilemma....... A suggested motion from the Foreperson wanted to reschedule a Q&A of a government instrumentality due to a DA investigation of that agency having been announced several days go - the motion was not supported and therefore lapsed. Several people wanted a new motion that said the schedules appointment should stand, was moved and seconded, voted upon overwhelmingly with one abstension, mine. Many years ago I was told that a motion like this could not be permitted because it did not change anything either positive or negatively. Am I out of date? And should the motion be allowed given that the schedule remained unchanged with no motion made to change it? I await with considerable interest!