Voting on Minutes

[Guest Rhonda]

So if someone was NOT in attendance how can they motion/second/vote on the recording of minutes if they did not attend/participate. On the other hand, committees are ad hoc (informal) groups assigned to address specific issues and concerns of the Board.

[Josh Martin]

So if someone was NOT in attendance how can they motion/second/vote on the recording of minutes if they did not attend/participate.

Because members have the right to make and second motions and to vote, period. It's that simple. Also, you should not vote on the final approval of the minutes, but the assembly may have to occasionally vote on a correction if there is disagreement.

On the other hand, committees are ad hoc (informal) groups assigned to address specific issues and concerns of the Board.

I don't understand what this has to do with your question.

[David A Foulkes]

So if someone was NOT in attendance how can they motion/second/vote on the recording of minutes if they did not attend/participate. On the other hand, committees are ad hoc (informal) groups assigned to address specific issues and concerns of the Board.

Rhonda - at tonight's meeting, you hear from the secretary as she reads the minutes of last month's meeting, which you did not attend, that you made a motion to spend $50,000 on new landscaping, an issue you are passionately against, and yet it passed unanimously, and apparently no one even took note of your absence! Do you want (the right) to speak up?

[tctheatc]

Or, you see a grammatical error in the wording that could lead to misinterpretation down the road. Someone shouldn't speak up to correct the wording if they were not at the meeting? Better to let the meaning be misconstrued?