chinafleet Posted May 19, 2011 at 08:56 PM Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 at 08:56 PM At the last Board meeting the BOD motioned and approved an unusual expediture of money. A day or so later someone remembered that an expediture of that amout needed to be approved by the members.A Board member suggested the BOD vote to rescind the motion and was told by the president "The board basically tabled that motion since we as a board were not able to okay the amount asked for."I was under the impression a motion cannot be tabled after it is voted on? If that's correct do we rescind?Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted May 19, 2011 at 09:02 PM Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 at 09:02 PM I was under the impression a motion cannot be tabled after it is voted on? If that's correct do we rescind?If the board didn't have the authority to do what it did, it doesn't have the authority to rescind the motion. The remedy is a point of order and a ruling that the unauthorized action is null and void. Nothing gets "tabled". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinafleet Posted May 19, 2011 at 09:18 PM Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 at 09:18 PM Thank you VERY much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted May 20, 2011 at 02:52 AM Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 at 02:52 AM It seems to me that the board action to approve the expenditure would only become out of order (and a potemtially big liability to the board members) if they went ahead and actually spent the money without membership approval. But the board voting to approve the expenditure would seem like a logical first step, to be followed up by presenting the board's action as a recommendation to the membership for their required approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinafleet Posted May 20, 2011 at 06:19 AM Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 at 06:19 AM That makes sense as well, except they had intended to go ahead and pay it and never mention to members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted May 20, 2011 at 05:43 PM Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 at 05:43 PM It seems to me that the board action to approve the expenditure would only become out of order (and a potemtially big liability to the board members) if they went ahead and actually spent the money without membership approval. But the board voting to approve the expenditure would seem like a logical first step, to be followed up by presenting the board's action as a recommendation to the membership for their required approval.To know that, we'd need to know the exact wording of the motion. Was it to Recommend, or to Spend? The scenario sounded much closer to the latter. The chair, while me he may be misinformed about the proper remedy, apparently agreed that it should have been ruled out of order at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinafleet Posted May 21, 2011 at 01:23 AM Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 at 01:23 AM The vote was to spend the money. It was a few days later someone remembered they didn't have the authority to spend that amount. Fortunately, the check had not been sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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