Guest Cindy Caldwell Posted June 23, 2011 at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 at 05:20 PM I'm the chairperson of our Administrative Council for our church (United Methodist Church). Do the minutes of the previous meeting need to be approved, i.e., a motion made to accept the minutes as read, second made, and vote taken or corrections noted and then a motion made to accept the minutes as corrected, second made, and vote taken. I've been told that it is not even required to have the minutes approved. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted June 23, 2011 at 05:44 PM Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 at 05:44 PM I've been told that it is not even required to have the minutes approved.You been done told wrong. The RONR preferred method is that the minutes of the previous meeting are read by the Secretary, and the chair asks if there are any corrections. These most often are handled by unanimous consent, meaning no one objects to the correction(s) offered, but if there is a dispute, a majority vote settles it. After all corrections, if any, have been handled, the chair simply announces the minutes approved (as corrected). There is no vote taken, although that is not completely out of order. But -- what would happen if the vote was defeated??? Hmmmm... well, I guess.... er, um.... that is...... why, I don't know!If the minutes have been distributed in advance to all members, the reading of them may be skipped over, but by the demand of a single member they must be read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindy Caldwell Posted June 23, 2011 at 05:52 PM Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 at 05:52 PM Gotcha. So if I ask if there are any corrections and I do not hear any, I simply say that the minutes are approved and move on - correct? Hope so - meeting is tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted June 23, 2011 at 06:23 PM Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 at 06:23 PM Gotcha. So if I ask if there are any corrections and I do not hear any, I simply say that the minutes are approved and move on - correct? Hope so - meeting is tonight! Yes, that would be the ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.