Guest prawni Posted November 22, 2011 at 06:57 PM Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 at 06:57 PM I am an officer of an organization that has the following procedure for amending the constitution: at the first meeting the motion to amend must be read. Then, an announcement to the membership has to go out (via our newsletter) saying that a vote will be taken at the next membership meeting. At that second meeting, the motion is formally made and the vote is taken. At our last meeting, by the time we got to it on the agenda, there was no quorum. I said that the motion could still be read, as no action needed to be taken, and I read it. Of the officers present, one (the President) disagreed that the motion could even be read. Who is correct? (If more information is needed, let me know.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted November 22, 2011 at 07:08 PM Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 at 07:08 PM Who is correct?I'd say that providing required notice (i.e. "reading") of a motion is not one of the very few things that can be done in the absence of a quorum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted November 22, 2011 at 07:20 PM Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 at 07:20 PM I'd say that providing required notice (i.e. "reading") of a motion is not one of the very few things that can be done in the absence of a quorum.I concur. RONR pp. 347-348 state what can be done in the absence of a quorum and the Constitutionally mandated first reading of the amendment is not taking a recess, setting up an Adjourned meeting, Adjourning, or taking a measure to obtain a quorum. Hopefully the President ruled that the reading was not valid for the purposes of giving notice otherwise the amendment if adopted would be null and void (RONR p. 241[a]). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted November 22, 2011 at 09:19 PM Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 at 09:19 PM (RONR p. 241[a]).P. 241 doesn't have an "a" ... Sure, it has plenty of "a's," but none of them says "null and void." Perhaps Chris H is fondly remembering p. 244 (a). Ah, the reminiscences of youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted November 22, 2011 at 09:22 PM Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 at 09:22 PM I'd say that providing required notice (i.e. "reading") of a motion is not one of the very few things that can be done in the absence of a quorum.And in particular, I'd reference p. 348 l. 16, "...and a notice cannot be validly given." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted November 22, 2011 at 09:31 PM Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 at 09:31 PM P. 241 doesn't have an "a" ... Sure, it has plenty of "a's," but none of them says "null and void." Perhaps Chris H is fondly remembering p. 244 (a). Ah, the reminiscences of youth.I hit a 4 instead of a 5. I meant p. 251(a). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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