Do members absent from a meeting need to approve the minutes?

[Guest Cecilia Adams]

One of our members did not attend a meeting. Should he be asked to approve the minutes of this meeting?

[David A Foulkes]

One of our members did not attend a meeting. Should he be asked to approve the minutes of this meeting?

A vote on approval of the minutes should not be taken. (RONR 11th Ed. p. 355 ll. 5-6) However, a member absent at the previous meeting is certainly allowed to participate in the correction of those minutes. (RONR 11th Ed. p. 355 ll. 8-10)

[Rev Ed]

Although from a practical sense, how would he know what happened at a meeting he did not attend. However, if he feels that there is something wrong with the Minutes, he can certainly suggest a change.

[Weldon Merritt]

Although from a practical sense, how would he know what happened at a meeting he did not attend. However, if he feels that there is something wrong with the Minutes, he can certainly suggest a change.

He might know that something reported in the minutes did not happen. For example, the minutes might list his name as the maker of a motion.

[Guest Cecilia]

Thank you. This answers my question

[Rev Ed]

He might know that something reported in the minutes did not happen. For example, the minutes might list his name as the maker of a motion.

That's what I meant - thank you. Sometimes you know someting might not have happened the way it did, but if you are not there then most issues that were brought would be unknown to you. Another example of something an absent member might know is if the group received quotes from a contractor about new plumbing work and no motion was mentioned in the Minutes reflecting the request for quotes.