Guest CB Posted August 20, 2012 at 08:03 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 at 08:03 PM Can you reverse a motion that was approved earlier in a meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted August 20, 2012 at 08:26 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 at 08:26 PM Can you reverse a motion that was approved earlier in a meeting?Earlier in the same meeting of earlier in a previous meeting?In any event, what you can often do is Rescind or Amend Something Previously Adopted. A two-thirds vote will do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted August 20, 2012 at 08:28 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 at 08:28 PM Earlier in the same meeting of earlier in a previous meeting?That should, of course, be: Earlier in the same meeting OR earlier in a previous meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CB Posted August 20, 2012 at 09:09 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 at 09:09 PM The motion was made at the beginning of a church business meeting. Later in the meeting the same night a motion was made which would reverse the motion. The second motion was approved. Now someone is saying isn't isn't following procedure to have both motions in the same meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Schafer Posted August 20, 2012 at 09:19 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 at 09:19 PM A motion to Rescind (undo) a motion can be made any time after the original motion is adopted, including at the same meeting. The motion to Rescind, if made at the same meeting, would require a two-thirds vote in most cases. If Rescind didn't get a two-thirds vote but was still declared adopted by the chair, a point of order must be raised right then. It's too late now; the original motion was "reversed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted August 20, 2012 at 09:22 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 at 09:22 PM The motion was made at the beginning of a church business meeting. Later in the meeting the same night a motion was made which would reverse the motion. The second motion was approved. Now someone is saying isn't isn't following procedure to have both motions in the same meeting.What was the motion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CB Posted August 21, 2012 at 01:48 AM Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 at 01:48 AM The motion was that someone could not serve as treasurer if a member was on the finance committee. The discussion was that it was a conflict of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted August 21, 2012 at 11:01 AM Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 at 11:01 AM Hmm, looks to me that either the original motion or the second ("reversing") one might well disagree with a bylaw requirement, and one or the other might be improper since in conflict with the bylaws.What were -- exactly -- the two motions, and what do the bylaws say that pertains to the position and duties of the treasurer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctheatc Posted August 21, 2012 at 07:13 PM Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 at 07:13 PM being treasurer and being on the finance committee is a conflict of interest?? I've heard it all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted August 30, 2012 at 01:37 AM Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 at 01:37 AM The motion was that someone could not serve as treasurer if a member was on the finance committee. The discussion was that it was a conflict of interest.That's pretty ridiculous. In fact, in many organizations the treasurer must be on the finance committee, typically as the chairman of it!But in any case, the motion was apparently improper right out of the box, because the requirements for holding office, if any, would be in the bylaws, and the bylaws cannot be suspended by an ordinary main motion. Only by going through the bylaws amendment process could the qualifications for holding office be changed.The only requirement in RONR for becoming treasurer is getting a majority of the votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Sampaio Posted September 11, 2012 at 06:00 PM Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 at 06:00 PM What about if a motion was approved during a meeting, the meeting finished, and on the next day a member wants to re-vote what was decided the day before. Can he request another vote, but only thru emails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted September 12, 2012 at 12:14 AM Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 at 12:14 AM Well, he can make a motion to amend, or to rescind, the decision made the day before, like any other motion that was adopted and is still in force (with some exceptions).But the bit about e-mails (and no different about emails, except misspelled) is another question entirely. As far as Robert's Rules is concerned, the members must be present in the meeting room for any actions to be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted September 12, 2012 at 01:19 AM Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 at 01:19 AM What about if a motion was approved during a meeting, the meeting finished, and on the next day a member wants to re-vote what was decided the day before. Can he request another vote, but only thru emails?No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted September 12, 2012 at 05:36 AM Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 at 05:36 AM No.Isn't that what I said, except less verbosely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted September 12, 2012 at 11:34 AM Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 at 11:34 AM Isn't that what I said, except less verbosely?Laconicism rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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