Voting

[maroon1]

At monthly board meetingsof a small group, when there is a motion to accept the minutes and the financial report, how do you ask for a vote? Is it "all in favor" of the motion and "all against or opposed", "yay" or "nay", etc. What is the proper wording?

I have read different post and some say you do not have to call these to a vote. What is the proper rule?

[Guest Edgar]

There should be no vote on the approval of the minutes. Once any corrections have been made the chair will simply declare the minutes "approved" (or, if appropriate, "approved as corrected").

[jstackpo]

And the Treasurer's report doesn't get "approved" at all.

RONR, p. 479

[Gary Novosielski]

At monthly board meetingsof a small group, when there is a motion to accept the minutes and the financial report, how do you ask for a vote? Is it "all in favor" of the motion and "all against or opposed", "yay" or "nay", etc. What is the proper wording?

I have read different post and some say you do not have to call these to a vote. What is the proper rule?

The proper rule is that you do NOT vote on the approval of minutes. The only way to object to the approval of minutes is to offer a correction. You may need to vote on the correction if people disagree about it, but once all the corrections (if any) are made, and nobody has any more to offer, the chair simply announces that the minutes stand approved as read (or as corrected), without any vote on the final approval.

The financial report should NOT be "accepted". It is simply read and placed on file, unless perhaps you're referring to the annual audit report.