How to approve minutes when a majority is impossible

[Guest Judd]

This involves a 3 member governmental board. 2 of the 3 members attended the last meeting. Since then 1 of the attending members resigned and left the area. How should approval of the minutes be handled at the next meeting where only 1 member was present at the previous meeting?

[George Mervosh]

The previously absent member is not excluded from the approval process, nevertheless, the minutes should be deemed approved without a vote if no {further} corrections are forthcoming once they are before the board for approval.

[David A Foulkes]

This involves a 3 member governmental board. 2 of the 3 members attended the last meeting. Since then 1 of the attending members resigned and left the area. How should approval of the minutes be handled at the next meeting where only 1 member was present at the previous meeting?

After any proposed corrections have been disposed of, and when there is no response to the chair's inquiry, "Are there any corrections [or "further corrections"] to the minutes?" the chair says, "There being no corrections [or "no further corrections"] to the minutes, the minutes stand [or "are"] approved [or "approved as read," or "approved as corrected"]." The minutes are thus approved without any formal vote, even if a motion for their approval has been made. The only proper way to object to the approval of the secretary's draft of the minutes is to offer a correction to it. It should be noted that a member's absence from the meeting for which minutes are being approved does not prevent the member from participating in their correction or approval. (RONR 11th ed. p. 354 l. 34 - p. 355 l. 11)

[Guest Guest]

Thank you.