Guest TAB Posted October 11, 2012 at 01:01 PM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 01:01 PM Is it correct for a secretary to quote word for word what people say during the meetings. I thought minutes where to cover what was talked about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted October 11, 2012 at 01:21 PM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 01:21 PM Is it correct for a secretary to quote word for word what people say during the meetings. I thought minutes where to cover what was talked about.No, it is not correct. The minutes are a record of what was done at a meeting, not what was said by the members. See RONR, p. 468ff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferK Posted October 29, 2012 at 06:09 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 06:09 PM Unless the minutes are to be published. Then there are different rules, are there not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted October 29, 2012 at 06:11 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 06:11 PM Unless the minutes are to be published. Then there are different rules, are there not?There are but 99.99999999% of the time minutes are not "published". Even if you think they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted October 29, 2012 at 06:12 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 06:12 PM Unless the minutes are to be published. Then there are different rules, are there not?Yes. Different, different rules with the 11th edition. RONR (11th ed.), p. 475, l. 26ff It's rarely done in practice in ordinary societies and not worth the additional citation and confusion it causes, except when specifically asked, like you just did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted October 29, 2012 at 06:12 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 06:12 PM Unless the minutes are to be published. Then there are different rules, are there not?A verbatim transcript is appropriate when minutes are to be published. Otherwise, the minutes should not contain quotes nor even a summary of "what was talked about." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted October 29, 2012 at 07:04 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 07:04 PM Unless the minutes are to be published. Then there are different rules, are there not?No. The 11th edition treats this subject very differently than did previous editions. See pages 475-76. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted October 29, 2012 at 07:20 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 07:20 PM There are . . .Yes.No.Just to clarify (if only in my own mind), what used to be included in published minutes now belong in a document called "the proceedings" and the content of minutes remains the same (i.e. the done-not-said stuff). I suppose that this means that even if the minutes are required to be "published" (whatever that's taken to mean), their content would remain unchanged. Though this may come as a surprise to whoever is requiring the publication of the minutes.And, just to preempt criticism of my "clarification", see the pages cited by Mr. Honemann for the real clarification.[Winds are just now picking up a bit here in the mid-Hudson valley and there are scattered power outages nearby. Though I suspect we're faring better, at least for the time being, than the Chesapeake. Good luck to all those affected.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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