Guest vandersys Posted November 5, 2012 at 03:40 AM Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 at 03:40 AM A single ballot with 13 motions on it. Each motion depends on passing the previous motion.Q. If all but the first motions pass and the first fails, should all the rest of the motions be withdrawn until the first can be adjusted to be acceptable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMargaret Posted November 5, 2012 at 04:03 AM Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 at 04:03 AM Does it need to be a single ballot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted November 5, 2012 at 12:34 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 at 12:34 PM Each motion depends on passing the previous motion.What, exactly, does this statement mean?If it means that the adoption of each motion requires the adoption of every previous motion, then if the first motion is not adopted, none of the other motions are adopted.But if it only means that none of the motions make sense unless the previous motions are adopted, then if the first motion is not adopted, the adoption of all the other motions means you've adopted a lot of motions that don't make sense. It won't be the first time.In any case, there's no "withdrawing" of motions once the voting has taken place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted November 5, 2012 at 07:22 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 at 07:22 PM If each motion truly needs the pproval of the previous motion to proceed, then I would suggest voting on each motion separately - there is no point defeating motion A, while passing the reminding motions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted November 5, 2012 at 11:03 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 at 11:03 PM What, exactly, does this statement mean?If it means that the adoption of each motion requires the adoption of every previous motion, then if the first motion is not adopted, none of the other motions are adopted.But if it only means that none of the motions make sense unless the previous motions are adopted, then if the first motion is not adopted, the adoption of all the other motions means you've adopted a lot of motions that don't make sense. It won't be the first time.In any case, there's no "withdrawing" of motions once the voting has taken place.Since when is it in order to adopt motions that don't make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted November 5, 2012 at 11:39 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 at 11:39 PM Since when is it in order to adopt motions that don't make sense?I think the reasons a motion might not "make sense" are varied, ranging from the downright illogical all the way to the simply ill-advised. Hence my questioning what the OP meant by "depends on".If, for example, the adoption of the first question on this ballot would create a new office (or a new event) and the subsequent motions relate to that new office (or event), I don't think any of the motions are, necessarily, out of order, even if the rejection of the first motion makes the adoption of the subsequent motions moot.This is not to suggest it was a good idea to put all the questions on a single ballot but that's, apparently, what this organization did, presumably for reasons that made sense (?) at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Hunt Posted November 6, 2012 at 03:36 AM Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 at 03:36 AM This is not to suggest it was a good idea to put all the questions on a single ballot but that's, apparently, what this organization did, presumably for reasons that made sense (?) at the time.Or, much more likely, that they thought made sense at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 13, 2012 at 11:52 AM Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 at 11:52 AM Since when is it in order to adopt motions that don't make sense?Since 1789. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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