Guest Chris Posted December 5, 2012 at 02:57 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 02:57 PM A motion was made and during discussion an amendment to the motion was made then seconded and voted on. The Board then voted on original motion. Is this correct? How can an amendment to motion that wasn't voted on be made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:11 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:11 PM Seems so." Amend is a motion to modify the wording-and within certain limits the meaning-of a pending motion before the pending motion itself is acted upon" RONR (11th ed.), p. 130If the amendment in question was adopted, the main motion, as amended, would be before the assembly. If the amendment in question is not adopted, the main motion as originally stated is before the assembly.Does that answer your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:33 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:33 PM A motion was made and during discussion an amendment to the motion was made then seconded and voted on. The Board then voted on original motion. Is this correct? How can an amendment to motion that wasn't voted on be made?Actually, an understanding of the principle behind subsidiary motions to amend would inspire one to ask how a main motion can be adopted before the wording has been decided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 5, 2012 at 04:04 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 04:04 PM A motion was made and during discussion an amendment to the motion was made then seconded and voted on. The Board then voted on original motion. Is this correct? How can an amendment to motion that wasn't voted on be made?That's the proper way. The amendment "perfects" the motion so that it's the way people want it to read, BEFORE it gets voted on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted December 5, 2012 at 05:10 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 05:10 PM A motion was made and during discussion an amendment to the motion was made then seconded and voted on.And what was the result of that vote? That is, was the amendment to the motion adopted or defeated?The Board then voted on original motion.You mean they voted on the originally worded motion? If the amendment was not adopted, this was proper. If the amendment was adopted, it was not proper. So, you tell us....an amendment ...was... voted on....How can an amendment to motion that wasn't voted on be made? Was the amendment voted on or not? Or do mean the motion wasn't voted on (yet) so how can an amendment be offered? I'm more confused now than when I started.Here's how it could go for most motions. (Some aren't amendable, or even debatable, this is just basics)original motion made and secondeddebate beginsa member, thinking the wording needs some tweaking, moves to amend the original motiondebate begins on the amendment motiona vote is taken on the amendment motion (not the original motion)if the amendment is adopted, the original motion wording is changed accordinglyif the amendment is defeated, the original motion wording is retained[*]after the vote........[*]debate resumes on the original motion (as possibly amended - see above)[*]a vote is taken on the original motion (as possibly amended - see above)Two motions, two votes. Might get more involved with referring, postponing, and whatnot. So far, nothing you've presented clearly indicates a violation of any kind occured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted December 5, 2012 at 05:31 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 05:31 PM I'm more confused now than when I started.There's gotta be a lesson there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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