Guest Ruth Hicks Posted December 21, 2012 at 02:11 PM Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 at 02:11 PM A request has been made to reconsider a decision by a person who voted in the positive. If a meeting takes place can only the members who were present participate or can it be open to the whole committee again? Does a vote to reconsider have to have a motion prepared to replace what is being removed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted December 21, 2012 at 02:25 PM Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 at 02:25 PM The motion to reconsider the vote needs to be made at a meeting and can be made by any member who did not vote on the losing side of the question and voted on by all members present, and, if adopted, all members present can offer amendments to and/or vote on the motion which is being reconsidered. There is no need to offer any previous notice of what you intend to do if the motion ends up being reconsidered, though it might be beneficial to give notice that the motion will be made. See RONR (11th ed.), p. 329, l. 25ff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted December 21, 2012 at 03:14 PM Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 at 03:14 PM A request has been made to reconsider a decision . . .Keep in mind that RONR uses the word "reconsider" is a very narrowly-defined way. What you may instead want to do is make a motion to Amend Something Previously Adopted (ASPA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted December 21, 2012 at 03:16 PM Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 at 03:16 PM . . . is a very narrowly-defined way.That, of course, should be "in a very-narrowly defined way". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted December 22, 2012 at 12:30 AM Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 at 12:30 AM Keep in mind that RONR uses the word "reconsider" is a very narrowly-defined way. What you may instead want to do is make a motion to Amend Something Previously Adopted (ASPA).Since it's a committee, the motion to Reconsider should work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted December 22, 2012 at 12:41 AM Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 at 12:41 AM Since it's a committee, the motion to Reconsider should work fine.Ah, yes; thanks for that clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted December 22, 2012 at 01:10 AM Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 at 01:10 AM Thanks Mr. Martin for you ESP. I could not figure out what was wrong with Mr. Mervosh's citation of the subsection on reconsideration in standing and special committees. I suppose both motions work well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 24, 2012 at 04:44 AM Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 at 04:44 AM A request has been made to reconsider a decision by a person who voted in the positive. If a meeting takes place can only the members who were present participate or can it be open to the whole committee again? Does a vote to reconsider have to have a motion prepared to replace what is being removed?No, you only have to specify which vote you want to be reconsidered, nothing more. And the motion requires a seconder, whose original vote, if any, makes no difference.The motion to Reconsider does not in itself remove or replace anything. If it is adopted, the original question is once again placed before the assembly in the form that it was when it was last being considered, prior to the original vote. The original question can then be voted on again, but before that it can also be debated and amended. That's where you would do any needed removing and replacing.. When the language is finalized, a new final vote takes place, and the results of that vote decide the question. It's possible that it could be voted down completely at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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