Guest Robert Perez Posted April 4, 2014 at 09:30 PM Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 at 09:30 PM At a recent meeting where one board member was absent, A motion was put to vote: Two members voted for while the other two kept on deliberating. The President announced the motion carried 2-0, with 2 abstaining. The deliberating members said that they had not voted yet. The Chair announced they did by remaining silent.I read but I can't find the source that states when this happens you just put the motion to vote again? Am I right ? or... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted April 4, 2014 at 09:37 PM Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 at 09:37 PM At a recent meeting where one board member was absent, A motion was put to vote: Two members voted for while the other two kept on deliberating. The President announced the motion carried 2-0, with 2 abstaining. The deliberating members said that they had not voted yet. The Chair announced they did by remaining silent.I read but I can't find the source that states when this happens you just put the motion to vote again? Am I right ? or... How is it that the motion was put to a vote when two members were still deliberating? Did the assembly order the Previous Question and the members just kept talking anyway, or did the chair call for the vote on his own initiative, notwithstanding that some members still wished to speak in debate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted April 4, 2014 at 09:49 PM Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 at 09:49 PM How is it that the motion was put to a vote when two members were still deliberating? Alternatively, how is it that two members were still deliberating when the motion was put to a vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g40 Posted April 5, 2014 at 04:51 AM Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 at 04:51 AM What does "deliberating" mean? If it means the two "deliberating" members just sat there silently "deliberating" and saying nothing at all, then it is not unreasonable, in my opinion, for the Chair to conclude this was abstaining from the vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robert Perez Posted April 7, 2014 at 09:08 PM Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 at 09:08 PM Yes, silently deliberating... For me, a lawyer had been hired to draft a resolution, the matter was complicated to impose and more difficult for the staff to implement; The lawyers opinion nor the resolution were present. Also, this matter seemed to affect many more people and I thought maybe we should set up a committee to address this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted April 7, 2014 at 09:18 PM Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 at 09:18 PM Yes, silently deliberating... For me, a lawyer had been hired to draft a resolution, the matter was complicated to impose and more difficult for the staff to implement; The lawyers opinion nor the resolution were present. Also, this matter seemed to affect many more people and I thought maybe we should set up a committee to address this issue. Based on these additional facts, it seems to me that the two additional members abstained and the chair is (and was) under no obligation to retake the vote. When a vote has been properly called for, members must promptly vote if they wish to vote. The time for deliberation is over. If you felt that the motion should have been referred to a committee, you should have made a motion to do that while the main motion was being debated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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