Committee Motion to Board Of Directors

[Guest Aidan Blunt]

When a Committee Chair presents a motion to the Board, does another Board Member, who also happens to be on the Committee presenting the motion, have to second the Motion, or can they act independently as a Board Member and not second the motion? 

[Rev Ed]

If there is more than one member on the Committee, then no second is required.

[Guest Edgar]

And no one is ever compelled to second a motion. In fact, the maker of the motion doesn't even have to vote for it.

 

The committee could have been nearly evenly divided. Or members of the committee thought the motion should be placed before the board so that the board could go on record as defeating it. No one is ever compelled to vote the same way in one body (e.g. the board) as he may have voted in another (e.g. the committee). In fact, no one is compelled to vote at all.

[Thomas Ralph]

If there is more than one member on the Committee, then no second is required.

As is the case for all motions in small boards.