Guest Joan Siltanen Posted June 10, 2014 at 02:27 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 at 02:27 AM Our committee membership ends on May 31. The committee continues but some of the members change.Can the new group that begins on June 1 approve minutes from a May meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted June 10, 2014 at 03:19 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 at 03:19 AM Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted June 10, 2014 at 03:47 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 at 03:47 AM YesYou got a citation, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted June 10, 2014 at 11:38 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 at 11:38 AM You got a citation, please? pg. 502 addresses continuity of the committee assignment. So, if the minutes were not approved during the previous term, which is what should have happened (pg. 474), the minutes can be approved in the new term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted June 10, 2014 at 11:41 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 at 11:41 AM Our committee membership ends on May 31. The committee continues but some of the members change.Can the new group that begins on June 1 approve minutes from a May meeting? Assuming this is a committee that keeps formal minutes (ordinarily they don't), a subcommittee should have been appointed to approve these minutes (RONR, p. 474, l. 31 to p. 475, l. 7). If this has not been done, however, these minutes should be approved at the next regular meeting of the committee (RONR, 11th ed., p. 354, ll. 17-20). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest D. Blaylock Posted June 10, 2014 at 05:46 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 at 05:46 PM Similarly, may a member of a committee motion to approve (or second a motion to approve) minutes from the previous meeting if they were absent from that meeting? It does not seem logical to me that they should be able to approve something they are not able to confirm because of their absence. Please also notate the citation for the answer to this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted June 10, 2014 at 05:54 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 at 05:54 PM Similarly, may a member of a committee motion to approve (or second a motion to approve) minutes from the previous meeting if they were absent from that meeting? It does not seem logical to me that they should be able to approve something they are not able to confirm because of their absence. Please also notate the citation for the answer to this topic. " It should be noted that a member's absence from the meeting for which minutes are being approved does not prevent the member from participating in their correction or approval." RONR (11th ed.), p. 355 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted June 10, 2014 at 06:20 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 at 06:20 PM It does not seem logical to me that they should be able to approve something they are not able to confirm because of their absence. Please also notate the citation for the answer to this topic. It does not seem logical to me that if I see my name listed as making a motion during a meeting at which I was not present, that I should be prevented from correcting the record. Besides, according to the rules in RONR, the approval of minutes requires neither a motion nor a second (p. 355), so there's no problem in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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