Guest Ginny Kostalansky Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:28 PM Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:28 PM After a vote was taken at the school board meeting, one of the directors that participated and voted in the proceedings recalled that she had a conflict and should have abstained from voting on the contract. What is the proper way to address the conflict? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:34 PM Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:34 PM After a vote was taken at the school board meeting, one of the directors that participated and voted in the proceedings recalled that she had a conflict and should have abstained from voting on the contract. What is the proper way to address the conflict? Under the rules in RONR, there's no need to address anything at this point. See FAQ#9 http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:41 PM Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:41 PM After a vote was taken at the school board meeting, one of the directors that participated and voted in the proceedings recalled that she had a conflict and should have abstained from voting on the contract. What is the proper way to address the conflict? Would her one vote have changed the outcome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:51 PM Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:51 PM The director now feels that she should have abstained from the voting and her vote could have changed the outcome. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:57 PM Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 at 04:57 PM The director now feels that she should have abstained from the voting and her vote could have changed the outcome. Any thoughts? It's too late now to do anything about it, sans some violation of a procedural rule in statute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted June 17, 2014 at 08:13 PM Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 at 08:13 PM Would her one vote have changed the outcome? I'm not sure that's relevant. Per RONR she was entitled to vote (whether she "should" have or not). Of course superseding rules or laws might stipulate that she can't vote if there's a "conflict of interest" but, as we like to say, that's beyond the scope of this humble forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted June 18, 2014 at 01:38 AM Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 at 01:38 AM I'm not sure it is either. But I'd still like to know. I'd also like to know what rule she thinks she violated by voting. That would help differentiate between a situation lying outside the scope of RONR and a simple misunderstanding of the rules that actually are in RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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