No motions made but action item approved

[Guest Melanie]

At our last governing board meeting, one of our directors requested that our board approve some additional funding allocations.  There was discussion about the action item and then a vote was taken after discussion, and the board members all voted in favor of the funding allocations.  However, although all members approved, there were never any motions made by any members.  The lack of a motion and a seconding of the motion was just noticed when the minutes were being typed up for this month's meeting.  What happens now?  How should this be resolved? 

[Dan Honemann]

In a board meeting where there are not more than about a dozen members present, if a proposal is perfectly clear to all present a vote can be taken without a motion's having been introduced. (RONR, 11th ed., pp. 487-88.)

[Guest Guest]

Thanks so much, Daniel.  I will look at those pages in RONR. 

[Gary c Tesser]

"Daniel"?  I don't even call him Daniel.  Probably when he was a lieutenant his fellow lieutenants didn't call him Daniel.  Probably his dandled grandchildren don't call him Daniel.  Maybe when his mom was mad at him she'd curtly hiss, "Daniel Horace Honemann, get over here this instant."  But I don't bet on it.

 

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[Guest Guest]

That made me chuckle, Mr. Tesser.  And I bet more people call you "Gary" rather than "Mr. Tesser," right?     Had I known that "Daniel" was a Lieutenant, I would have called him "Lieutenant Dan" (I believe that's a Forest Gump reference). 

 

Melanie 

[Edgar Guest]

And I bet more people call you "Gary" rather than "Mr. Tesser," right?

 

Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil,

But everyone knew her as Nancy.

 

I don't even call him Daniel.

 

Now she and her man, who called himself Dan,

Were in the next room at the hoe down.

Rocky burst in, and grinning a grin,

He said, "Danny boy, this is a showdown".

But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot,

And Rocky collapsed in the corner.