Amend a deleted bylaw

[Guest Penny]

At an annual meeting, the assembley voted to delete a bylaw and the next day voted to amend it.  I know this is wrong on many levels but now what?  Too much time has passed to raise a point of order.  Is this a continuing breach and is the bylaw still in effect since it was amended?

[George Mervosh]

At an annual meeting, the assembley voted to delete a bylaw and the next day voted to amend it.  I know this is wrong on many levels but now what?  Too much time has passed to raise a point of order.  Is this a continuing breach and is the bylaw still in effect since it was amended?

 

At this point, the bylaw provision in question should be viewed as deleted instead of changed.  It's never too late to raise a point of order regarding a breach of this nature, since the subsequent action (which looks very much like reconsidering the vote) is improper in this case and violates the rights of absentees.

[Guest Penny]

Thanks George, what I was thinking but how do you handle the minutes now?

[Edgar Guest]

At an annual meeting, the assembly voted to delete a bylaw and the next day voted to amend it.

Even though it's a plural noun, it's best to think of "the bylaws" as a whole, not as a collection of "bylaws". So you didn't "delete a bylaw", you amended the bylaws by removing some of the text. It's not any different, parliamentarily speaking, from amending the bylaws by adding some text.

[Dan Honemann]

Thanks George, what I was thinking but how do you handle the minutes now?

 

Record in the minutes exactly what was done.