Board, executive committee report?

[Guest Jake]

Does board need to move to approve the adoption of an executive committee report?

[jstackpo]

Probably depends on your bylaws, and what they say about the (relative) powers of your Board and ExecComm.

 

If the ExecComm was just making a recommendation for something to the Board, then, Yes, the Board would have to act on the recommendation (perhaps adopt a motion to do what was called for) in order to set it in motion.

[Edgar Guest]

Does board need to move to approve the adoption of an executive committee report?

 

Does it need to? No, it can simply receive the report without taking any action.

[Kim Goldsworthy]

Your question reminds me of the generic question,

"When a committee gives its report, are we to make a motion, 'That we accept this report'?

 

The answer, under most cases, is "No."

 

If the committee's report contains RESOLUTIONS or RECOMMENDATIONS, then the actual action item is moved. -- It isn't the whole report, word for word, punctuation by punctuation, which is to be adopted (or "accepted"). -- That would be overkill.

 

The presenter should present the report, and close with the action item.

E.g., "That concludes my report. On behalf of the committee, I move that the Building Fund change banks to First Western."

Entertain THAT as its own motion. Not the entire report.

[Gary Novosielski]

Does board need to move to approve the adoption of an executive committee report?

Almost certainly not.

 

They might wish to move to approve some (or all, or none) of the recommendations in the report, if it contained any.