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Guest Pat Williams

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When is a motion and second to accept appropriate following the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting.

 

No motion is required--the question on approval is automatic, and the only way to object to approval is to offer a correction.  There might be a vote on the correction if there is not unanimous agreement but no vote is needed on overall approval.  Once there are no (more) corrections offered, the chair declares that the minutes are approved.

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Never. Once all corrections have been made, the chair simply declares the minutes approved (not "accepted" . . . or "adopted").

Does the chair just ask the rest of the board if there are any corrections to the minutes and the secretary notes those corrections. So even though there were corrections (assuming there were no objections to the corrections) does the chair after all corrections are made just simply declare the minutes approved without any motions?

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So even though there were corrections (assuming there were no objections to the corrections) does the chair after all corrections are made just simply declare the minutes approved without any motions?

 

Yes, that is correct. While there might be a motion (or even a vote) on a correction if there is disagreement, no motion is necessary to approve the minutes, and it is not appropriate to take a vote on the approval of the minutes, because the assembly must approve minutes. The only way to object to the approval of the minutes is by offering a correction.

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