Guest Greg Posted March 20, 2015 at 02:55 AM Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 at 02:55 AM Hey everyone, We got pretty sideways the other night in our club BOD meeting...please help. We had a motion made and seconded and then during discussion an amendment to the main motion was made and seconded. Then a motion to defer the amendment to the next meeting was made seconded and approved. Then a vote of the primary motion was taken and failed. What happens now to the amendment to the motion now? Does it get deferred even though the primary motion failed? Thanks, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted March 20, 2015 at 03:27 AM Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 at 03:27 AM Under RONR the motion to postpone the amendment only was not in order, as the motion to postpone to a certain time cannot be applied to a subsidiary motion, which is what the motion to amend is (RONR, 11th ed. p. 181, ll. 28-33). It would have been in order to postpone the main motion, and then the amendment would have been postponed as well. However, since no one raised a point of order at the time that the motion to postpone the amendment only was not proper, and then you all went back and voted on the main motion, I'd say the result of that vote stands, and the main motion is not adopted. You can, at the next meeting, start the process all over again by re-introducing the main motion (and any amendments that seem appropriate). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Coronite Posted March 20, 2015 at 11:49 AM Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 at 11:49 AM Did the improperly postponed amendment die when the original main motion was defeated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted March 20, 2015 at 12:02 PM Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 at 12:02 PM Did the improperly postponed amendment die when the original main motion was defeated? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Coronite Posted March 20, 2015 at 12:15 PM Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 at 12:15 PM Figured as much. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greg Posted March 20, 2015 at 03:02 PM Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 at 03:02 PM Thanks for the responses guys. Since both motions are essentially dead now. The main motion with the desired amended language will be brought up as a new motion at the next meeting for consideration. Always helpful...thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted March 20, 2015 at 04:18 PM Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 at 04:18 PM Since both motions are essentially dead now. The main motion with the desired amended language will be brought up as a new motion at the next meeting for consideration.That is the right way to do it. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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