does it take a resolution to rescind portions of a resolution?

[Guest Caroline]

Board needs to remove an item, from a list of items in a series of previously passed resolutions. The previous resolutions each contained a list of items, and one of the listed items needs to be “removed” from those resolutions.

 

Do they need to act on a new resolution to rescind the specific portions, or can they make a amend those portions of the previous resolutions in a simple motion? Or in other words, does it take a resolution to rescind portions of a resolution?

[Joshua Katz]

Assuming the original resolutions here are board motions, it takes a motion to Amend or Rescind Something Previously Adopted.  I don't know what you mean by distinguishing between a new resolution and a simple motion, there's no such categories in RONR.  To adopt a motion to Amend or Rescind Something Previously Adopted takes a 2/3 vote, or a majority with previous notice, or a majority of the entire membership, any one of which will suffice.

[Guest]

Thank you for the input.  It did clarify my thinking... a resolution is just a complicated motion. So a motion is a motion.

 

[Joshua Katz]

A motion is a motion, yes.