DebbieinFL Posted August 22, 2016 at 02:17 PM Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 at 02:17 PM Hello! A board of directors dutifully brought an motion to amend the bylaws. It had sought and received the agreement of the Bylaws committee and reported that to the assembly. When presented to the assembly, in the midst of the bylaw amendment discussion, a motion was made and seconded to commit the motion to the Bylaws Committee. The moderator of the business meeting ruled that the motion to commit was out of order because the committee being referred to had already discussed the motion. Was that a correct ruling? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted August 22, 2016 at 02:20 PM Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 at 02:20 PM A motion could be recommitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted August 22, 2016 at 02:20 PM Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 at 02:20 PM 2 minutes ago, DebbieinFL said: Hello! A board of directors dutifully brought an motion to amend the bylaws. It had sought and received the agreement of the Bylaws committee and reported that to the assembly. When presented to the assembly, in the midst of the bylaw amendment discussion, a motion was made and seconded to commit the motion to the Bylaws Committee. The moderator of the business meeting ruled that the motion to commit was out of order because the committee being referred to had already discussed the motion. Was that a correct ruling? Thank you. No, that ruling was not correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted August 22, 2016 at 05:26 PM Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 at 05:26 PM 3 hours ago, DebbieinFL said: When presented to the assembly, in the midst of the bylaw amendment discussion, a motion was made and seconded to commit the motion to the Bylaws Committee. The moderator of the business meeting ruled that the motion to commit was out of order because the committee being referred to had already discussed the motion. Q. Was that a correct ruling? Answer: "No.' -- The moderator erred. It is permissible to re-commit a committee's recommendation back to the same committee. *** It is even permissible to refer the recommendation to a different committee, for that matter, and thus jump over the personnel who had generated the recommendation in the first place. -- Maybe another set of eyes and ears are needed to tweak the recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted August 22, 2016 at 07:48 PM Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 at 07:48 PM 2 hours ago, Kim Goldsworthy said: Answer: "No.' -- The moderator erred. It is permissible to re-commit a committee's recommendation back to the same committee. *** It is even permissible to refer the recommendation to a different committee, for that matter, and thus jump over the personnel who had generated the recommendation in the first place. -- Maybe another set of eyes and ears are needed to tweak the recommendation. They need to be careful here. If the bylaws committee is a standing committee assigned to review proposed amendments, the matter can't be pawned off to a special committee or a different standing committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebbieinFL Posted August 23, 2016 at 02:01 AM Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 at 02:01 AM Thank you. I wanted to make sure I had not misread the interpretation of the motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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