Russ1409 Posted January 29, 2017 at 03:39 PM Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 at 03:39 PM How is an amendment to a motion recorded in the minutes? Does the secretary only record the final motion? And if so, does the person who made the amendment become the person making the motion? Example: Brian makes the motion that the club spends $500 on new tools. The motion is seconded and during debate Dave moves to amend the motion to allocate $1,000 to buy two sets of tools. The motion to amend is seconded, debated, and passed. The club then passes the motion to buy two sets of tools up to $1,000. How is all of this recorded in the minutes? Was the second vote really needed? I know we vote to approve amendments, but basically we voted twice on the same subject. If the amendment failed, then I could see going back to a vote on one set of tools for $1,000. Thanks, Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted January 29, 2017 at 03:54 PM Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 at 03:54 PM Mr. Brian made a motion which, after debate and amendment, read "To allocate $1,000 to buy two sets of tools." Yes, the second vote is necessary. Just because the assembly would rather consider $1,000 than $500 doesn't mean the assembly has decided to spend anything at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted January 29, 2017 at 03:59 PM Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 at 03:59 PM I agree with this wording of the entry in the minutes if we strike out "read" and insert "was adopted as follows". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted January 29, 2017 at 07:05 PM Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 at 07:05 PM 3 hours ago, Russ1409 said: How is an amendment to a motion recorded in the minutes? Does the secretary only record the final motion? And if so, does the person who made the amendment become the person making the motion? Example: Brian makes the motion that the club spends $500 on new tools. The motion is seconded and during debate Dave moves to amend the motion to allocate $1,000 to buy two sets of tools. The motion to amend is seconded, debated, and passed. The club then passes the motion to buy two sets of tools up to $1,000. How is all of this recorded in the minutes? Was the second vote really needed? I know we vote to approve amendments, but basically we voted twice on the same subject. If the amendment failed, then I could see going back to a vote on one set of tools for $1,000. Thanks, Russ No, you haven't voted twice on the same subject at all. When you vote on amendments, the subject is, "What should the motion that we're considering actually say?" When you vote on the motion, the subject is, "Should the society do what the motion (now) says, or not." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ1409 Posted January 30, 2017 at 03:33 AM Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 at 03:33 AM Ok, everyone, thank you very much for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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