Hansome Posted March 26, 2017 at 04:30 PM Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 at 04:30 PM At our meeting, under "old business" a member proposed giving $1800 dollars to a struggling non profit in our area. This motion was unanimously voted down as it was felt the non profit did noting to help itself, it was becoming dependent on our organization. Much later in the meeting, the motion was brought up again, for a lessor amount of $700. Motion passed. My question is whether this motion was proper, as a similar motion had already been defeated. Redundant motions are not covered in our bylaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted March 26, 2017 at 05:01 PM Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 at 05:01 PM At the time the second motion was made, a point of order could have been raised. It is too late to raise a point of order now. The adopted motion could be rescinded or amended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted March 27, 2017 at 06:09 AM Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 at 06:09 AM The rule is, an assembly should not be forced to entertain the identical motion, or nearly-identical motion, twice in the same session. But if they do, then that is the choice of the assembly. No one raised a timely point of order. -- So, no one cared if the identical concept was re-entertained. *** You say the previous motion failed, but the same motion but with a smaller dollar total was adopted. Okay. So, the adopted motions stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted March 27, 2017 at 01:56 PM Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 at 01:56 PM 21 hours ago, Hansome said: At our meeting, under "old business" a member proposed giving $1800 dollars to a struggling non profit in our area. This motion was unanimously voted down as it was felt the non profit did noting to help itself, it was becoming dependent on our organization. Much later in the meeting, the motion was brought up again, for a lessor amount of $700. Motion passed. My question is whether this motion was proper, as a similar motion had already been defeated. Redundant motions are not covered in our bylaws. I think a reasonable argument could be made that giving $700 is a substantially different question than giving $1,800 (and it appears the assembly agreed with this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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