Weldon Merritt Posted March 5, 2018 at 09:45 PM Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 at 09:45 PM If a special meeting is called for the purpose of considering a motion to make a donation to a specified fund, is it necessary that the notice specify the amount of the donation? (The bylaws provide for special meetings, and the donation would be within the organization’s object.) If it is not necessary to specify the amount, then it seems that the motion could be for any amount (at least up to the amount in the treasury). But if the amount must be specified in the notice, then I assume that an amendment to decrease the amount would be in order, but an amendment to increase the amount would not be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:07 PM Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:07 PM If the motion does not require previous notice normally, I think the answer is no, based on this: "The requirement that business transacted at a special meeting be specified in the call should not be confused with a requirement that previous notice of a motion be given. Although the call of a special meeting must state the purpose of the meeting, it need not give the exact content of individual motions that will be considered. When a main motion related to business specified in the call of a special meeting is pending, it is as fully open to germane amendment as if it had been moved at a regular meeting. " RONR (11th ed.), p. 93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:10 PM Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:10 PM Don't think so. A special meeting notice puts no constraints on how the motion is (possibly) amended -- it is no different than if the same motion was offered ... Oops, George beat me to it. Things must be slow in the insurance business today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:14 PM Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:14 PM Weldon, I agree with George and John. I don't think the notice of a special meeting needs to specify the amount of the donation unless it is a motion which requires previous notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:15 PM Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:15 PM What happens if, regardless, the notice does include an amount? Does scope of notice apply in that case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:17 PM Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:17 PM Thanks, Geeorge, John, and Richard. That's what I thought, but I was looking for confirmnation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:18 PM Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:18 PM Nope. No constraints means, well, no constraints. If the motion was offered as new business in a regular meeting, there woould be no question that amendments could go in any direction from the original main motion value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:18 PM Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 at 10:18 PM 2 minutes ago, Joshua Katz said: What happens if, regardless, the notice does include an amount? Does scope of notice apply in that case? Based on the quote that George posted, I would think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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