Guest Elginiter Posted March 30, 2018 at 09:43 PM Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 at 09:43 PM A chair of one of our board sub committees presents motions as from committee when in fact his committee never met. Can it be accepted as from committee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted March 30, 2018 at 10:20 PM Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 at 10:20 PM A committee can only make recommendations. Motions are made by individual members. The chair's fibbing about where the recommendations came from is a disciplinary matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted March 30, 2018 at 10:48 PM Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 at 10:48 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Guest Elginiter said: A chair of one of our board sub committees presents motions as from committee when in fact his committee never met. Can it be accepted as from committee? 32 minutes ago, Guest Who's Coming to Dinner said: A committee can only make recommendations. Motions are made by individual members. The chair's fibbing about where the recommendations came from is a disciplinary matter. Um, not so fast. According to page 503 of RONR, in the section on committee reports, it says the following: "In the case of a committee, however, if it is impractical to bring its members together for a meeting, the report of the committee can contain what has been agreed to by every one of its members. (See also Electronic Meetings, pp. 97–99.) " Without knowing more, I don't think we can say the committee chairman is fibbing or did anything wrong. It might well be that every member of the committee did in fact agree to the report even though they never actually had a meeting. Edited to add: Also, when presenting the report of a committee, if the report contains a recommendation, the chair may move for the adoption of the recommendation on behalf of the committee. From page 507: "When a report contains recommendations—except in cases where the recommendations relate only to the adoption or rejection of question(s) that were referred while pending (13) and consequently become pending again automatically when reported (pp. 516–19)—the reporting board or committee member usually makes the necessary motion to implement the recommendations at the conclusion of his presentation, provided he is a member of the assembly" Edited March 30, 2018 at 10:53 PM by Richard Brown Added last paragraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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