Guest srb Posted October 8, 2018 at 03:22 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 at 03:22 PM Can a person attending a meeting recommend a correction to the minutes, if they were not at the meeting when the minutes were created, but recognize the fact to be incorrect? If so, where in Roberts Rules may I find that reference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 8, 2018 at 03:46 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 at 03:46 PM (edited) Yes. There is no requirement that a member must have attended the meeting in question in order to have a say in approving the minutes of that meeting. Any member who is present at the meeting at which the minutes are being approved may offer corrections to the minutes. In addition, even after the minutes have been approved, any member, at any meeting, may offer additional corrections to the minutes in the form of a motion to amend something previously adopted. I cannot give you a citation at the moment because I do not have access to RONR. However, I will provide you one in a few minutes unless someone else does so first Edited October 8, 2018 at 03:48 PM by Richard Brown Typographical correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted October 8, 2018 at 04:09 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 at 04:09 PM See Reading and Approval of the Minutes RONR (11th ed.), p. 473–475 You will not find any rule that corrections are limited to members who were present at the prior meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 8, 2018 at 06:05 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 at 06:05 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Guest Who's Coming to Dinner said: See Reading and Approval of the Minutes RONR (11th ed.), p. 473–475 You will not find any rule that corrections are limited to members who were present at the prior meeting. It is clear and explicit throughout RONR that every member has the right to vote on every matter that comes before the assembly at a meeting at which he is present. There are very few exceptions and this is not one of them. A search of this forum will also reveal many threads where that point is made crystal clear. A member need not have been present at a meeting in order to take part in the approval of the minutes of that meeting at a future meeting. Edited October 8, 2018 at 06:10 PM by Richard Brown Deleted first sentence, misc edits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted October 8, 2018 at 08:10 PM Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 at 08:10 PM " It should be noted that a member's absence from the meeting for which minutes are being approved does not prevent the member from participating in their correction or approval. " RONR (11th ed.), p. 355 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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