Cuibono Posted February 13, 2019 at 04:18 AM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 04:18 AM Hey can someone explain what a manager's amendment is? I'm not quite clear on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 13, 2019 at 04:30 AM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 04:30 AM 12 minutes ago, Cuibono said: Hey can someone explain what a manager's amendment is? I'm not quite clear on it. I doubt it. The word does not appear, so far as I know, in RONR. Do you have some context? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted February 13, 2019 at 05:25 AM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 05:25 AM 1 hour ago, Cuibono said: Hey can someone explain what a manager's amendment is? I'm not quite clear on it. I think it is a term used when the managers of a bill in Congress agree on an amendment. It might also be used in state legislatures. It is a term I have never heard used an ordinary societies and I'm fairly confident it does not appear in RONR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuibono Posted February 13, 2019 at 07:25 AM Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 07:25 AM Yeah I never heard of it and this former parliamentarian/ former chair of our organization is saying that it exists. I can't find anything on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zev Posted February 13, 2019 at 08:57 AM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 08:57 AM I checked Demeter and Sturgis and found no mention of such a thing. It definitely does not exist in Robert's. Why not just ask him/her where this is found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted February 13, 2019 at 02:02 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 02:02 PM 8 hours ago, Richard Brown said: I think it is a term used when the managers of a bill in Congress agree on an amendment. Given that description, could it be another term for a "friendly amendment"? Manager's amendment is not found in RONR. Friendly amenent is only found so that RONR can say it's improper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 13, 2019 at 02:09 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 02:09 PM 6 hours ago, Cuibono said: Yeah I never heard of it and this former parliamentarian/ former chair of our organization is saying that it exists. I can't find anything on that. Is the former parliamentarian/former chair offering any suggestion as to what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted February 13, 2019 at 05:16 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 05:16 PM Oh, Jeez, folks, doesn't anyone on here use Google??????? Seek, and ye shall find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 13, 2019 at 06:10 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 06:10 PM 53 minutes ago, Richard Brown said: Oh, Jeez, folks, doesn't anyone on here use Google??????? As was previously mentioned, a Google search turns up a procedure used in Congress. But the OP does not seem to be about a legislative body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted February 13, 2019 at 07:28 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 07:28 PM 33 minutes ago, Joshua Katz said: As was previously mentioned, a Google search turns up a procedure used in Congress. But the OP does not seem to be about a legislative body. Maybe, maybe not, but that is apparently where the procedure/term is used and where the term comes from. I'm willing to bet that whoever mentioned it to Cuibono heard or saw it used in that context. Lots of terms are used in Congress that aren't commonly used in ordinary deliberative assemblies and aren't even mentioned in RONR. I'm willing to bet this is one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 13, 2019 at 09:00 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 09:00 PM My guess is some manager used it to be mean he gets to unilaterally amend something, but that's just cynicism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zev Posted February 13, 2019 at 09:13 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 09:13 PM 1 hour ago, Richard Brown said: Maybe, maybe not, but that is apparently where the procedure/term is used and where the term comes from. I was near-certain that this was the case. However, what I was curious about was how did the OP's former parliamentarian/chair actually come to the conclusion that this was proper in a non-legislative body and how did some dude become a manager of a motion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 13, 2019 at 11:44 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 11:44 PM 9 hours ago, Atul Kapur said: Given that description, could it be another term for a "friendly amendment"? Makes sense, since they don't exist either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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