Guest Brutus Posted November 9, 2019 at 06:28 PM Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 at 06:28 PM The notice of the special called business meeting stated 2 purposes: vote on new members and discuss facility upgrades. After the facility upgrades discussion, someone made a motion to spend several thousand dollars for a parking lot improvement. Should the moderator have announced that the motion was out of order since the notice did not say we would be voting on the facility, or should a second to the motion have been solicited? If the motion should have been squashed, but wasn't, and the motion passed - should the board of finance move forward with the expenditure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted November 9, 2019 at 07:14 PM Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 at 07:14 PM The chair must decide whether the motion falls within the definition of a "facility upgrade". Any member who disputes the chair's action may raise a Point of Order, which is subject to Appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted November 9, 2019 at 07:23 PM Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 at 07:23 PM If the parking lot improvements are outside the scope of a facility upgrade, then such a motion is out of order. If it is nonetheless adopted, it would have been adopted illegally and would be null and void as outside the scope of notice of the special meeting. However, the motion could be ratified at a subsequent meeting.See page 124 of RONR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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