Guest Grammy Posted February 6, 2022 at 04:00 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 at 04:00 AM I'm baaaack! Our new Board voted unanimously on a item, which involved the behavior of two members.. However, after some thought, several Board members felt that they needed additional facts to make a more educated decision. After new facts were presented, the Board unanimously changed their vote at a special meeting, to not take action against these members, after all. My question is: Can we leave the original vote out of the minutes to avoid negative reaction from the membership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted February 6, 2022 at 04:28 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 at 04:28 AM On 2/5/2022 at 9:00 PM, Guest Grammy said: Can we leave the original vote out of the minutes to avoid negative reaction from the membership. No! At least not legitimately. The minutes are supposed to reflect what happened at the meeting, not what you wish had happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted February 6, 2022 at 06:36 PM Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 at 06:36 PM On 2/5/2022 at 11:28 PM, Weldon Merritt said: No! At least not legitimately. The minutes are supposed to reflect what happened at the meeting, not what you wish had happened. That's true. However, under RONR the board does not need to share its own minutes with the membership unless ordered to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted February 6, 2022 at 07:38 PM Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 at 07:38 PM On 2/6/2022 at 11:36 AM, Shmuel Gerber said: That's true. However, under RONR the board does not need to share its own minutes with the membership unless ordered to do so. True. I didn't think of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zev Posted February 7, 2022 at 03:04 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 at 03:04 AM It seems to me that if the board altered its minutes and all board members remained mum about the affair, then even if the minutes were produced and read to the assembly for both occasions in question the likelihood of anyone detecting that something was amiss seems extremely small unless a board member rats on his fellow board members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted February 7, 2022 at 03:47 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 at 03:47 AM On 2/6/2022 at 8:04 PM, Guest Zev said: It seems to me that if the board altered its minutes and all board members remained mum about the affair, then even if the minutes were produced and read to the assembly for both occasions in question the likelihood of anyone detecting that something was amiss seems extremely small unless a board member rats on his fellow board members. Well, yes. But that assumes that the entire board is willing to falsify the minutes, and then agree to cover up the falsification. That's why I said they can't legitimately omit the first motion. An assembly can do all sorts of improper things if they are willing to ignore the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 8, 2022 at 12:57 AM Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 at 12:57 AM However, the organization may wish to look up the motion to rescind and expunge from the minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted February 8, 2022 at 02:34 AM Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 at 02:34 AM On 2/7/2022 at 6:57 PM, Joshua Katz said: However, the organization may wish to look up the motion to rescind and expunge from the minutes. Even expunging will not eliminate text from the minutes, since the expunged text must be crossed through in such a way that it is still readable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 8, 2022 at 12:29 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 at 12:29 PM That is why I said they may wish to look into it, not that it would achieve what they wanted to achieve. Apologies if I suggested otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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