cadonn Posted December 12, 2022 at 05:13 PM Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 at 05:13 PM Hello. If a member declares a pecuniary interest for an item at one meeting and that same item is part of the minutes being approved at the next meeting, does that member also have to declare a conflict? I am a bit confused as at the first meeting the member was not chairing the meeting but the next meeting the member will be chairing the meeting. When he declares at the second meeting, should another member assume the chair until the item is dealt with and then the original member takes the chair back? Thank you. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted December 12, 2022 at 05:33 PM Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 at 05:33 PM Approving the minutes just indicates that they are an accurate record of what took place. There is no opinion or decision being made on the items that were decided at the previous meeting. So there is no conflict on approving the minutes, even if they include an item where a member declared a conflict at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadonn Posted December 12, 2022 at 05:37 PM Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 at 05:37 PM Thank you for the great explanation. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 13, 2022 at 12:35 AM Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 at 12:35 AM On 12/12/2022 at 12:13 PM, cadonn said: Hello. If a member declares a pecuniary interest for an item at one meeting and that same item is part of the minutes being approved at the next meeting, does that member also have to declare a conflict? I am a bit confused as at the first meeting the member was not chairing the meeting but the next meeting the member will be chairing the meeting. When he declares at the second meeting, should another member assume the chair until the item is dealt with and then the original member takes the chair back? Thank you. Cat Since there is no vote on the approval of minutes (see 41:9-11) there's usually no vote to recuse from. The only way to object to the contents of the draft minutes is to offer a correction. Once corrections, if any, are handled, the minutes simply stand approved. There might be a vote on whether a particular correction is in fact correct, but none of this goes to the merits of the motions recorded in the minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadonn Posted December 13, 2022 at 03:08 PM Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 at 03:08 PM Thank you for the reference to the correct section of Robert's Rules. Reading it now. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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