Reconsideration

[Guest Brian]

 

In small boards, can a member who was not present at the original meeting in which a vote was placed, but at the next successive regular meeting, make a motion to reconsider an action from the previous meeting?

[Gary Novosielski]

On 10/18/2023 at 12:26 AM, Guest Brian said:

In small boards, can a member who was not present at the original meeting in which a vote was placed, but at the next successive regular meeting, make a motion to reconsider an action from the previous meeting?

No.

In one-session meetings such as Board meetings, Reconsider must be moved on the same day as the original vote. [RONR (12th ed.) 37:10(b)].  And it must be moved by someone who voted on the prevailing side. The size of the assembly is not a factor.

In committees, the answer would be very different. [See RONR (12th ed.) 37:35], but boards are not committees.  In fact even the so-called Executive Committee, if there is one, is not an actual committee.