Guest tom gilman Posted May 31, 2010 at 03:44 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 at 03:44 AM this is a two part question. (1). our organization does not allow the outgoing board or president to commit the incoming president to any expenditures. A motion was made to do a project under the new president, it was seconded, and passed, 2 decending out of 11. (2). Now the new president is in office with a new executive board, how can we change this action. we want to stop this project. can we make another motion to not do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted May 31, 2010 at 04:22 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 at 04:22 AM 1) What is your question?2) Certainly, via the motion to rescind - see RONR p. 293. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted May 31, 2010 at 12:39 PM Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 at 12:39 PM It's also worth pointing out that the motion to rescind can only be applied to the part(s) of the original motion that have not yet been carried out. If the project is already under way, you may have a more complicated situation. If contracts are involved, then you'll also be in the legal realm (rather than referring simply to RONR, which deals with questions of parliamentary procedure).>> ...our organization does not allow the outgoing board or president to commit the incoming president to any expenditures. A motion was made to do a project under the new president, it was seconded, and passed... <<If the rule you describe is in your bylaws, then the motion to do a project under the new president is likely to stand in conflict with the bylaws. In that case, you would have a continuing breach, which could be challenged via a point of order at any time. The motion would be null and void (so, in that case, there would be no need to formally rescind the motion). See RONR p. 244(a). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted May 31, 2010 at 03:30 PM Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 at 03:30 PM our organization does not allow the outgoing board or president to commit the incoming president to any expenditures.How long is the "outgoing board or president" considered to be "outgoing"?After all, the outgoing board is still the board. And a lame-duck president is still the president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carl abruzzo Posted May 31, 2010 at 03:43 PM Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 at 03:43 PM Can a meeting be ended with just a motion to end and a second, but no vote on the motion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted May 31, 2010 at 06:30 PM Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 at 06:30 PM carl abruzzo,Please start a new thread.It isn't far to Tom (original poster) to piggy back an unrelated question to Tom's thread.(We don't want a single thread to "grow like Topsy".) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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