Guest Bradah Posted July 20, 2010 at 02:49 AM Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 at 02:49 AM At our meeting a motion was made and second - a member then made a motion to vote by ballot - was seconded-can that be done? I proceeded with the voting and the motion to vote by ballot failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. J! Posted July 20, 2010 at 03:13 AM Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 at 03:13 AM At our meeting a motion was made and second - a member then made a motion to vote by ballot - was seconded-can that be done? I proceeded with the voting and the motion to vote by ballot failed.Sounds fine. See page 398. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted July 20, 2010 at 12:01 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 at 12:01 PM It sounds like the person making the (incidental) motion to vote by ballot may have jumped the gun a little. From your description I picture member A saying, "I make a motion to blah blah blah...", member B calls out, "second!" and member C then pipes up with the motion to conduct the vote by ballot. If the original motion had not yet been stated by chair (and if no debate on the original motion had started yet), then that motion wasn't quite in the hands of the assembly yet. Therefore, the motion about method of voting was a bit premature.However, this isn't a major flaw in procedure, and there are no parliamentary grounds to complain about it after the fact. I assume the assembly simply returned to its handling of the main motion, once the motion to vote by ballot was defeated.A motion regarding method of voting is in order when a question is pending, and can be moved 'until, but not after, the question on another motion has been stated.' (RONR p. 273 ll. 27-28) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted July 20, 2010 at 12:42 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 at 12:42 PM Jonathan and I can't picture what Trina pictures and we have strict limits on word count, which is why I'm glad she's here.......makes me wonder why I even post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted July 20, 2010 at 01:42 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 at 01:42 PM Jonathan and I can't picture what Trina pictures and we have strict limits on word count, which is why I'm glad she's here.......makes me wonder why I even post?I just print out her posts and put them in a notebook with a cover page "Trina's Rules of Order - Newly Revised (1st Ed.)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted July 20, 2010 at 06:25 PM Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 at 06:25 PM I just print out her posts and put them in a notebook with a cover page "Trina's Rules of Order - Newly Revised (1st Ed.)" Geez, I sure hope not .I'll admit my posts won't win prizes for brevity, but partly that's because I think back to my earlier days on this forum, when I often learned more from the longer responses than from the (sometimes perfectly accurate) 'yes' or 'no' answers. "Because some anonymous guy on the Internet said 'no'," didn't get me far in understanding a puzzling situation myself, nor was it very useful in convincing other people in the organizations I belong to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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