Guest Rosamunde Posted November 6, 2010 at 10:56 AM Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 at 10:56 AM One member of our board was defeated at the beginning of this year on her proposal to cut the pay of an executive officer that the board supervises. Since then, she has been submitting a plethora of written motions concerning proposed small actions for inclusion on the agenda of every meeting (e.g., "I, Mary Smith, move that we remove the word "an" and the comma in the third line of the minutes of July 1"). Obviously, dealing with each of these motions leaves little time for moving forward with the business of the board. She is a powerful person in the community, so the other board members have chosen to try to work through her motions as quickly as possible to get to the larger board business, but this situation is rapidly becoming untenable. Short of the board members refusing to approve the agendas containing the tidal wave of minute motions, is there any other remedy that the board chair or members can take to stop this practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Cisar Posted November 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM One member of our board was defeated at the beginning of this year on her proposal to cut the pay of an executive officer that the board supervises. Since then, she has been submitting a plethora of written motions concerning proposed small actions for inclusion on the agenda of every meeting (e.g., "I, Mary Smith, move that we remove the word "an" and the comma in the third line of the minutes of July 1"). Obviously, dealing with each of these motions leaves little time for moving forward with the business of the board. She is a powerful person in the community, so the other board members have chosen to try to work through her motions as quickly as possible to get to the larger board business, but this situation is rapidly becoming untenable. Short of the board members refusing to approve the agendas containing the tidal wave of minute motions, is there any other remedy that the board chair or members can take to stop this practice?Yes, order the agenda the way that most board members want. A person is only as powerful as others let her be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted November 7, 2010 at 02:44 PM Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 at 02:44 PM Yes, order the agenda the way that most board members want. A person is only as powerful as others let her be.Agenda or not, she will still be able to make legitimate motions. If you suspect she is doing this just to be annoying and/or to block business, see RONR(10th ed.), p. 331-332. Also, see RONR(10th ed.), section 23 & 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted November 7, 2010 at 05:13 PM Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 at 05:13 PM ... she has been submitting a plethora of written motions concerning proposed small actions for inclusion on the agenda of every meeting ...... Short of the board members refusing to approve the agendas containing the tidal wave of minute motions, is there any other remedy that the board chair or members can take to stop this practice?Here is one way out:REFER TO COMMITTEE.That is, if there is more than one "plethora of written motions" (!) then refers all these written requests to a committee, who will review them, debate them, and come back with a unified, single motion of all the best recommendations in one (well-critiqued) fell swoop.You don't have to mess with the lousy "plethora of written motions" - only the best ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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