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I brought up a topic at our last monthly meeting and no motion was made because the others wanted input from a committee. I brought this up again at this month's meeting under unfinished business and was told it should fall under new business because there wasn't a motion made at the previous meeting. Is this correct.

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I brought up a topic at our last monthly meeting and no motion was made because the others wanted input from a committee. I brought this up again at this month's meeting under unfinished business and was told it should fall under new business because there wasn't a motion made at the previous meeting. Is this correct.

So was the topic actually referred to a committee or was there no follow through in even getting the committee to take up the topic?

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So was the topic actually referred to a committee or was there no follow through in even getting the committee to take up the topic?

The committee never met on the topic and I know I don't need their reccomendation to proceed. My question is does it need to be a motion to be brought up under unfinished business.

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The committee never met on the topic and I know I don't need their reccomendation to proceed. My question is does it need to be a motion to be brought up under unfinished business.

If a motion wasn't made (and isn't still pending), it sounds like new business (if not an entirely new "topic") to me.

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The committee never met on the topic and I know I don't need their reccomendation to proceed. My question is does it need to be a motion to be brought up under unfinished business.

We understand that the committee never met on the topic, but had the topic been referred to the committee?

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The committee never met on the topic

So was the topic actually referred to the committee and they just haven't met on it or was it never referred to them?

and I know I don't need their reccomendation to proceed.

That is not necessarily true. If the topic was referred to the committee then it is under their control and it would be out of order to consider it unless the committee was first discharged from further consideration of the topic (RONR pp. 299-304).

My question is does it need to be a motion to be brought up under unfinished business.

No. Depending on whether the topic was referred to the committee it would properly be dealt with during committee reports or new business.

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