Minutes Approval

[Guest CCMGA]

Can minutes of a meeting be approved by email and is a simple majority enough to approve?

[Gary Novosielski]

Can minutes of a meeting be approved by email and is a simple majority enough to approve?

No business can be transacted by e-mail, unless there are provisions for doing so in your bylaws. If there are, then you need to follow the rules there, because there are none in RONR that would cover this. (Well, except the one that says no business can be transacted by e-mail unless there are provisions for doing so in your bylaws.)

[Josh Martin]

Can minutes of a meeting be approved by email and is a simple majority enough to approve?

As for the second part of your question, the final approval of the minutes should not be put to a vote. After any corrections have been handled, the chair simply declares the minutes approved.

[hmtcastle]

As for the second part of your question, the final approval of the minutes should not be put to a vote.

Although, as Mr. Honemann has pointed out, the tinted pages indicate a majority vote is sufficient.

[Gary Novosielski]

As for the second part of your question, the final approval of the minutes should not be put to a vote. After any corrections have been handled, the chair simply declares the minutes approved.

But if, as sometimes happens, there is not unanimous consent on just what the corrections should be, then a vote may be necessary. If it is, then a majority is enough to carry.