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Posts Tagged ‘reconsider’

Changing course: Using Robert’s Rules to alter a prior action

By Ann Macfarlane | May 5, 2022

It seems that a lot of confusion prevails within our local government bodies about the Motion to Reconsider and how to use it. This article describes when and how to…

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After rescinding the motion, what next?

By Ann Macfarlane | September 10, 2021

Dear Dinosaur:  In your September newsletter, you said that anybody could move to rescind a motion, regardless of how they voted originally. After a motion is rescinded, can a new…

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Can director take back his vote?

By Ann Macfarlane | July 8, 2021

Dear Dinosaur: Our board voted to eject a member from our social club. The next week, one of the directors changed his mind and said he wanted to take back…

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Failed motion can’t be made again – true or false?

By Ann Macfarlane | November 27, 2020

Dear Dinosaur: In my first year on the city council, I have made several motions which have all failed. My colleagues say, “Don’t make a motion you know will fail…

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A common misunderstanding about defeated motions

By Ann Macfarlane | July 10, 2020

  The History City News in Missouri published an account of a commission meeting that got Robert’s Rules of Order wrong: Under Roberts Rules of Order, Commissioner Henry Dean could…

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Reconsider, Rescind, or Amend previous decision

By Ann Macfarlane | March 11, 2020

  Some years ago, I had a dramatic exposure to the motion “to Reconsider.” At a 2-day meeting of our professional society board, one member (I’ll call him “Alex”) proposed…

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