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 After a motion is rescinded, can a new…

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…

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…