[Lnc-business] Motion for the July 15th 2012 LNC meeting - on Main Motions

[Geoffrey Neale]

I move that the following section of the Policy Manual (1.02.7):

 

7) Motion Protocol - Main motions must be submitted in writing to the Chair
before being moved.

 

Be deleted.

 

My reason:  The Chair and/or Secretary has the discretion under Robert's to
require this.  However, the above does not address amendments,
substitutions, etc.  Therefore, someone could make a motion to "Rename the
Audit Committee to the Audit Oversight Committee", and it would have to be
in writing, but someone else could move to amend to add sixteen pages of
text, and then the Chair and/or Secretary could require that amendment to be
in writing, but the Policy Manual would not require it.  I find this section
to be useless, and the discretion to require it as appropriate to the motion
being moved exists without this.

 

Geoffrey Neale

 

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