"Let it GO"!!!! This is a Hobby!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "K4SB" <k4sb at bellsouth.net>
To: "SECC" <secc at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [SECC] Article VII
> Robert Higgins wrote:
>> Can you withdraw a motion after it has ben made and seconded?
>
> There is nothing in our BLs which requires a second. And although
> balloting may be open or sent privatly to John, the posted results are
> secret.
>
>> Effectively the first supporting vote (which has been cast) is a second.
>> I have
>> never been part of an organization that allows a motion to be withdrawn
>> in
>> the middle of voting on it. Once voting begins it must be completed and
>> the motion approved or defeated. It seems to me that if the motion is
>> approved your next step would be to move for reintatement of Aricle VII.
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>
> Well, to my knowledge, there has not been a second. I would suggest
> you check out
> "Robert's Rules of Order". Or as another good example, that bunch of
> clowns in the
> US Congress.
>
> Or are you suggesting that once a motion is made, it may not be
> amended or withdrawn.
>
> If such is the case, I would point out that the wording of our
> Constitution and ByLaws
> have been posted on the reflector, and wording amended by many
> suggestions. Even Article
> VII was amended before the final vote.
>
> 73
> Ed
>
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