HomeMy WebLinkAbout17a Notice of Motion Trustee Graham re Revision to Board By Laws re Friendly Amendments10,10
OTMWl► GIRLEMN
DISTRICT SCHOOL IOARD
TO: Chair and Members
of the Board
RE: Revision to Board By -laws
re Friendly Amendments
DATE: 22 November 1999
Trustee Graham has given advance notice that she will move as follows at the 13
December Board meeting:
Whereas the use of friendly amendments has been permitted since the Board's
inception to expedite the conduct of business at Board and Committee meetings;
Whereas there has been some confusion about what constitutes a friendly amendment;
Whereas the Board's procedural authority Kerr and King and the Board's By -laws
are silent on the issue of friendly amendments;
Whereas clarification of the purpose and use of such amendments should be provided in
the By -laws;
Whereas if a proposed amendment is either substantive or another member objects to it
being accepted as "friendly", it should be moved, seconded and voted on as a formal
amendment;
Whereas amendments to the Board's By -laws require two weeks' notice in writing to all
Board members;
Notice is hereby given:
That a new item be added to section 4.7 of the Board's By -laws as follows:
"An amendment may be accepted as friendly when it meets all of the following
conditions: it clarifies the main motion but does not change its substance or intent; the
mover and seconder of the main motion accept the amendment as friendly; and no other
member objects to the amendment being accepted as friendly.
Otherwise, the amendment should be moved, seconded, debated and voted on as a
formal amendment ".
~J.,
Joan Melancon
Assistant Secretary of the Board
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James P. Grieve
Director of Education /Secretary of the Board