Then I stand corrected. Holly asked for further time, Virginia had previously asked for more time which she has of course now repealed by voting Yes. Tim At 12:23 AM 4/12/00 -0400, you wrote: >Ginger is right. I did not ask for more time on the vote on Motion >00-8. I said we HAD to VOTE soon, seat a Census Rep and then move on to >the discussion of Motion 00-6. That one is the BIGGIE! >Pam > >Ginger wrote: >> >> Tim, >> >> Your comments are uncalled for. In light of your recent >> actions maybe you should review the role of a Chair >> in a meeting. Your comments about respect for board >> member are like the pot calling the kettle black, since >> your recent actions clearly demonstrate that you have >> no respect for this board or it's function. >> >> BTW: Maybe you should read Pam's note again. >> >> Ginger >> gingerh@shawneelink.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >> To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 8:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [BOARD-L] call the question >> >> >Jim, >> > >> >Did you not see that the others still wished to keep discussion going - ie >> >Holly, in the note you answered to? Also Pam asked for more time shortly >> >thereafter. >> > >> >Do you not respect fellow Board members wishes to do so? >> > >> >However, be that as it may since you have Called the Question and Virginia >> >has given it a second - >> > >> >Board members: >> > >> >Please vote Yes, No, or Abstain - to the Call the Question request. >> > >> >This vote is only to determine whether or not discussion shall continue >> >regarding Motion 00-8, it is NOT a vote on Motion 00-8. >> > >> >Voting YES means that you wish discussion to cease on the Motion in question >> >Voting NO means that you wish discussion to continue on the Motion in question >> >Voting Abstain means that you don't care either way >> > >> >2/3 of members voting after the quorum is reached required for the Call the >> >Question to pass. >> > >> >Tim >> > >> > >> >At 06:33 AM 4/11/00 -0400, you wrote: >> >>Did our esteemed NC ask for a second? I again call the question and ask >> >for a >> >>second myself. >> >> >> >>Jim >> >> >> >>Tim Stowell wrote: >> >> >> >>> At 11:03 AM 4/9/00 -0400, you wrote: >> >>> >I call the question... >> >>> >Jim >> >>> > >> >>> >Holly Timm wrote: >> >>> > >> >>> >> At 06:40 AM 4/9/00 -0500, Ginger wrote: >> >>> >> >Tim, >> >>> >> >May I ask why there has been no call to vote for a >> >>> >> >vote on Motion 00-8? The customary 48 hr discussion >> >>> >> >period ended some time ago. >> >>> >> >> >>> >> I don't know how others feel but the volume of email being received and >> >>> >> needing to be read and digested and some replied to is to me part of the >> >>> >> discussion. I am no where near ready to vote and frankly, I am less >> >>> >> concerned about the opinions of my fellow board members at this point >> >than >> >>> >> I am about determining (and at times deciphering) the thoughts, feelings >> >>> >> and questions of my constituency, all of them, not just those who are >> >>> >> bombarding the lists and the board members. >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Holly >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> Jim your call dies for lack of a second. >> >>> >> >>> Section 16, Page 199 >> >>> EQUAL APPLICATION OF RULES TO COLLOQUIAL FORMS SUCH AS "CALL FOR THE >> >>> QUESTION." A motion such as "I call for (or"call") the question" or "I >> >>> move we vote now" is simply a motion for the Previous Question made in >> >>> nonstandard form and it is subject to all of the rules in this >> >>> section. Care should be taken that failure to understand this fact does >> >>> not lead to violation of members' rights of debate. >> >>> >> >>> Sometimes the mere making of a motion for the Previous Question or "call >> >>> for the question" may motivate unanimous consent to ending debate. Before >> >>> or after such a motion has been seconded, the chair may ask if there is any >> >>> objection to closing debate. If member(s) object or try to get the floor, >> >>> he should ask if there is a second to the motion or call; or, if it has >> >>> already been seconded, he must immediately take a vote on whether to order >> >>> the Previous Question. But regardless of the wording of a motion or "call" >> >>> seeking to close debate, it always requires a second and a two-thirds vote, >> >>> taken separately from and before the vote(s) on the motions(s) to which it >> >>> is applied, to shut off debate against the will of even one member who >> >>> wishes to speak and has not exhausted his right to debate (see pp. 42; >> >>> 382-384). >> >>> >> >>> Page 42 states "A member who has spoken twice on a particular question on >> >>> the same day has exhausted his right to debate that question for that day". >> >>> >> >>> Tim >> >> >> >> >> > > >