Re: [council] Amendments to GNSO Council Motions

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 23-May-14 12:22, Reed, Daniel A wrote:
> Thanks, Jonathan.  What you describe is standard parliamentary
> procedure

And there is this:

http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#8

> Question 8: How do you deal with a “friendly amendment”?
> 
> Answer: On occasion, while a motion is being debated, someone will
> get up and offer what he or she terms a “friendly amendment” to the
> motion, the maker of the original motion will “accept” the amendment,
> and the chair will treat the motion as amended. This is wrong. Once a
> motion has been stated by the chair, it is no longer the property of
> the mover, but of the assembly. Any amendment, “friendly” or
> otherwise, must be adopted by the full body, either by a vote or by
> unanimous consent.
> 
> If it appears to the chair that an amendment (or any other motion) is
> uncontroversial, it is proper for the chair to ask if there is “any
> objection” to adopting the amendment. If no objection is made, the
> chair may declare the amendment adopted. If even one member objects,
> however, the amendment is subject to debate and vote like any other,
> regardless of whether its proposer calls it “friendly” and regardless
> of whether the maker of the original motion endorses its adoption.
> [RONR (11th ed.), p. 162.]

Passing a question to the SCI seems like a good idea.

a.