Ratify - Advanced Discussion - The Official RONR Q A Forums Thus ratify gains its effect of cementing the prior action After reading both your responses and the text in RONR, my understanding is that the actions are null and void UNLESS RATIFIED My argument would be, therefore, that the motion to ratify is required ONLY if the assembly or board desires to make the actions valid
Accept vs. Approve - The Official RONR Q A Forums A new board member recently made a point of advising that a certain motion be "accepted" rather than "approved" What is the difference? Is it appropriate for a member to call to "accept" the agenda but to "approve" the minutes, or vice versa, and does it matter?Thank you
Steven Britton - The Official RONR Q A Forums Is your "buddy" a member of the village council or is he or she a person seated in the audience at a public meeting? If RONR controls, unless he or she is a member of the village council at the meeting of the council, they do not have standing to move a
bylaw spelling - The Official RONR Q A Forums I am having a battle with an attorney who insists that bylaws is spelled by-laws with a hyphen I say it is without a hyphen: bylaws Who is right?