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When the Board gets to General
Business, the Chairperson asks for a
Motion
(an idea about what to do) on
the cars.
One of the Board Members (
the Mover
)
says: I move we ask for quotes from two
dealers for replacing our cars. The quote
should include a trade-in value on our
existing cars.’
That’s all he or she needs to say at
this stage.
The Chairperson asks for a seconder for
the motion. The
seconder
is someone
who agrees with the idea.
If there is no seconder, the motion
‘lapses’ (it doesn’t go ahead).
Once a motion lapses, you can’t talk
about it again at the same meeting.
It has to be brought up at another
meeting.
Two Way Governance: Presentation 15
I move...
I second that.