Motions: Rescind, Reconsider & Amend Something Previously Adopted

Description: Explains how to change a bad decision or take back something decided earlier when circumstances have changed, through the saga of the struggle over chocolate-bar dispensing machines in the Dinoville high schools.

Details: Robert’s Rules of Order makes it surprisingly easy for organizations to change their mind. There are several different ways to do this. We describe the simplest method, and then the more complex options.

Table of contents

Introduction

Amend something previously adopted

Reconsider

Rescind

A word of warning

Bringing old motions up again

Some philosophical reflections

   Amend something previously adopted and rescind

   Reconsider

   Politics and procedure

Appendix. Summary of the “Bring-Back” Motions

Length: 10 pages