Regardless of the wording, a motion to omit the reading of the minutes 'and approve them as distributed' is unnecessary, because if the minutes are distributed in advance, the minutes are already not read unless a member demands that they be read. As you correctly note in your original sentence, dispensing with the reading of the minutes means something quite different. Such a motion should not speak of 'dispensing' with the reading of the minutes at all. Ending in a weird mixture of historic lies and weird antics that wouldn’t make it past a first table reading for an old Twilight Zone episode, The Minutes is an allegory of small-town politics. majority vote and no debate)? S hould the motion be phrased 'dispense with the reading of the previous meeting's minutes' or just 'dispense with the reading of the minutes'? Is this still legal and would the standard characteristics be consistent with the normal dispense (e.g. Use one version all year, or switch it up every few weeks with a new question.

Students are asked to record their minutes AND answer one chosen question. Each log gives a choice of five questions, and each version changes one of those questions. Read Aloud 15 MINUTES is a non-profit organization that is bringing together partners nationwide to make 15 minutes of daily reading aloud the new parenting. From my studying, RONR 11ed makes no mention of that special wording or such motion. This bundle includes 7 versions of a reading log. However, in RONR for Dummies (which I know some of you are less fond of), it mentions a special wording where one adds 'and approve them as distributed' so that the minutes no longer have to be read. I was under the impression from reading RONR 11ed that dispensing with the minutes means they are not read at the regular time of the agenda but are still read at a later date.

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