Originally Posted by
tom911
Then come up with a rule that would allow the author of the proposal to withdraw the motion after the voting starts, once the problem with the motion is identifed. Seems much easier to withdraw the motion if there's some minor issue with it, and then come back and introduce a new motion with the corrected language fixing whatever was wrong.
Agree. Why not just allow the TB member that introduced the motion to take it off the table and come back with a new motion with corrections? Wouldn't that work?
One would hope so, but some TB members are likely to insist that the vote proceed as quickly as possible, even telling us that we can just go ahead and vote on an "informal" motion [I was taught that all motions are formal, so I don't even understand what an informal motion is supposed to do unless it's merely a straw vote on some complicated principle that will be fleshed out later in one or more formal motions], where the "informal motion" doesn't even attempt to clarify exactly what steps we're supposedly voting to recommend. Specifically, if one or more fora are to be closed, what will happen to the posts that are already in those fora? Should they be deleted, archived, just left there in the closed forum or what?