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In this episode, Mark Banicevich asks Steven Moe about moving and seconding motions in meetings. They discuss the history behind this practice, and introduce Robert's Rules of Order. They talk about the role of seconding, and what happens if a motion is not seconded. They also discuss alternatives to moving and seconding motions. Finally, Steven shares the best advice he has received.
Links from the episode:
Institute of Directors, moving and seconding motions: https://www.iod.org.nz/news/articles/moving-seconding-but-why#
Robert's Rules of Order: https://robertsrules.com/
Steven Moe is a Partner of commercial law at Parry Field Lawyers in Christchurch, and an experienced director. Steven qualified as a lawyer in New Zealand, and worked for more than a decade on corporate transactions worth billions of dollars while based in London, Tokyo and Sydney. He has written several legal books, including “Start-ups legal toolkit”, “Social Enterprises in New Zealand: and “Capital raising for founders”. Steven also facilitates governance law on the Company Director Course for the Institute of Directors (IoD). His Seeds Podcast, which he founded in 2017, has almost 400 episodes, interviewing interesting people about their lives. He also hosts the Board Matters podcast for the IoD, now in its third season.
Steven Moe’s profile on LinkedIn (he is happy to connect with you): https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-moe-0b3b008a/
Seeds podcast with 430+ interviews www.theseeds.nz
Board Matters podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6aHNCIYEOwqoghkGlwKruU
Parry Field Lawyers governance resources: https://www.parryfield.com/advisory/governance/governance-essentials/
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