Adding to approved minutes

We follow RRO and nowhere is it clear how this problem is handled. Could someone please give me some direction. In the effort to approve minutes we Directors disagree on the lack of clarity or elimination of vital information in the minutes factual report. (Things done, not said, I understand). So, we have reached an impasse on approving minutes and I am wondering if I can just add my own viewpoint to the approved minutes? I have read that this is oftentimes done, but then I read that in order to do this, you have to make a motion and get a majority vote. this makes no sense, as the majority approves the information that was not entirely factual. What can I do about this? I can't get a majority vote, but the community will not hear the actual facts. HELP!

What exactly does it mean that you "disagree on the lack of clarity or elimination of vital information in the minutes factual report"?

If there is much disagreement in the wording of meeting minutes, then you are going about it incorrectly.

In addition to admin stuff like the type of meeting, name of the organization, date, time, location, attendees, and status of previous minutes being read, corrected, approved . . . minutes are merely an accounting of the motions made, final wording of the motions (after discussion), disposition of the motion, and information about the vote.

I assume your impasse is because you're trying to include discussion and opinion-related info in your meeting minutes and you all disagree on who said (or didn't say) what; exactly what was said, not said, or implied; and other info/background on the topic/decision/motion being made. All this stuff should not be in your minutes. And if it's not in your minutes, then there is no reason or opportunity to debate it.

If you all can't agree on exactly what motion was made and what the exact decision was, then you need to fix that. I suggest being extremely thorough in decision-making, perhaps even restating the decision numerous times until all are in agreement . . . and then have the Secretary write it down exactly as discussed/decided.

You could even record your session so if there is still disagreement, you can all listen to the recording.

My suggestion, find a more time consuming hobby.

Michael, I agree as well. ND puts some time and effort into her responses and I, for one of many, I am sure. are very appreciative.

Great question ND. Any thoughts on whether he, she, or they should be used as the default?

I am using s/he when in doubt.

ND, now you have me curious.......I don't. Sorry if that would be offensive to you, I would hope and think not. It doesn't really matter to me which gender you are, your responses have been excellent and informative as well as not what I was always expecting.....which is a good thing. Thanks again regardless of which gender you may be. With my name, Lou, which gender am I?

Lou, not a problem and no offense taken . . . I wasn't trying to start a pronoun discussion . . . I was just curious how you arrived at me being female . . . because that's not the case.

Personally, I tend to try and refer to posters by their user name or the generic "OP" (Original Post/er") to avoid being incorrect in my assumption.

No issues though. Glad to be of help. Lots of other good advice here as well by others! Good luck with things . . . seems like you have your hands full.