Meetings 101
The percentage or # of members needed to officially transact business
What is a Quorum?
The proper way to phrase a motion
What is "I move"?
This engineer and US Army officer first formalized rules for meeting governance in 1876
Who is Henry M. Robert?
Used in a meeting to clear up confusion
What is a Point of Clarification?
The chair does this to start each meeting
What is Call to Order?
The legal and official record of the proceedings of a meeting taken by the secretary
What are meeting minutes?
How a member puts business before the governing body
What is make a motion?
This is the general name for the set of rules for conducting business at meetings.
What is Parliamentary Procedure?
If the discussion of a topic in a meeting is in the wrong format, a member may say this
What is Point of Order?
This indication of agreement must occur before a motion is discussed
What is a Second?
They can attend meetings, present and second motions, debate and vote
Who are members or delegates?
When pros and cons are made during discussion of meeting
What is debate?
This style of government is the basic principle for Robert's Rules of Order
What is democracy or democratic rule?
This is a comment that addresses a personal need like for the person speaking to speak louder
What is Point of Personal Privilege?
To speak during formal assembly, a member must be this by the chair
What is recognized?
In favor, Opposed, abstain
What are acceptable votes on a motion?
This motion proposes to stop debate and take a motion to a vote
What is call the question?
These two groups of members are protected under the principles of Robert's Rules of Order
Who are the members in the minority and absent members?
Members or delegates do this when they are finished speaking from the floor
What is yield the floor back to the chair?
This happens if no other member seconds a motion
What is the motion is lost?
Examples are corporations, Student governments, Congress, Sororities and Fraternities, School Boards, and Faith Based Organizations
What are groups that use Robert's Rules of Order?
What are types of motions?
Examples are the Standard Code, Riddick's Rules of Procedure, and Martha's Rules of Order
The percentage of the vote required to end debate on a motion or limit the rights of a member
What is a 2/3rds vote?
The membership has a right to this if further discussion is desired by the body before a vote
What is extend debate?