Privileged and Bring Again Motions
A member uses this motion if they have a pressing issue of personal importance suck as not being able to hear a speaker.
What is Personal Privilege?
This motion, if passed, will postpone the motion to which it refers, and that postponed motion may get lost
What is motion to lay on the table?
This is how you state a motion
What is 'I move'?
This person handles most of the incidental motions without bringing them to a vote
Who is the chair?
The way to handle the remaining speaking time after a delegate speaks on the speaker’s list
What is yielding?
A member might use this motion in order to get a chance to talk informally with certain other members about a pending motion
What is take a recess?
This motion, if passed, will only change the wording of the motion to which it is applied
What is an amendment?
The first three steps a proposer of a main motion must do
What is stand, address the chair, and wait to be recognized?
To make this incidental motion you must stand, address the chair, and wait to be recognized.
What is appeal the decision of the chair?
A way to check who is attending and how many people are attending
What is roll call?
This motion is used if the chair is not following the order of business as it is listed on the agenda
What is call for the orders of the day?
If a main motion and an amendment are both pending, this is the only subsidiary motion that would be considered out of order.
What is postponed indefinitely?
The chair has the option to vote only under these circumstances
What is make or break a tie?
Even though this incidental motion needs a 2/3s vote, you may interrupt.
What is objection to the consideration of the question?
What a chair may call when delegates are loud or disrespectful, in order to ask for their attention during committee
What is decorum?
Only someone who voted this way can make the motion to reconsider or rescind
What is 'voted on the prevailing side'?
This motion, if passed, will end debate and bring the motion to which it refers to an immediate vote.
What is previous question?
Only this many members may have the floor at any one time
What is one?
If the chair or a member is making a mistake in parliamentary procedure, you can do this
What is Rise to a point of order?
A group that takes care of a specific matter
What is a committee?
This motion, if passed, reopens a motion that has already been voted on and allows for further debate and a re-vote
What is the motion to reconsider?
This is something all subsidiary motions have in common.
What is 'cannot stand alone'?
The chair should behave this way in a meeting
What is impartially or without bias?
If the chair's pronouncement of the results of a voice vote seems incorrect, you can do this
What is call out 'division'?
A type of vote that uses 'aye' or 'no'
What is a voice vote?