Meeting Mayhem
Who designates who can speak and keeps order in a meeting?
What is the presiding officer.
What are the two duties of the presiding officer when a motion is made?
What is determining that the motion is in order and clearly phrased.
When a member has a direct personal or monetary interest not common to other members, the member should or should not refrain from voting?
What is the member should refrain from voting.
Which document contains the highest level of rules for an organization?
What are the Bylaws.
What is the proper procedure to follow and statement to make to nominate Ms. Baynard from the floor?
What is A member calls out, “I nominate Ms. Baynard.” without being recognized by the presiding officer.
What is the term used to define the required minimum number of members present for a meeting?
What is the quorum.
What is the correct form to announce the result of a vote?
What is the ayes have it and the motion is adopted or the no have it and the motion fails.
What term is used to define the largest number of votes when there are three or more alternatives?
What is plurality.
Which procedure should you follow when a custom conflicts with the written rule of the organization?
What is follow the written rule.
Other than a member's motion, whaWhat is A member calls out, “I nominate Ms. Baynard.” without being recognized by the presiding officer.t is another procedure to close nominations from the floor?
What is the presiding officer says, “Are there any further nominations? (Pause) If not, nominations are closed.”
When are recommendations considered in a committee report?
When is at the end of the report.
What term is used to describe when a member’s speech must relate to the motion under discussion?
What is germane.
When a vote that requires a majority vote results in a tie, should the presiding officer vote to break the tie or does the motion fail?
What is the motion fails.
What is the presiding officer's response when a member raises a point of order?
What is “The member will state his point of order.”
What course of action occurs when the bylaws require a ballot vote for an election, and there is only one candidate?
What is a ballot vote is conducted.
What is the procedure for the presiding officer to use an agenda format other than the standard?
What is the agenda must be adopted by the body.
Which is true of the motion to limit or extend limits of debate? It is debatable and can be amened OR it is not debatable and can be amended?
What is it is not debatable and can be amended.
What is the tellers’ job?
What is to distribute, collect, and count the ballots.
How does a member ask a question about the rules and how they apply?
What is make a parliamentary inquiry.
When is the election final if a newly elected candidate is absent? When the chair announces the result if the candidate previously consented to serve OR when all candidates are notified whether present or absent?
When is when the chair announces the result if the candidate previously consented to serve.
What statement should a presiding officer use to end a meeting?
What is Is there any further business? Since there is no further business, the meeting is adjourned.
What are the three methods of simple word amendments to a motion?
What are insert or add, strike out, and strike out and insert.
What is the required procedure if no one receives a majority of the votes in an election?
What is take another ballot with all candidates on the ballot.
How is a debatable appeal handled?
What is the chair may speak twice in debate, but members may only speak once.
When does a candidate take office?
When is as soon as the election becomes final unless the bylaws specify another time.