Procedure
What is Parliamentary Procedure?
The rules of debate
Define "General Assembly".
A more rigid, formal debate where each chosen speaker is given an allotted time to speak on one specific issue.
What is a difference between a Signatory and and Sponsor?
What is the difference between declaring you are "Present" vs "Present and Voting"?
"Present and Voting" forces you into never abstaining, where "Present" allows you to abstain.
Define "Chair"
The person who is facilitating the debate.
What is an "Unmoderated Caucus".
A freeform discussion period that lasts a predetermined amount of time.
What is a "preambulatory clause"?
The introduction; includes background information.
How do you open debate?
Raise you placard, and if called on, say "Motion to Open Debate".
Define "Directive"
A paper in Crisis Committee
When you have extra time, but nothing else to say, what do you end with?
"I yield my time to the chair".
What is an "operative clause"?
The core of the paper that tells us what the paper's intentions are.
Procedural Votes
Define "Working Paper"
A paper that has not been introduced to the Dias/chair yet.
What is a "Round Robin".
A form debate where everyone speaks on a specific issue, where each person gets a predetermined amount of time.
What is an "unfriendly amendment"?
An amendment that does not have the support of the paper writers, forcibly included if it passes a simply majority.
What is a "Point of Personal Privilege"?
It's a request to the chair for a personal accommodation (projector too small, the Chair is too quiet, etc.)
Define "Dias"
The people at the committee who are running the conference (i.e., the Chair, backrooms staff, etc.).
What is a "Right of Reply"?
When you/your delegation feels insulted by a certain person, usually a callout, you are allowed to call for a "Right of Reply" and respond to the criticism.
What is the motion to read/debate the working paper, once it is given to the Chairs/Dias?
"Motion to Introduce Working Papers".