Subsidiary
Name three classes of motions that the subsidiary motion to Lay on the Table takes precedence over.
1. Main Motions. 2. All other subsidiary motions. 3. Incidental motions that are pending when it is proposed.
Name three unamendable privileged motions that the motion to Withdraw yields to.
1. Adjourn. 2. Raise a Question of Privilege. 3. Call for the Orders of the Day.
Name three undebatable subsidiary motions that the motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn takes precedence over.
1. Lay on the Table. 2. Previous Question. 3. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate.
1. What class of motions does the motion to Reconsider belong to?
2. What is the purpose of the motion to Reconsider?
3. What members can make the motion to Reconsider?
1. Motions that bring a question again before the assembly.
2. Brings back a motion for consideration that has been voted on.
3. Members who have voted on the prevailing side.
Assume that a main motion is pending “to prepare breakfast and lunch for the alumni and faculty.” State the actual motion to divide this motion in three different places.
1. “Prepare breakfast (and then lunch) for the alumni and faculty.” 2. “Prepare breakfast and lunch for the alumni (and then faculty).” 3. “Prepare breakfast for the alumni (and then lunch for the faculty)” or vice versa.
Name three privileged motions that the Previous Question yields to.
1. Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn. 2. Adjourn. 3. Recess. 4. Raise a Question of Privilege. 5. Call for the Orders of the Day.
1. What class of motions does Objection to the Consideration of a Question belong to? 2. Name the only type of main motion that the motion Objection to the Consideration of a Question can be applied to. 3. Name two incidental motions that Objection to the Consideration of a Question can be applied to.
1. Incidental. 2. Original main motions. 3. It cannot be applied to incidental motions.
The privileged motion to Adjourn is made in an unqualified form. 1. What does that mean? 2. Name two forms of wording used to make the privileged motion to Adjourn.
1. A time for adjourning or meeting again is not indicated. 2. “I move to adjourn“ or “I move that the meeting [“now”] adjourn.”
Name all of the subsidiary motions that can be applied to Rescind that are also not debatable
1. Lay on the Table. 2. Previous Question. 3. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate.
Name three rules that can be suspended if they interfere with a proposed action.
1. Rules contained in the parliamentary authority. 2. Special rules. 3. Standing rules.
When is the order for limiting or extending limits of debate exhausted?
1. When the motion (s) it was applied to are voted on. 2. When the motions that have not been voted on have been referred to a committee or postponed indefinitely or At the conclusion of the session at which the motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate was adopted—whichever took place first.
If a point of order adheres to a pending motion, it yields to six motions. Name five of them.
1. Lay on the Table. 2. Call for the Orders of the Day. 3. Raise a Question of Privilege. 4. Recess. 5. Adjourn. 6. Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn.
When can the motion to Recess be renewed?
After material progress in debate or business such as an important decision or speech.
1. What is the purpose of the motion to Take From the Table?
2. What class of motions does the motion to Take From the Table belong to?
3. When a motion is laid on the table, when can it be taken from the table?
1. To bring back a motion that has been laid on the table. 2. Motions that bring a question again before the assembly. 3. After some business has been transacted since the motion was laid on the table.
Under what circumstances can the motion to Adjourn be legitimately renewed?
After any progress in business or material progress in debate.
Name two motions that bring a question again before the assembly that can have the motion to Lay on the Table applied to it.
1. Reconsider. 2. Rescind. 3. Amend Something Previously Adopted (This motion is not an FFA permissible motion, but may be used as an answer). 4. Discharge a Committee. (This motion is not an FFA permissible motion, but may be used as an answer).
Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (abbrev. RONR) states that it is the chair’s duty to answer Parliamentary Inquiries when it may assist a member to do one of four things. Name three of them?
1. Make an appropriate motion. 2. Raise a proper point of order. 3. Understand the parliamentary situation. 4. Understand the effect of the motion
When a member “rises to a question of privilege,” the chair must make two rulings at that time, what are those two rulings?
1. Whether the request or motion is in fact a question of privilege. 2. If so, whether it is urgent enough to interrupt pending business.
1. If a motion is taken from the table at the same meeting it was laid on the table, does an order for a limitation of debate remain in effect? Explain your answer. 2. If it is taken from the table at the next meeting, does the limitation remain in effect? Explain your answer. 3. What happens to motions adhering to the Main Motion when it was laid on the table, when the motion is taken from the table?
1. Yes. The order to Limit Debate remains in effect. 2. No. The order to Limit Debate is exhausted. 3. They continue to adhere and become pending again.
If a member makes a Main Motion and it is seconded, the chair has three options as far as processing the motion. What are the three options?
1. Rule the motion out of order. 2. Restate the motion. 3. Assist the member with rephrasing the motion if the motion is unclear.
What rules is a committee required to operate under?
1. The bylaws. 2. The parliamentary authority. 3. Any special rules of order or standing rules of the society which are applicable to the committee.
1. What is the earliest time after a vote is taken that a Division of the Assembly may be called? 2. What is the latest time after a vote is taken that a Division of the Assembly can be called? 3. Define what Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (abbrev RONR) considers to be “immediately thereafter.”
1. After the moment the negative votes have been cast. 2. Until the announcement of the result is complete, or immediately thereafter. 3. Before any debate or business has intervened such as a member being recognized and begun speaking in debate, giving a report or the chair restating a subsequently made motion.
Name the three circumstances when a Call for the Orders of the Day is applicable?
1. When the agenda, program, or order of business is being varied from. 2. When a general order, in order at the time, is not being taken up. 3. When the time for considering a special order has arrived or passed and it is not being taken up.
Name three different items that a motion to Rescind can be applied to.
1. Bylaw. 2. Rule. 3. Policy. 4. Decision. 5. Choice. 6. Any main motion that has been adopted.
The presiding officer can be addressed by several titles at a regular meeting. Name three of them.
1. Chairman. 2. Chair. 3. Chairperson. 4. President.