Motion
Meetings
Attention, please?
100

The three words you say at the beginning of each motion.


“I move that…”

100

This is the first thing a president does at a meeting- and it does involve her phone!

call the meeting to order

100

This is the opposite of the ceiling and you must have it before you speak.. 


“the floor”?

200

The words with which you respond when voting on a motion.


“yay” and “nay”?

200

This is another way to vote at meetings.

"show of hands”, “secret ballot” or “roll call”?

200

The initials are R.R.O. and these are universally established guidelines  that define procedure and behavior at a meeting.


“Robert’s Rules Of Order”?

300

This is the suggestion of a specific action proposed by a member.


a motion

300

This is the most common way to vote.


"voice vote”? 


300

This is a systematic way of taking attendance.


“roll call”?

500

It's not first or third, but you need this in order to vote on a motion.

Second

500

A member makes herself recognized in a meeting by doing this.


“raising her hand” or “standing up”?

500

Even if the President is standing up, this is how she is referred to by the Parliamentarian.


“the chair”?

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