Agenda
Main Motions
Debate
Voting
Secondary Motions
100
The first agenda item at vitually every meeting.
What is the call to order/roll call?
100
Another term for a primary motion.
What is a main motion?
100
In order to speak on an issue you must be _____ by the Senate Leader.
What is recognized/called upon?
100
The Senate Leader will call for this group first.
What are affirmative votes/yays?
100
The most common secondary motion.
What is an amendment to a main motion?
200
The two items we "approve" at virtually every meeting.
What is the minutes from the previous meeting and the agenda for that night's meeting?
200
An example of a main motion.
What is a budget request, or a constitutional amendment?
200
This is the first person to speak on a motion.
What is the person who made the motion?
200
Voting this serves as not voting.
What is an abstention?
200
An example of a secondary motion that is non-debatable.
What are Previous Question (Close debate),Adjournment, Point of Order, Suspend the Rules, or Parliamentary Inquiry.
300
The item on the agenda when students from Central can come and have their concerns heard before the Senate.
What is open forum?
300
The discussion of a main motion has to be this.
What is germane?
300
Even if asking a question to another Senator all discussion must be made though this person.
What is the Senate Leader?
300
Typical motions need this to pass.
What is a simple majority?
300
An example of a debatable secondary motion.
What are Postpone Indefinitely, Amendments, Postpone for a certain time, Rescind, Recess.
400
The amount of agenda items that can be brought before the Senate at at time.
What is one?
400
After discussing a main motion this takes place.
What is voting?
400
Avoid making these types of statements during debate.
What is inflammatory remarks or remarks against the character of other Senators?
400
This requires a 2/3rds vote.
What is a constitutional amendment.
400
In order to return to the main motion this must happen.
What is the secondary motion must be voted on or tabled?
500
Alternate way for the Senate moves from one agenda item to another.
What is a motion to table the agenda item?
500
If the Senate does not wish to vote on a main motion this action can be taken.
What is tabling the motion?
500
When deciding who should speak next on a motion the Senate Leader should do this.
What is remember who has already spoken and allow Senators who haven't spoken on a topic first priority?
500
The only time abstentions count as a no vote.
What is a motion with stipulations such as "those present."
500
Discussion of a secondary motion must be this.
What is germane to the secondary motion (this excludes discussion that is germane to the primary motion but not the secondary motion)?
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