This is the person who takes notes during a meeting and then reports a summary of the meeting to the membership.
What is the Secretary?
This is the first thing a President says when he/she begins a meeting.
What is The meeting is called to order?
What document tells you how to function, what # is needed to make a change to it?
What is bylaws and a 2/3 vote is needed to make a change to that document.
This is the person who takes over in the president's absence.
What is the Vice President?
These are the first two words that one would use to start a motion.
What is I move?
These two officers are necessary to hold a meeting
What is the Presiding Officer and Secretary
This is the name of a written list of the order of business to be conducted at a meeting.
What is the Agenda?
This is the person who advises the presiding officer, members and committees.
What is the Parliamentarian?
These are the words one would say immediately after another member has made a motion.
What is I second that motion?
This is the number of taps of the gavel needed to call a meeting to order.
What is a two?
This action introduces business for the group to act on.
What is a motion?
This is the sentence that a member would say if he/she wanted to end the business portion of the meeting.
What is I move the meeting be adjourned?
This is the number of taps of the gavel used to announce a vote, gain attention, signal to sit, and adjourn meeting.
What is one.
These are the three general ways a main motion may be amended.
What is Inserting a word or phrase, adding a word or phrase, and substituting a word or phrase.
The Reading and approval of the minutes, Reports of Officers, Standing Committees, Special Committees, Special Orders, Unfinished business, New business determine how items will be considered.
What is The Standard Order of Business
These are two sentences a president would say immediately after a member has seconded a motion to conduct a skate fundraiser in Bowie for March of Dimes on the 3rd Saturday at noon.
What is It has been moved and seconded to conduct conduct a skate fundraiser in Bowie for March of Dimes on the 3rd Saturday at noon. Is there any discussion?
1/3 of active members in attendance and in good standing
What constitutes a quorum to transact business at a TTA SMC business meeting.
This is distributed in advance of the meeting or by a motion
What is "dispense with the reading of the minutes"
This means "Let's talk about it"
What is "Second"