What Happens at a Meeting
The minimum number of members who must be present for a meeting is called a
Quorum
After the previous speaker finishes, stand and say, “Mr. or Madam President.
What you should do to speak in a meeting.
# of times a member may speak in debate on any debatable motion on the same day?
Two Times
More than half of the votes cast by persons entitled to vote, excluding blanks and abstentions, at a regularly called meeting is called
Majority
The name given to the tradition of rules and customs formed by centuries of trial and error to deal with meeting problems.
Parliamentary Procedure
“Are there any corrections to the minutes?”
What the chair says after the secretary reads the minutes
I move that …
What is said to make a motion
The amount a time a member may speak each time he has the floor.
Ten Minutes
The largest number of votes when there are three or more alternatives.
Plurality Vote
The highest level of rules contained in a document of the organization is called
Bylaws
The job of the person that presides over the meeting.
Keeps order in the meeting.
If I second a motion ....
you want the motion to be considered.
The person who has preference in recognition
The person who made the motion.
When a member has a direct personal or monetary interest not common to other members, he should...
Refrain from voting
rules relating to administrative details called
Standing Rules
Groups that meet to decide on action to be taken are known as
Deliberative assemblies
the next step after a motion is moved and seconded
The chair states the motion
Germane
a member’s speech must relate to the motion under discussion
When a vote that requires a majority vote results in a tie:
It is lost or fails
Stand, interrupt if necessary, and call out, “Point of order.”
To call attention to the chair when a rule is being violated.
Is there any further business? Since there is no further business, the meeting is adjourned
What the chair says when the meeting is done?
“Are you ready for the question?” or “Is there any further debate?”
What the chair says when it appears no one else seeks recognition to speak?
Vote is required to change the limits of debate
Two-thirds of the majority
"Division"
When a member reasonably doubts the announced result of a vote
motion you make when you want to do something the rules do not permit