Officer Roles
This is the person who takes notes during a meeting and then reads the minutes and communications.
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?
This is the type of vote needed for a motion to recess to pass.
What is a majority vote.
During this time in the agenda, members continue to discuss topics they have discussed in previous meetings.
What is Old Business?
This is the term for the number who must vote for a main motion for it to pass.
What is Majority.
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?
This is the number of yes votes needed to pass a main motion.
What is the Majority?
This is the item on the agenda during which the secretary calls the names of all the members to determine if each is present.
What is Roll Call.
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 keeps the financial records for the club.
What is the Treasurer?
This is the word one would say immediately after another member has made a motion.
What is Second?
This is the number of taps of the gavel needed to call a meeting to order.
What is a two?
This is the item on the agenda during which it is time in the meeting to discuss items never brought before the club previously.
What is New Business
This action introduces business for the group to act on.
What is a motion?
This is the person who plans the agenda.
What is the President?
This is the sentence that a member would say if he/she wanted to end the meeting.
What is I move this meeting be adjourned with the [insert pledge or motto]?
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.
This is what a member has if he/she is recognized by the President.
What is The Floor.
This is the person who can make a motion.
What is Member?
These are two sentences a president would say immediately after a member has seconded a motion to conduct a food drive at the Flint Hills Bread Basket next Saturday at noon.
What is: It has been moved and seconded a food drive at the Flint Hills Bread Basket next Saturday at noon. Is there any discussion?
This is the number of taps of the gavel needed to signal for members to stand for the motto or pledge.
What is three.
This is used to end debate on a motion and call for an immediate vote.
What is "To call for Previous Question"
These are the five voting methods that the President may use.
What is voice vote, standing, roll call (members one at a time announce their views of the motion), paper ballot, and show of hands.