Purpose
Amendable/
Debatable
Vocab
Vote Required
Usage
100
To set a time for the continuation of the current business meeting.
What is Fix Time To Which To Adjourn
100
This motion is debatable and amendable.
What is amend.
100
A motion that proposes a change to the wording of a pending motion.
What is amendment.
100
Previous Question requires what vote?
What is 2/3.
100
"I move to take a 5 minute recess."
What is Recess.
200
Kills the motion before being voted on.
What is Postpone Indefinitley.
200
This motion is not debatable.
What is Limit / Extend debate.
200
The person who is in charge of the meeting.
What is chair.
200
Fix time to which to adjourn requires what vote?
What is majority?
200
"I move to adjourn."
What is Adjourn.
300
To set a motion aside temporally for more urgent business.
What is Lay On The Table.
300
This motion is not amendable.
What is adjourn.
300
Appropriate behavior during debate.
What is decorum.
300
Postpone indefinitely requires what vote to pass?
What is majority.
300
"I move to postpone this motion to our next regularly scheduled business meeting."
What is Postpone Definitely.
400
Stops all debates and requires an immediate vote.
What is Previous Question.
400
Related to the Subject.
What is Germane.
400
Limit of extend debate requires what vote?
What is 2/3.
400
"Due to more urgent business, I move to lay the pending motion on the table."
What is Lay on the Table.
500
Postpone a motion to a certain time.
What is Postpone Definitley.
500
This motion is not debatable and is amendable.
What is fix time to which to adjourn.
500
A motion, action, or statement that's purpose is to delay action. It is an attempt to obstruct the will of the assembly.
What is Dilatory.
500
Call for the orders of the day requires what to be passed?
What is by call of a single member.
500
Give the usage of refer to a committee.
What is "I move to refer this motion to a committee of three, appointed by the chair to investigate and report back at our next regularly scheduled business meeting."