The vote required for the motion to postpone indefinitely.
What is a majority vote
Question of privilege
What is the permission to request to ask about the rights of the assembly
A main motion
What is a motion that brings a new item of business to an assembly and can only be made when no other motions are pending
This is the type of vote required to adopt a motion if the bylaws do not specify.
What is a majority vote
This is the minimum number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted.
What is a quorum
The purpose of the motion to amend and its forms
What is to modify the wording of a pending motion by striking out, inserting, or substituting words
Call for the orders of the day
What is a privileged motion by which a member can require the assembly to confirm to its agenda, program, or order of business, or take up a general or special order that is due to come up at the time.
The fundamental principles of parliamentary procedure
What are members have equal rights, majority rules, minority has the right to be heard, and only one question is to be pending at a time
This document is the highest governing authority of an organization and takes precedence over all other rules.
What are the bylaws
This is the first formal step a member must take to propose a new item of business.
What is making a motion
The order of subsidiary motions in ranking precedence
What is lay on the table, previous questions, limit or extend limits of debate, postpone to a certain time, refer to a committee, amend, postpone indefinitely
Motions that take precedence over question of privilege
What are recess, adjourn, and fix time to which adjourn
The six standard steps to handle a motion
what is 1.) a member makes a motion, 2.) another seconds it, 3.) the chair states the motion, 4.) the motion is debated, 5.) it is voted on, 6.) the chair announces the results
Adopting or amending special rules of order that are separate from the bylaws requires either a two-thirds vote with notice or this alternative.
What is a majority of the entire membership
This group is a body of elected or appointed individuals authorized to act for the assembly between regular meetings.
What is the board
What is commit to a standing committee, commit to a special committee, and commit to a committee of the whole
When the motion to fix time to which adjourn is in order
what is if all the time it is offered there is no meeting scheduled for later within the same session
The rules ensuring fairness in debate
What is all members must first be seen and recognized by the chair, debate on only one motion at a time, and you are not allowed to target others during debate, only the motion at hand
This document outlines the fundamental principles and purposes of an organization, while the bylaws provide the detailed rules of operation.
What is a constitution
This method allows the assembly to take action without a formal vote when there is no objection.
What is unanimous consent
The subsidiary motions that require a 2/3 vote with reasoning
What are previous question and lay on the table; motions restrict the rights of members to debate and vote
The privileged motions that are debatable
What is fix time to which to adjourn
The difference between an assembly, a meeting, and a session
What is an assembly is a body of people, a meeting is a single event, and a session is a group of meetings or events
When a bylaw conflicts with a parliamentary authority such as Robert’s Rules, this governs.
What are the bylaws
The types of deliberative assembly
What are the different classifications of organized groups that meet to transact business, such as a mass meeting, a legislative assembly, or a convention.