Purpose
The Purpose of a ________ is to present an item of business for consideration and action by the chapter.
What is a Main Motion
The purpose of ______________________ is to end the meeting.
What is Adjourn?
____ taps calls the meeting to order.
Two
_____ is used to bring up a new subject or idea to the group.
What is Main Motion
_____ is 1/2 of the members present at any meeting plus 1. It is also the minimum number of members that must vote for a motion for it to pass.
What is Majority?
The purpose of ___________________ is to obtain a decision from the chapter to a question on which the presiding officer has made decision.
What is Appeal the Decision of the Chair?
The purpose of ___________________________________ is to defer action on the motion until later in the meeting or until the next meeting
What is Lay on the Table?
____ Restores a meeting to order
Series of Taps
______ Motions provide a means of questioning procedure concerning other motions and must be considered before the motion being discussed.
Incidential
1/2 of the members plus one. It is also the minimum number of members that must be present at a meeting for legal business to be transacted.
What is a Quorum?
The purpose of ___________________ is to enforce the rules by calling attention to a violation of the rules or a mistake in procedure.
What is Point of Order?
The purpose of ___________________ is to force an immediate vote on the motion.
What is Previous Question?
_____ All members to stand
Three
_____ motions change or affect how a main motion is handled, and is voted on before the main motion.
Subsidiary
Voice, Standing/ Show of hands, Roll Call, and Secret Ballot are the 4 types of what?
The purpose of _____________________ is to place the question temporarily in a committee.
What is Refer to Committee?
The purpose of __________________________ is to demand that the chapter conform to its order of business or program.
Call for the Orders of the Day
Follows the announcement of adjournment.
Completion of a business item.
Members to be seated.
One Tap
_____ have a definite purpose but are not classified as any other
What is an Unclassified Motion?
Who Wrote the book and what is the name of the book?
Roberts Rules of Order by Henry Martin Robert.
The purpose of _________________ is to permit a member to gain parliamentary information.
What is Parliamentary Inquiry?
The purpose of ___________________________ is to cancel action taken by the chapter.
What is Rescind?
_________ motions do not relate to the main motion or pending business but relate directly to the member and the organization, indicate matters of urgency, that without debate, can interrupt the consideration of anything else.
Privileged
Predetermined set of rules for conducting a successful meeting.
What is Parliamentary Procedure?