Motions
What do you say to start debating?
Motion to open debate
What do you say to ask a question, generally to a speaker and about their argument?
Point of inquiry
What do you say before you offer an amendment
Motion to amend
After committee session, a delegate comes up to you and said that the bill was dumb. What should you do?
Nothing. Just ignore it.
(real note: if some kid is doing anything that is not ok talk to club leadership or Ms. Waltman or Mr. Pankow- even if you don't think it's a big deal)
What do you say when it's time to leave?
Motion to adjourn
What do you say when you want to go the bathroom/get water?
Point of personal privilege
What to say after you ask a question and want to follow it up with another question that adds on/challenges the speaker more
Motion for a follow up
In a speech in their committee, Caylin attacks Wilson's integrity/insults him personally. What can and should he do?
Wilson can invoke right of reply. He shouldn't return personal attacks. Also, if there's one person going after you like that, talk to advisors/leadership ASAP.
On this team we support each other. Don't insult a teammate like that, and as a general rule, it's not smart to do it to anyone.
What do you say to get people to speak on a topic?
Motion for pro/con speeches of x speakers of y minutes each
(This isn't always necessary, as chairs may or may not decide this for you. It's more common at HMC).
What do you say to the chair to ask them to look up/confirm facts or statistics?
Point of information
What do you say to present your bill to committee
Motion to introduce an act to [name of your bill]
When Lucas goes to the committee session, this girl sits next to him and is very chatty. Lucas really wants to focus. What should he do?
Move away the next time and be very unresponsive to her efforts.
tip: sit next to people you work well with you can agree to vote for each others bills or amendments, and they can give you ideas for your speeches.
What do you say to postpone discussion of a motion currently being discussed?
Motion to table
Note: You will 95% not use this motion, but its more parli pro knowledge
What should you say if you want to ask a question about ParliPro?
Point of Parliamentary Proceedure
What is the list called that happens when structured debate is finished
For 400 more points: Use it in a sentence
General Speakers list
Motion to be added to the general speakers list
Dylan knows his chair is not doing things right. After the authorship speech, his committee goes into one minute pro con speeches, not the four minute speeches. What should he say to fix the issue?
Point of Order
(some variation of this): I think we should be doing the four minute pro con speeches, not the one minute speeches yet.
What do you say to bring your committee to an immediate vote (on a bill or an issue)
Motion to the previous question
Note: This motion needs a 2/3 majority vote to pass
What do you say when you think there's been a mistake in Parliamentary Procedure?
Point of Order
What is the sentence that starts a structured debate with chosen speaking time
For 500 more points: Use it in a sentence
Moderated Caucus
Motion for moderated caucus: 6 minutes 6 speakers
In Sammy's climate change committee, Ethan said that the average temperature in Antartica hasn't risen in the last 30 years, but Sammy knows he's wrong. What should he say to the chair to get the true facts?
Point of information