Quorum - Order of Business
In order to conduct business, the quorum is the number of members...
Present at the meeting for business
RONR 3:3
A second implies that the seconder...
Agrees that the motion should come before the meeting.
RONR 4:9
Standing Committee reports are called for in order...
As they are listed in the bylaws.
RONR
The hour at which meetings are to be held, should be stated in...
Standing Rules
RONR 56:33
After the Secretary has read the minutes, the chair says:
Are there any corrections to the minutes?
RONR 41:10
What is the quorum in a convention when the bylaws are silent?
The quorum is a majority of the delegates who have been registered at the convention as in attendance.
RONR 3:4
The subsidiary motion to Amend is a.......
Motion to modify the wording
RORN 12:1
The VP was presiding in the absence of the president. A motion was adopted that the president appoints a committee of three. How is the committee named?
When the bylaws provide that the president shall appoint all committees, this power does not transfer to the chair or if someone else presides.
RONR 50:13
A section in the bylaws authorizing special meetings, should specify....
should state by whom such meetings can be called, quorum and the number of days' notice required.
RONR 56:36
Under what circumstance can the requirement for a quorum be waived?
None
RONR 40:9
A quorum must be stated....
In the bylaws
RONR 40:2
The motion to ratify is an Incidental main motion that is used....
to confirm or make valid an action already taken that cannot become valid until approved by the assembly
RORN 10:54
In a committee meeting, the motion to reconsider...
Made by any member who did not vote.
RONR 37:35 (2)
When the bylaws provide that the president shall be an ex officio a member of all committees, this should be provided in the section on....
Committees
RONR 56:47
The continued presence of a quorum in a meeting is presumed until....
The absence is noticed by a member who raises a point of order
RONR 40:12
What business may be transacted in the absence of a quorum?
Fix the time for an adjourned meeting and then adjourn.
RONR 40:9
A call of the Orders of the day is a privileged motion by which a member can require the assembly .....
to conform to its agenda, program or order of business
RORN 18:1
Who should call the meeting of the committee?
The committee chair.
RONR 50:21
It is important to note that, although the time when a bylaw amendment takes effect can be delayed by the assembly, the amendment becomes a part of the bylaws ....
immediately upon adoption.
RORN 57:17
The minutes were not available at the previous board meeting. At the next board meeting, there are now two sets of minutes. Which set of minutes are read first?
The minutes are taken in order of date, the ealier minutes read first.
RONR 41:9
What is the motion to obtain quorum, (when there is no quorum)?
Privileged Motion
RONR 40:8
A motion to Recess is a motion that a recess....
begin immediately, made while another question is pending
RORN 20:1
If a committee chair fails to call a committee meeting....
a meeting of the committee members may be called by any two of its members, unless the assembly's rules or instructions prescribe...
RONR 50:21
The length of the terms of office should be prescribed; and unless the terms are to begin______________ , the time when they are to begin must be specified.
at the instant the chair declare each officer elected
RORN 56:27
When the Vice President presides in the absence of the president, how is he/she addressed?
Mister/Madam President
RONR 3:10