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The number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted. |
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A group of people meeting together to openly discuss issues and make decisions that then become the decision of the group. Also referred to as a deliberative assembly. |
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| A motion to close the meeting. |
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| To accept or approve a motion or report. The effect of accepting, adopting, or approving a report is the assembly endorses the report in its entirety, every word of it. |
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| A vote in favor of the adoption of the motion. |
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A motion to modify the pending motion before it is voted on. Four forms: Adding, insterting, srike-out, and substituting. |
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Appeal from the Decision of the
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| A motion to take a decision regarding parliamentary procedure out of the hands of the presiding officer and place the final decision in the hands of the assembly. |
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| Call for the Orders of the Day |
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| By the use of this motion, a single member can require the assembly to follow the order of business or agenda, or to take up a special order that is scheduled to come up, unless two-thirds of the assembly wish to do otherwise. |
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| Commit or Refer to a Committee |
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| This motion sends the Main Motion to a smaller group (a committee) for further examination and refinement before the body votes on it. Be sure to be specific which committee, size of committee, and so on. |
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| Division of the Assembly (House) |
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The effect of this motion is to require a standing vote (not a counted vote). A single member can demand this if he or she feels the vote is too close to declare or is unrepresentative. This motion can only be used after the voice vote or show of hands vote where there is a reasonable doubt of the results. |
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An executive committee is to the board of directors what the board of directors is to the membership. It is a smaller group, usually the officers, who are given specific authority in the bylaws. |
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| Related to the subject. An Amendment must be germane to the motion it is amending. A Secondary Amendment must be germane to the Primary Amendment it is amending. For example, the Main Motion is “I move that we purchase a computer.” A germane Amendment might be to add “not to exceed $3,000.00.” An Amendment not germane would be to add “and an exercise bicycle.” |
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| A Main Motion that is incidental to, or related to, the business of the assembly, or its past or future action. An example is a motion to fix the method of making nominations if made before the election is pending. |
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| Motions that relate to matters that are supplementary to the conduct of the meeting rather than directly to the Main Motion. They may be offered at any time when they are needed. Motions in this classification include: Point of Order, Appeal from the Decision of the Chair, Objection to Consideration of a Question, Suspend the Rules, Division Of The Assembly, Division Of The Question, Consideration By Paragraph Or Seriatim, Parliamentary Inquiry, Point of Information, Motions Relating To Methods Of Voting And The Polls, Motions Relating To Nominations, Request To Be Excused From A Duty, Request For Permission To Withdraw A Motion, Request To Read Papers, and Request For Any Other Privilege. |
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