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| To close the meeting when no motion is pending and there is no further business. |
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| order of business for the meeting. |
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| A motion to modify the wording- and within certain limits the meaning- of a pending motion before the pending motion itself is acted upon. |
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| A change in or addition to the main motion; amendments can also be amended once. |
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| To determine the assembly's attitude toward a ruling made by the chair. |
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| Call for the Orders of the Day. |
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| A privileged motion by which a member can require the assembly (1) to conform to its agenda, program, or order of business, or (2) to take up a general or special order that is due to come up at that time. |
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| Applies both to the person presiding and the station in the hall from which he or she presides; person presiding at a meeting. |
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| Generally used to send a pending question to a relatively small group of selected persons- a committee- so the question can be carefully investigated and put into better condition for the assembly to consider. |
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| Discussion of the merits of motion; disscussion for or against the motion. |
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| Division (Or Division of the House) |
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| When a member disagrees with a voice and calls for a counted vote; does not require a second. |
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| To divide a motion so that the parts of it may be considered seperately. |
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| When a member doubts the result of a voice vote or a vote by show of hands, the member can call for a Division of the Assembly, thereby requiring the vote to be taken again by rising. |
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| A tool used for calling the meeting to order. |
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| General Unanimous Consent |
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| If there are no objections, passing a motion without debate or vote. |
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| To enable the assembly to lay the pending question aside temporarily when something else of *immediate urgency* has arisen. |
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| To limit debate by reducing the number of length of speeches or requring that at a certain time debate shall be closed. To extend the limits of debate by allowing more and longer speeches. |
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| an idea brought before the group for consideration; should be stated "I move that.." or "I move to.."; must be acted on. |
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| over half of the vosts cast; sometimes called simple majority, which is 50 percent plus 1. |
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| Voice votes- aye and no, general consent; Roll call- raise hand or standing; Ballot- secret ballot, usuall written or recorded by voting machine. |
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| the smaller number, less than 50 percent. |
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| written record of a meeting. |
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| To obtain the floor, the member rise and addresses the chair. When the chair calls on the member, he or she can now speak. |
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| one who has knowledge of parliamentary procedure and is skilled in its practice. |
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| A question directed to the presiding official to obtain information on parliamentary law or the rules of the organization bearing on the business at hand. |
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| has not been voted on, is still "on the floor." |
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| a larger vote than for any other candidate but not more than half the total votes cast never elects unless a special rule has been made to that effect. |
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| A request directed at the chair, or through the chair to another officer or member, for information relevant to the business at hand but not related to parliamentary procedure; to ask for clarification. |
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| Calls attention to a violation of parliamentary procedure; to correct a breach of order or error in procedure. |
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| Postpone Definitely or to a Certain Time |
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| The motion by which action on a pending question can be put off, within limits, to a definite day, meeting, or hour, or until after a certain event. |
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| A motion that the assembly decline to take a position on the main question. Its adoption kills the main motion and avoids a direct vote on the question. |
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| puts off a motion until some future time. |
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| A motion to bring an immediate vote on one or more pending questions, thereby ending debate |
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| when chair takes vote for and against a motion and announces the results |
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| minimum number of members that must be present to conduct the business of the meeting; usuall a simple majority unless otherwise specified in the bylaws. |
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| Raising a Wuestion of Privilege |
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| Permits a request or matin motion relating to the rights and privileges of the assembly or any of its members to be brought up for possible immediate consideration becasue of its urgency. |
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| A short intermission in the assembly's proceedings which does not close the meeting, and after which business will immediately be resumed at exactly the point it was interupted. |
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| To bring back for further consideration a motion that has already been voted on. The member moving to reconsider must have voted on the prevailing side of the question to be considered. The making of this motion is subject to time limits. |
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| To cnacel or countermand a previous action. |
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| means another member supports motion. |
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| chair restates the exact motion after the second and indicates it is open for debate. |
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| When an assembly wishes to do something it cannot do without violating one or more of its regular rules, it can adopt a motion to suspend the rules. |
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| To make pending again a motion or series of adhering motions that previously had been laid on the table. |
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| Courtesy and justice for all. One item of business at a time. The minority must be heard. The majority must prevail. |
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| Four basic principles of parliamentary law. |
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| The right of the minority, the rule of the majority, partiality to none. |
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| Number of taps that call the chapter meeting to order. |
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| Signal for all members to stand during the opening and closing ceremonies. |
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| Tells members to be seated. When a main motion is passed/rejected, __ follows the announcement. Follows announcement that meeting is adjourned. |
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| highest rank if other business is being considered. The ___ most commonly used in youth organizations is the motion to adjourn. |
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| arise while another motion is being considered and usually deal with questions of the procedure. |
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| modify or help dispose of a main motion and take procedures over it. |
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| motions that bring a question again before an assembly, such as a motion to take from the table or to reconsider. |
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| The motion dies for lack of a second. |
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| If no one seconds the motion, the chair will say... |
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| While the first main motion is on the floor. |
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| No member may present another main motion or discuess another item of business.. |
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| To insert or add, to strike out, to strike out and insert or substitue. |
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| Three ways to present amendments... |
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| 'I call for the division. |
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| To correct the situation, callf or a division of the house. And say...___. No second is needed. |
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| Previous Questions/ Limit Debate |
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| Reguire a second and a two-thirds vote. |
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