1. Intro to Parliamentary Procedure
Overview

2. Meetings & Sessions Meeting: Session:
A single official gathering of the members of an organization, with a quorum present, in order to transact business.
Session:
Series of connected meetings

3. Bring Business before the Group
Making the Motion
Second
Chair ‘States the Question’
Debate
Chair ‘Puts the Question’
Vote

4. Making the Motion Move a Motion: Make a Bed!! “I Move That…”
Maker cannot debate against!
Motions are to be ‘positively’ put forward.

5. Second
Person who seconds may debate against

6. ‘Stating the Question’
Locks the motion
Item shifts from motion to question

7. Debate For each motion: Debatable Appeal:
2 debates each
No more than 10 minutes each debate
Debatable Appeal:
Chair gets 2 debates
Members get 1 debate
“I’m in favor” or “I’m opposed”

8. ‘Putting the Question’
Chair asks for “further debate”
Puts the question to the vote

9. Vote Voice (Aye or No) Hand Standing Ballot Roll Call
Chair States results: Outcome of Vote & Effect

10. Organization of Motions
Main Motion
Subsidiary Motions
Incidental Motions
Privileged Motions
Motions that Bring Business Back before the Assembly

11. Main Motion Everything Starts with this
Introduces topic or business to the assembly

12. Subsidiary Motions Enhance or modify the main motion Priority of order
Lay on the table
Call for previous question
Limit or extend time for debate
Postpone to a certain time
Refer to committee
Amend an amendment
Amend or substitute
Postpone indefinitely

13. Incidental Motions Grow out of conduct of the meeting
No order of precedence
Appeal the decision of the chair
Call for division of assembly
Raise a point of order
Object to consideration of question
Divide/call for consideration by parts
Modify or withdraw a motion
Nominate
Suspend the rules
Close nominations
Reopen nominations
Method of voting
Request for information
Parliamentary inquiry

14. Privileged Motions Highest ranking Have order of priority
Fix the time to which to adjourn
Adjourn
Recess
Raise a question of privilege
Call for orders of the day

15. MTBBBBA Used to bring an item back for consideration
Take from the table
Reconsider
Reconsider and enter on minutes
Rescind
ratify