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Parliamentary Procedure
and Meetings
The agenda includes different
types of reports and their ap
proval. Numerous types of
motions are also employed. The
main motion is used to introduce
a new item of business. Then,
there are more than 40 other
motions that can be applied to the
main motion or come on the floor
during the discussion of the main
motion. It is at this point that
parliamentary procedure gets
extremely interesting, but very
necessary in maintaining an
efficient and democratic business
meeting.
There are a group of subsidiary
motions that control the content
of the motions currently on the
floor. They ate: postpone in-
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There are also subsidiary
motions that control the content
of the proceeding motion. These
motions postpone the matter t 6 a
set time, limit debate, close
debate, or lay the item on the
table.
A group of privileged motions
serve as the traffic police of
parliamentary discussion. It
includes call for the orders of the
day to remind the chairman to
follow the order of agenda. Other
motions in this category include
raising a question of privilege,
take a recess, and adjourn.
Return motions are employed
to return a proposal to the floor
for further consideration. They
are to take from the table,
reconsider, rescind, and renew.
Incidental motions are an
assortment of miscellaneous
motions designed to handle
situations not mentioned
previously. These include
requests for information, point of
order challenging a chairman’s
decision, appeal, division of the
assembly calling for a counting
vote, suspend the rules, and
objection to consideration.
Many details concerning these
motions and other parliamentary
procedures have not been
discussed. The vote required and
procedures for handling these
motions should be obtained in
more detail
In summary, always
remember that the main business
of a business meeting is business,
not practice in the technicalities
of parliamentary law. Use as
much of the parliamentary code
as the situation requires, but no
more. The purpose of
parliamentary procedure is to
serve the chairman and his
organization in conducting a
successful business meeting.
Start the meeting on time with
a previously well-planned
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PARLIAMENTARY LAW CHART
TYPE OF
MOTION
Adjourn
Adjourn, tn fU thn Tin to Which to
Adopt Commit!#* lUport
Asnond
Aa#nd on Aa#ndm#nt
Appnol
it if in Commit!#* of th# Whol#
Blank, Croat# a
Call for Ordtri of th# Day
Commit!## of th# Whol#
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Division of Assembly
Division of Question
Encmnd from Duty, atk to bn
Espungo
Extend Dobatn
UnutDebat#
Mam, or Original
Modify a Motion, L#av to
rominahon
Nominal
Nominations, to Closo
Nominations/ to Reopen
Objection to Consideration
Order, Question of
Parliamentary Inquiry
Polls, to Close
Postpone Definitely
Postpone Indefinitely
Previous
Question
Privilege, to raise Question of
Ratify
Read Document, Leave to
Reconsider
Reconsider and Enter in Minutes
Reconsider, Call up Motion to
Refer to Committee
Renew
Reguest that Document be Read
Resignation
Special Order, to Make
Substitute Motion
Table, Lay on
Table, Take from
Voting, Method of
Iraw a Motion, Leavo to
agenda. Conduct an efficient and
democratic meeting by em
ploying a basic knowledge of
parliamentary procedure.
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