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The ONLY Things You Ever Needed to Know About
Parliamentary Procedure…
The Order of Business
• Call To Order• Roll Call
– You need to be here for this• Officer Reports• Old Business
– Motions already on the floor from a previous meeting.
• New Business – Floor open—new motions
can be made!!• Adjourn White = You
Before we begin…Know Rule #1
RULE #1If all else fails, yell
“Point of Information”
Make Your Move
“I move that we…”
Recognized
A Friend is Needed
“SECOND”
Yell
Recognized
Debate
• 1st Pro – Maker of the motion
• Con
• Pro
• Con
Recognized
Ending it – Putting it to a vote
“Question”
Yell
Not ready for it to end?
“OBJECTION”
YELL
(We’ll go back to debate.)
Ending it- Beat the horse
“I move to call Previous Question”
Recognized
Second required
Vote to END DEBATE
(2/3 vote needed)
VOTE on the MAIN MOTION
Whew! (1 down… 24 to go!)
Making your move
“I move that we…”
Recognized
A friend is needed
“Second”
YellRecognized
Debate
• 1st Pro – Maker of the motion• Con• Pro• Con
Recognized
Ending it – Putting it to a vote
“Question”
Yell
Speed it up if ALL are in favor!
“Consent”
YELL
(Motion passes if no one objects. )
Making your move
“I move that we…”
Recognized
A friend is needed
“Second”
YellRecognized
$%&*#!
Move to Amend
Recognized
A friend is needed
“Second”
Yell
Recognized
Debate of the PROPOSED AMENDMENT
• 1st Pro – Maker of the Motion
• Con• Pro• Con
Recognized
Ending it – Putting it to a vote
“Question”Yell
OR
“Previous Question”
Recognized
Return to the main motion…
(with or without the amendment)
Postpone it – Laying it on the table
“Move to Table”
Recognized
May be sent to committee
Specify a definite timeSpecify indefinitely***(debatable)
Want proof that the numbers match the voices?
“Division!” or
“I move for Roll Call Vote”
Yell
During business
“Point of Order”
Yell
During business
“Point of Information”
Yell
During business
“Point of Clarification”
Yell
During business
“Point of Privilege”
Yell
Getting geeky…
“Move to consider in seriatim” (by sub-sections,
paragraphs)
Recognized
Getting geeky…
“Move to consider as a whole”
Recognized
Getting geeky…
“Call for caucus”
Recognized
Getting geeky…
“Move for informal consideration”
(Committee of the Whole)
Recognized
Getting geeky…
“Move to reconsider”
Someone that voted on the prevailing side of the original vote must be recognized
Got it?
Let’s do a run through…
I move that the peanut gallery buy snacks for the delegates.
More or less confused?
