Parliamentary Procedure Questions And Answers
parliamentary procedure ANS a coordinated system used to conduct business when working in a
group, allows everyone to be hard to make decisions about confusion
chairman or chairwoman ANS this person will call the meeting to order recognize members to
the floor, State motions, anounce the vote and maintain order, neutral body, that cannot offer bedate
on a motion or make motions and can only vote if it is to make or break a tie.
vice chair or chairwoman ANS The main role of the vice chair is to be familiar with the duties of
the chair so that if the chair becomes unable to serve the vice chair can step in and take over
secretary ANS serves as the official record keeper of the organization keeps the role of members
and minutes of the meeting and record of proceedings of the assembly during the meeting a secretary
reports the minutes of the previous meeting as well as take notes to report at the next meeting
treasurer ANS The custodian of the funds for the organization receives all of the incoming money
and disperses the money according to instructions specified by the organization common tasks
include preparing the organization's budget making sure the books are audited and filling out
appropriate tax forms give the treasures report at the meeting
motion ANS A proposal or item of business on which group is to make a decision sometimes
referred to as the question
main motion ANS brings a new item of business before the group can be further subdivided into
categories original mean motions and incidental main motion
original main motion ANS emotion which brings an item of business before the meeting
incidental main motion ANS in Maine motion related to the business of the assembly words past
or future action
secondary motion ANS is made while a main motion is pending
, privileged motions ANS do not relate to the main motion or pending business but relate directly
to the member and the organization in making matters emergency that without debate can interupy
consideration of anything else
subsidary motion ANS change or affect our main motion is handled and voted on the for the main
motion
incidental motion ANS provides a mean of questioning procedure concerning other motions and
must be considered before the main motion beinging discussed
unclassified motion ANS brings an item of business that has already been dealt with that before
the organization for consideration
pertinent facts ANS tell members whether a motion is debatable or amendable and what type of
vote that is required to approve the motion
pending ANS and I don't know has been stated by the chair and has not yet been disposed of
either permanently or temporarily
majority vote ANS requires one more vote than half the number of the members
two third vote ANS requires a two thirds of the number of votes of the member present
Voice voting ANS requires members to voice their vote when asked if they are for or opposed to
the motion
show of hands vote ANS requires members to raise my hand cast their vote when asked if they
are four or oppose to the motion
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