Novice Parliamentary Procedure Flashcard 13-19

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The minutes of a meeting should not contain: if the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, all the main motions, the opinions of the secretary on each adopted motion, all notices of motions.

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the opinions of the secretary on each adopted motion.

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The privileged motion to Take a Recess:

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must be seconded.

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The member who proposes a main motion has the right to speak in debate:

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first.

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Which motion below has the highest precedence? Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn, Lay on the Table, Call for the Orders of the Day, Main Motion

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Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

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Assume you know for certain that a motion that is pending will be bad for your organization and you want to stop it immediately. What would you do? Options: Obtain the floor and say, "I move that this motion be postponed indefinitely."; Obtain the floor and say, "I move the previous question."; From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to lay this motion on the table."; Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I rise to a point of order."

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Obtain the floor and say, "I move that this motion be postponed indefinitely."

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If a member calls for a Division when a voice vote is obviously a majority, the chairman should:

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declare to the assembly that the call for a Division is dilatory.

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The chair is obligated to answer all Parliamentary Inquiry questions except those that: are hypothetical in nature.

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are hypothetical in nature.