Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure

The proposed amendments to the National FBLA Bylaws shall by submitted for review to the bylaws committee of the directors and division president by:

• April 15

• April 1

• May 15

• May 1

The term of office for FBLA national officers shall begin:

• at close of National Leadership Conference

• at beginning of National Leadership Conference

• one week after close of National Leadership Conference

• on August 1

All voting delegates at NLC must be certified by their adviser and their names submitted to the national office postmarked no later that this number of days prior to the NLC.

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 30

Members of the FBLA-PBL board of directors are elected to a term of this number of years.

• two

• one

• five

• three

The policy making body derives its authority from the Articles of Incorporation of FBLA- PBL and this authority.

• corporate charter

• laws of the state of Virginia

• laws of the United States

• laws of the District of Columbia

Local chapters are allowed to send delegates to the National Leadership Conference based on membership. If a chapter has 100 members, it may send ____ voting

• two

• three

• four

• five

To delay consideration until the next regular meeting, a member would move to:

• Send it to Committee

• Postpone to a Certain Time

• Propose to Lay on the Table

• Postpone to an Indefinite Time

In a body having an enrolled membership composed only of persons who maintain their status as members in a prescribed manner, the quorum specified by common parliamentary law is:

• the number of members attending a properly announced meeting

• half of the membership

• two-thirds of the membership

• a majority of the membership

A recommendation from a committee to postpone indefinitely a motion with a pending amendment is handled by the chair in the following manner:

• the chair states the question on the amendment

• the chair puts the question on the amendment

• the chair states the question on the motion to postpone indefinitely

• the chair puts the question on the motion to postpone indefinitely

In mot organizations which one of the following is customarily held in executive session:

• membership meeting

• meeting if deliberative assembly only

• subcommittee meeting

• board or committee meeting