CCM Training #8

After a Main Motion has been made and before the question has been stated by the chair:

• A. any member can rise and informally suggest changes to the maker of the motion.

• B. the chairman can insist on changes and implement them without a vote.

• C. changes are not allowed because the motion is the property of the assembly.

• D. any member can make changes without the permission of the maker of the motion, since it is not the property of the assembly.

If the motion to Postpone Indefinitely is adopted, what happens to the pending main motion?

• A. An ad hoc committee studies it and reports back at the next regular meeting.

• B. It is brought back under the heading of Unfinished Business at the next regular meeting.

• C. It is killed for the duration of the session.

• D. It is automatically adopted without debate.

To be in order, an amendment must always be:

• A. germane.

• B. made by the member who proposed the motion that the amendment is applied to.

• C. short.

• D. in the form of a question.

A special committee appointed with power means that the committee:

• A. must report to the assembly before acting.

• B. can act for the society in all cases that are similar.

• C. can act for the society in specific cases.

• D. must meet until all committee members agree on a solution to their assigned task.

If adopted, the Previous Question is amotion that stops:

• A. the making of all subsidiary motions.

• B. debate and the making of amendments on the pending question.

• C. the making of privileged motions.

• D. the making of undebatable motions.

If a Point of Order is raised while an amendment is immediately pending, the:

• A. point of order is ignored.

• B. amendment is disposed of first, and the point of order next.

• C. point of order is disposed of first.

• D. chair asks for a second on the point of order and then it is ruled on.

If the chair is in doubt as to which member is entitled to the floor:

• If the chair is in doubt as to which member is entitled to the floor:

• B. the parliamentarian should decide.

• C. the assembly can decide by a vote.

• D. all the officers should confer and make the decision.

When a member has exhausted his/her right to debate a main motion for that day, it means that the member:

• A. cannot debate other motions that have similar content on the same day.

• B. has debated the question twice and cannot make a third speech on the same day.

• C. cannot debate an amendment that is applied to the question.

• D. can now solicit unused debating time from other members of the assembly.

The only time a Main Motion can be made is while:

• A. the regular president of the organization is presiding.

• B. no other motion is pending.

• C. all the members of the organization are present.

• D. unfinished business is being considered.

If a member has spoken twice on a main motion, how many times can he/she speak on an amendment that is applied to it?

• A. Once

• B. The member cannot speak on the amendment.

• C. Three times

• D. Two times