Ch 5: Amendments

When you want to modify or change the meaning of a main motion, it is called:

• A referral to a committee

• A postponement

• An amendment

Germane means _____.

• Relevant to a subject under consideration

• Dilatory or slow to act

• Confident

What are the three methods of simple word amendments?

• Add, strike out, and divide

• Insert or add, strike out, strike out and insert

• Insert or add, substitute, and strike out and insert

What is a substitute amendment?

• It strikes out words in a paragraph

• It strikes out and inserts a paragraph

• It adds or inserts a paragraph or paragraphs

The basic rule is after the group has voted that certain words shall or shall not be part of a motion:

• An amendment to add more words can be offered

• Another amendment that raises the same question of content and effect cannot be offered

• An amendment to strike out and insert words is the only amendment that can be offered