Parliamentary Procedure

What is a privileged motion?

• Cancels a previous action or order

• Brings back a motion that has already been voted on

• Motions that are unrelated to the current motion, But are of such urgency or importance that they are considered immediately

• Disposes a main motion

Which is NOT a subsidiary motion?

• Lay on the table

• Appeal

• Amend

• Refer to a committee

What is a subsidiary motion?

• Introduces new business

• Related to the pending business and must be decided immediately

• Secures a ruling of the group

• Aid the assembly in handling or disposing of a main motion

During a regular meeting, the presiding officer refers to himself/herself as…….

• “I”

• “Your presiding officer.”

• “The chair.”

• “The president.”

Which motion below is used to make a pending question an order of the day for a future time?

• Postpone

• Lay one the table

• Amend

• Reconsider

Incidental motions

• Used to change or undo previous decisions made

• Motions that deal with questions of procedure and arise out of another pending motion or item of business

• Enforces the rules of the organization

• Ends the meeting

Which of the following is a privileged motion?

• Previous question

• Point of order

• Suspend the rules

• Recess

Motions that bring a question again before the assembly

• Used to undo or change previous decisions made

• Session of an executive board of a larger organization

• Related to the pending business and must be decided immediately

• Cannot be amendable

What is the minimum number of committee members that can call a meeting if the chairman does not?

• Three

• Two

• Four

• None of the above

Which one of the following motions does not require a second?

• Call for the orders of the day

• Adjourn

• Rescind

• Postpone indefinitely