Postpone Indefinitely - PPTQ Sec 11

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used by

• A. The chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the next regular meeting.

• B. A member to send a main motion to a standing committee.

• C. Members who wish to change the pending main motion.

• D. The assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main motion.

Which motion below would you propose if you wanted to kill a pending main motion and avoid a vote on it for the rest of a meeting?

• A. Postpone Indefinitely

• B. Postpone to a Certain Time

• C. Rescind

• D. Reconsider

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 passed without debate.

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used when a member of the assembly wishes to avoid

• A. An undesirable consequence.

• B. A direct vote on the question.

• C. An embarrassing matter.

• D. The motion by postponing it to the next meeting.

The subsidiary motion to Postpone Indefinitely takes precedence over

• A. All other subsidiary motions.

• B. A secondary amendment.

• C. Nothing except the main question to which it is applied.

• D. The privileged motion to Adjourn.

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely can be

• A. Applied to all subsidiary motions.

• B. Referred to a committee.

• C. Laid on the table.

• D. Applied only to the main question.

If a main motion is pending and a motion to amend is being debated, which one of the following motions would be out of order?

• A. Point of Order

• B. Limit Debate

• C. Postpone Indefinitely

• D. Adjourn

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely can

• A. Be laid on the table.

• B. Go to committee with the main motion.

• C. Be moved only when the main motion is pending.

• D. Be applied to all subsidiary motions.

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely remains with the main motion when the main motion is

• A. Laid on the table.

• B. Referred to a committee.

• C. Reconsidered.

• D. All of the above

The subsidiary motion to Postpone Indefinitely:

• is in order when another member has the floor.

• does not require a second.

• is not a secondary motion.

• is debatable and debate can go fully into the merits of the main question.