Point of Order - PPTQ Sec 23

Which motion below could be made so that the chair would be called on to enforce a violated rule?

• Appeal

• Point of Order

• Suspend the Rules

• Parliamentary Inquiry

A Point of Order yields to all

• privileged motions

• secondary motions

• subsidiary motions

• main motions

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

• point of order is ignored

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

• point of order is disposed of first

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

After a member makes a Point of Order, the chair should always

• ask for a second

• determine if the maker wishes to debate it first

• make certain that amendments that are applied to it are germane

• try to make a ruling on it

When a member makes a Point of Order, how is it normally decided?

• The chair rules on it

• It can be adopted by a majority vote of the assembly

• It can be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the assembly after it is seconded

• The parliamentarian rises after the breach of order is described by the member and immediately rules on it

The normal grounds for a member to rise to a Point of Order are

• to ask the maker of the motion a question

• uncomfortable conditions in the meeting room

• a breach of rules

• to obtain parliamentary information from the parliamentarian

Which motion below would be proper to use if the presiding officer at your organization's meeting asked for debate on a main motion before it was seconded?

• Point of Information

• Point of Order

• Question of Privilege

• Appeal

Which statement below is true regarding a Point of Order?

• Points of order should be called on minor irregularities.

• A parliamentary inquiry has the same purpose as a point of order.

• If a motion is not seconded, and is debated and then adopted, a point of order is too late.

• A member must rise and be recognized by the chair before raising a point of order.

Which motion below may be made if a member wants a speaker to conclude debate and is unsure that this member has breached a rule?

• Point of Order

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Reserve a Point of Order

• Point of Information

Assume that a member at a meeting is debating the main motion while an amendment is the immediately pending question. What could you do to stop the member from speaking on the main motion?

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I rise to a point of order."

• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, "Point of information."

• Obtain the floor and say, "I rise to a question of privilege."

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I rise to a parliamentary inquiry."