Discharge a Committee - PPTQ Sec 36

One purpose of the motion to Discharge a Committee is to:

• prevent the committee from making a final report after a completed task.

• take a matter out of a committee's hands before they make a final report on it.

• reduce some of the committee's responsibilities.

• officially dismiss a committee after it has made the final report on its task.

The motion to Discharge a Committee:

• is debatable.

• is in order when another member has the floor.

• cannot be applied to any main motion.

• requires a two-thirds vote and notice to be adopted.

The motion to Discharge a Committee:

• always requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.

• can apply to any main motion that was referred to a committee which has not reported.

• can apply to an amendment referred to a committee.

• cannot have subsidiary motions applied to it.

The motion to Discharge a Committee may require all of the following to be adopted except a/an:

• vote of the majority of the entire membership.

• unanimous vote of the members present and voting.

• two-thirds vote of the members present and voting.

• majority vote and previous notice.

It is appropriate to make the motion to Discharge a Committee if:

• a committee has failed to promptly make a report.

• the assembly wants to proceed on the matter without a committee.

• the assembly wants to drop the matter.

• All of the above

When a standing committee is discharged from considering a matter, it:

• continues its existence.

• is discharged.

• becomes a special committee.

• chooses a new chairman to facilitate the business.

Your organization is not happy over the progress of the Membership Standing Committee on recruiting new members, and you would like to take it out of their hands. What would be the best thing to do?

• Obtain the floor and say, 'I move that we form a new plan to recruit new members.'

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, 'I move that the Membership Standing Committee be rescinded.'

• Obtain the floor and say, 'I move that the Membership Committee be discharged from further consideration of the matter concerned with recruiting new members.'

• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, 'I move we form a Special Committee appointed by the chair to take the place of the Membership Committee's duties.'