Parli Pro Senior Area 21-22

A member of an assembly, in a parliamentary sense, is a person having the right to

• participate fully in its proceedings
• attend the executive sessions
• examine all the records of the organization
• debate a motion in detail before it is proposed

The bylaws of an organized local society usually provide that it shall hold

• regular meetings at stated intervals
• biannual adjourned meetings
• a specific number of meetings each year
• special meetings every month

Rules of order that supplement or modify the rules contained in an organization's parliamentary authority are called

• special rules of order
• a corporate charter
• the secondary parliamentary authority
• secondary amendments

An appropriate phrase to use by the presiding officer to call a meeting to order is

• The meeting will come to order
• Order, order, the meetings has started
• Order, please
• Could I have your attention, please?

What specifies the sequence in which certain general types or classes of business are brought up or permitted to be introduced at a meeting

• Order of business
• bylaws
• standing rules
• charter

If you were the presiding officer and several members addressed the chair at about the same time after a motion was made, you should call on the member who

• made the motion and has not debated
• has already debated twice
• has the same opinions as all the other previous speakers
• has debated once

The purpose of a second to a motion is to

• prevent time from being consumed by the assembly having to dispose of a motion that only one member wants introduced
• establish the fact that at least two members are willing to speak in favor of the motion
• establish the fact that at least two members are willing to vote in favor of the motion
• indicate to the chairman that members must debate the motion before it is voted on

A motion is recorded in the minutes

• as it was stated by the chair just before being voted on by the assembly
• as the wording was improved by the secretary after the meeting
• as it was stated by the maker
• after the secretary changes the motion to make certain it satisfies the needs of the organization

Members have the right to change their vote

• up to the time the result is announced
• anytime
• if permission is given by the chairman
• when the minutes are read at the next regular meeting

The basic form of motion by which business is introduced is a(n)

• main motion
• inciental main motion
• privileged motion
• subsidiary motion