[Mo-facs] FW: NEW Parliamentary Procedure E-BULLETINHollingsworth, Christine CHRISTINE.HOLLINGSWORTH at dese.mo.govFri Aug 17 10:15:25 CDT 2007
FYI Christine Hollingsworth, Supervisor and State Advisor Family and Consumer Sciences Education Missouri Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education PO Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102 phone 573/522-6543 fax 573/526-4261 http://dese.mo.gov/divcareered/fccla.htm -----Original Message----- From: Dunbar [mailto:dunbar at northwest.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:34 PM To: dunbar at northwest.net Subject: NEW Parliamentary Procedure E-BULLETIN PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE E-BULLETIN # 27 Volume 7, Number 3 (AUGUST 15, 2007) This is a FREE quarterly publication (Mid-February, May, August and November) by Shane D. Dunbar (MEd), Professional Registered Parliamentarian and Professional Accredited Parliamentarian, that is designed to be FORWARDED to Chapter Advisors. 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Please respond to dunbar at northwest.net *************************************************************** *************************************************************** ANNOUNCEMENTS: **NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE KNOWLEDGE CONTEST TO BE HELD AGAIN FOR THE THIRD YEAR + For FFA, FBLA, FCCLA, BPA, TSA, HOSA, DECA, SkillsUSA teams + NO TRAVELING---6-member teams compete at their own school! + Test questions are from a CD, which is included in the registration fee. + Over $2300 in prizes. + Schools may have more than one team. + Team members can participate again next school year. + Log on to www.northwest.net/parli-pro and click on "Knowledge Contest" on the Main Menu for details and rules. **Acronyms for all of the editions of Robert's Rules (Robert's Rules for Dummies, p. 10) + "RO" for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions (Robert's Rules of Order) + "ROR" for the 4th, 5th and 6th editions (Robert's Rules of Order Revised) + "RONR" for the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th editions (Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised) **"By-laws" or "bylaws"---Is the hyphen required? During the time of the first few editions of Robert's Rules of Order, the word "bylaws" was hyphenated: "by-laws." The hyphen has been dropped and the current spelling is "bylaws." **How can a member change his/her vote on a motion? "A member has a right to change his vote up to the time the result is announced; after that, he can make the change only by the unanimous consent of the assembly granted without debate." [RONR (10th ed.),p. 395, l. 9-12] **Spelling test The presiding officer who resides at a meeting is normally ___________ as "Mr. President" or "Madam President." A. adressed B. addressed C. addresed (Answer is listed at the end of this E-Bulletin) **How is "sine die" pronouced? An adjournment sine die means an adjournment without day, or the final adjournment of the body. The correct pronunciation for "sine die" is "SIGN-ee-DYE-ee." [RONR (10th ed.), p. 81, footnote] **Which of the following parliamentary steps could be in order while the privileged motion to adjourn is pending? To make important announcements To move to table the motion to adjourn To move to recess for 5 minutes To move to reconsider a previous vote To move to limit debate on the motion to adjourn To move to set the time for an adjourned meeting (Answer is listed at the end of this E-Bulletin) **Some Motions that can interrupt a speaker who is speaking and that don't require a second: [RONR (10th ed.), p. 42, tinted.] + Call for the Orders of the Day + Point of Order + Parliamentary Inquiry + Point of Information + Call for a Division of the Assembly + Raise a Question of Privilege **Adjourning while business is pending. A meeting can be adjourned while business is pending PROVIDED THAT the time for the next meeting has been established by a rule or has been set by the assembly. [RONR (10th ed.), p. 226, l. 3-8.] **MUST a tie vote be broken? (The Guerrilla Guide to Robert's Rules, p. 60) (www.nancysylvester.com) No. A tie vote is less than a majority, and therefore is not adopted. ** When a main motion has been stated by the chair, it is said to be "pending"---or, commonly, "on the floor." (Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised IN BRIEF, p. 23) **How can a member stop debate on a motion? (Demeter, pp. 305, 306) Avoid shouting "I call for the question!" or "Question! Question!" It is discourteous. If you mean to end further debate, rise (address the chair, and wait to be recognized) and simply say, "I move the previous question,.... This motion requires a second and a two-thirds vote. **The chair should require that amendments and main motions be submitted by the mover in writing. [RONR (10th ed.), p. 38, l. 13-16.] **Can you solve this NEW problem related to voting? The Yacht Club has 45 members. A member moved "to extend the boat dock twenty-five feet." The motion was seconded and debated. It was then moved and seconded "that debate be limited to five minutes for each member." What is the minimum number of votes required to adopt the motion to Limit Debate if all 45 members were present and 30 cast a vote? ==> (Two FREE teaching packets related to voting are available on www.northwest.net/parli-pro) (Answer is listed at the end of this E-Bulletin) **Basic Rules for the motion, to Postpone to a Certain Time.[RONR (10th ed.), p.262, l. 22-27] + Needs a second + Is debatable + Is amendable + Needs a majority vote ** Calling a Point of Order (Demeter. p. 307) "Usually, (but not necessarily) the Chair awaits a point of order from the floor before he himself applies points of order on improper motions." **Parliamentary Procedure Myths (NAP-National Parliamentarian--2nd quarter, 2004) Myth: A husband and wife, during the same term of office, cannot both serve as officers or cannot both sit on a board. False. There is not such prohibition in RONR. The same goes for members who are related as parent-to-child, or as siblings. ** Brainteaser (www.jimslaughter.com/) Question: If your parliamentary authority is Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (10th Edition), is it in order to move to a Division of the Question on an amendment if the amendment contains several parts, each of which is capable of standing as a complete proposition if the others are removed.? Can the motion Division of a Question also be applied to a main motion while an amendment is pending? (Answer is listed at the end of this E-Bulletin) ** Test Your Knowledge (From Dunbar's Manual of Parliamentary Procedure Test Questions, an FFA, TSA, BPA, and SkillsUSA reference for their competitive event examination phase) A Point of Order yields to all A. privileged motons. B. secondary motions. C. subsidiary motions. D. main motions. (Answer is listed at the end of this E-Bulletin) **True or False? (National Parliamentarian--Fourth Quarter, 2005) The minutes need not conclude with both "respectfully submitted" and the signature of the secretary (Answer is listed at the end of this E-Bulletin) **PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE SITE WORTH VISITING: www.saep.us [(New site for the Society for Agricultural Education Parliamentarians (SAEP)] QUESTION AND ANSWER: One question from a reader is answered on each E-Bulletin. Send it to dunbar at northwest.net. If a question that was submitted does not appear on an E-Bulletin, it will be answered personally by E-mail. All answers are based on the 10th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR). Question: At a recent meeting of a our chapter, the secretary was absent. The chairman selected the vice-president as a replacement without permission of the assembly. Was this correct according to Robert's Rules of Order? Our bylaws do not provide directions for this situation. (Answer is listed at the end of this E-Bulletin) TIP ON TRAINING A TEAM FROM A NATIONAL WINNER You can improve your team's score on the written examination phase of a Parliamentary Procedure Contest by having them take the Accredited Parliamentarian (AP) test offered by the Society for Agricultural Education Parliamenarian. It's all FREE. Log on to www.saep.us for details. ============================================= ============================================= **Answer to spelling test is "B" **Which of the following parliamentary steps could be in order while the privileged motion to adjourn is pending?[RONR (10th ed.), p. 230, l. 17-25 and p. 231, l. 1-9] To make important announcements - Yes To move to table the motion to adjourn - No To move to recess for 5 minutes - No To move to reconsider a previous vote - Yes To move to limit debate on the motion to adjourn - No To move to set the time for an adjourned meeting - Yes **Answer to voting problem The minimum affirmative vote to adopt the motion to limit debate is 20, which is two-thirds of the 30 members who voted **Answer to Brainteaser: "If applied to an amendment, it also takes precedence over that amendment; but a motion to divide the main question cannot be made while an amendment to the main question is pending." [RONR (10th ed.), (p. 262, l. 2-6]. **Answer to Test Your Knowledge: A, p. 240 **Answer to True and False: True **Answer to Question and Answer "In the absence of the secretary, a secretary pro tem should be elected; the corresponding, financial, or executive secretary in organizations having such officers is not an automatic replacement." [RONR (10th ed.), p. 443, l. 27-30] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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