Handling The Motion

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Handling The Motion

• How the motion is brought before the assembly
• A member presents a motion.
• Another member seconds the motion.
• Chairperson restates the motion.

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Handling the Motion

• Motion is pending after the chair has stated the
  question
• The motion becomes debatable.
• A vote is taken after debate.
• Motion is adopted or carried.
• Motion is defeated or rejected.

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Handling the Motion

• Seconding a Motion
• Raise your hand.
• Gain recognition from chair, state your last name
  chapter.
• State Second or I second the motion.
• If motion fails to be seconded, the motion dies.

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Main Motion

• Consideration
• Members are entitled to debate the motion.
• Chair puts the motion to a vote.
• Chairperson announces the result of the vote.

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Types Of Motions

• Motions are classified into five categories.
• Main
• Subsidiary
• Privileged
• Incidental
• Unclassified

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Types of Motions

• Motions take precedence according to their rank.
• A motion with precedence has greater importance
  and/or higher ranking than another.

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Types of Motions

• Precedence
• Privilege motions
• Subsidiary motions
• Incidental motions
• Unclassified motions
• Main motions

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Privileged Motions

• Have no connection with the main motion.
• Entitled to immediate consideration to all other
  motions.
• Kinds of privileged motions.
• Question of privilege
• Adjourn

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Subsidiary Motions

• Assists in treating or disposing of a main
  motion.
• Have a definite order in which they must be
  disposed of before the main motion.

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Subsidiary Motions

• Types of subsidiary motions.
• Lay on the table
• Previous question
• Postpone definitely
• Limit debate

• Refer to committee
• Amendments
• Postpone indefinitely

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Incidental Motions

• Motions that arise incidentally out of the
  business of the assembly.
• Have no order of precedence among themselves.
• Must be acted on before any other motion, except
  privileged motions.

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Incidental Motions

• Types of Incidental Motions
• Appeal used to determine whether or not a
  decision by the chair is valid.
• Point of Order used to determine if the rules
  of the assembly are being violated.
• Division of the House used when in doubt of the
  results of the vote.

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Incidental Motions

• Types of Incidental Motions
• Withdraw used to take back or modify a motion.
• Parliamentary Inquiry used to determine if the
  rules of the organization or parliamentary law
  are adhered.
• Point of Information used to determine relevant
  information to the business at hand.

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Unclassified Motions

• Motions that call up business for further
  deliberation, and have rank of main motions.
• Types of Unclassified motions.
• Reconsider used to correct hasty, ill-advised
  or erroneous action
• Take from the Table used to consider business
  that was laid aside.
• Rescind used to invalidate by later action.

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Main Motions

• Brings business before the assembly.
• Ranks lowest in the order of precedence of
  motions.