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Title: Altrusa International Parliamentary Procedure


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Altrusa InternationalParliamentary
Procedure
  • Colleen M. Duris, PRP
  • Ocala, Florida

2
Review Information
? Agenda and minutes of previous meeting ?
Bylaws ? Procedure Manual
3
Opening Ceremonies
  • Invocation Altrusa Grace
  • Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United
    States of America
  • Altrusa Accent

4
Standard Agenda (MRS SUN)
  • Minutes
  • Reports of officers, boards and standing
    committees
  • Special committee reports
  • Special orders
  • Unfinished business
  • New business

5
Minutes
  • Minutes are approved in chronological order
  • No motion is required
  • The Chair asks Are there any corrections to the
    minutes?
  • Minutes are adopted as presented, mailed,
    corrected, etc.

6
Closing of Meeting
  • Good of the Order
  • Announcements
  • Program
  • Adjournment
  • Altrusa Benediction

7
MOTIONS
  • Main Motion brings business before assembly,
    lowest rank
  • Subsidiary assists assembly in treating or
    disposing of main motion
  • Privileged do not relate to pending business,
    immediate and overriding importance, no debate
  • Incidental relate to pending business

8
MOTIONS
  • Bring business before the assembly
  • Verbal or written
  • I move that.
  • another member seconds does not have to agree
    with the motion
  • If made by direction of board or committee,
    second not required

9
MOTIONS
  • Chair states the motion It is moved..
  • Debate on the motion
  • Maker entitled to speak first
  • Members may speak twice to motion but not until
    all have spoken first
  • Time limit
  • Intervening motions

10
Subsidiary Motions
  • Postpone Indefinitely
  • Dispose without bringing to direct vote
  • kills it
  • Lowest ranking, yields to all others
  • Amend
  • Proposal of change to original wording
  • Must be germane
  • Vote on amendment before main motion
  • Primary and secondary allowed, not beyond

11
Subsidiary Motions
  • Commit (Refer)
  • Sends the question/matter to small group for
    further processing
  • Motion should specify committee or how committee
    formed
  • Instructions to committee

12
Subsidiary Motions
  • Postpone to Time Certain
  • Delay question to another time
  • Limits on time frame
  • Limit Debate
  • Exercise control over debate
  • Time period imposed
  • Requires 2/3rd vote

13
Subsidiary Motions
  • Previous Question
  • call the question
  • Bring the assembly to immediate vote
  • Requires 2/3rd vote
  • Lay on the Table
  • Set aside temporarily when something else of
    immediate urgency has arisen
  • Can be taken from the table by majority as soon
    as urgency resolved

14
Privileged Motions
  • Call for Orders of the Day
  • Conform to agenda, program or order of business
  • No debate, no second
  • 2/3rds vote can suspend
  • Raise of Question of Privilege
  • Request relating to rights and privileges of the
    assembly
  • Ruled by chair

15
Privileged Motions
  • Recess
  • Short intermission in assembly proceedings
  • Adjourn
  • To close the meeting
  • Fix the time to which to Adjourn
  • Set the time and place for another meeting to
    continue business of session

16
Incidental Motions
  • Point of Order
  • Bring to the chairs attention to enforcement of
    rules
  • Appeal
  • Take question from chair and give to assembly to
    rule

17
Incidental Motions
  • Suspend the Rules
  • 2/3rd vote
  • Objection to Consideration of the Question
  • Enable assembly to avoid main motion
  • Must be taken up prior to consideration of
    question

18
Incidental Motions
  • Division of the Assembly
  • Member doubts voice vote or by show of hands
  • Requires rising vote

19
Request Inquiries
  • Parliamentary Inquiry
  • Take precedence
  • Question directed to presiding officer for
    information of parliamentary nature or rules
  • Point of Information
  • Request direct to or through chair for
    information relevant to business at hand
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