Altrusa International Parliamentary Procedure

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Altrusa InternationalParliamentary
Procedure

• Colleen M. Duris, PRP
• Ocala, Florida

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Review Information
? Agenda and minutes of previous meeting ?
Bylaws ? Procedure Manual
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Opening Ceremonies

• Invocation Altrusa Grace
• Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United
  States of America
• Altrusa Accent

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Standard Agenda (MRS SUN)

• Minutes
• Reports of officers, boards and standing
  committees
• Special committee reports
• Special orders
• Unfinished business
• New business

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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.

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Closing of Meeting

• Good of the Order
• Announcements
• Program
• Adjournment
• Altrusa Benediction

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Incidental Motions

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

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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