What motion can be used to prevent an amendment to a Main Motion?
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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised lists 3 steps on how a motion is brought before the assembly. What statement is one of the steps for a Main Motion?
Another member seconds the motion
The motion to ______ is classified as a subsidiary motion and is amendable
Commit or Refer
If a motion to recess is made when another motion is pending, it is classified as a;
Privileged Motion
Which motion takes precedence only over a Main Motion?
Postpone Indefinitely
Which motion below would you use to call to the chair's attention a noise disturbance?
Question of Privilege
MEMBER: "I move the Previous Question"
ANOTHER MEMBER:" I second it "
What effect does the motion illustrated in the script above have on a pending motion?
It stops debate on the pending motion
How many times may a member debate the motion Postpone Indefinitely at a meeting?
2 times
Which one of the following statements is true regarding the motion, Raise a Question of Privilege?
It may not be amended
If the phrase "putting the question" is used during the time an amendment is pending this means that the amendment
will be voted on
How long may a member speak on an amendment to the motion Postpone Indefinitely each time he/she debates?
A. 2 minutes
B. 5 minutes
C. 10 minutes
D. None of the Above
D. None of the Above
A motion that is related to the pending business and must be decided immediately is...
Parliamentary Inquiry
If the chair does not wish to make a ruling on a Point of Order, how is it decided?
The assembly decides by a majority vote
What is the last step that is used to bring the motion Commit or Refer before the assembly?
The chair states the question on the motion
If a member has not used his/her debating time, it may:
not be given to another member
The maker of a motion
may not speak against it
In order to participate in the debate of a motion, the presiding officer must:
relinquish the chair to a vice president
How many classes of motions are there?
4
What is the Standard Descriptive Characteristic for a Main Motion regarding precedence?
it ranks the lowest
The word majority means
more than half
Committee motions require a second if the committee consists of:
one person
The Official FFA Manual states that new business is taken up immediately after:
unfinished business and general orders
A special committee appointed with power means that the committee:
can act for the society in specific cases
If a chair is in doubt as to which member is entitled to the floor:
the assembly can decide by a vote
What is the purpose of the privileged motion to recess?
to take a short intermission in the assembly's proceedings
What is the purpose of the privileged motion to raise a question of privilege?
Permits a request or main motion relating to the rights and privileges of the assembly or any of its members to be brought up immediately
Name 3 undebatable subsidiary motions that the privilege motion to Recess takes precedence over
1) Lay on the Table
2) Previous Question
3) Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
Can the privileged motion to recess be applied to any other motions?
No
The purpose of a Point of Order is to:
call attention to a breach of rules
What is NOT a duty of the secretary
Assume all duties of the president if necessary
What is the last item in FFA Order of Business
Entertainment, Recreation, and/or Refreshments
The only motion whose introduction brings business before an assembly
Main Motion
One of the duties of the Reporter is to:
prepare and maintain a chapter scrapbook
In the FFA Order of Business, the Closing Ceremonies immediately follows:
Announcements
A Main Motion:
can be applied to no other motions
If 21 votes are cast a minimum majority vote is
11
If you wanted to kill a motion, what motion would you make
Postpone Indefinitely
One of the duties of the treasurer is:
receive,record and deposit FFA funds and issue receipts
In the FFA order of business, the reading and approval of minutes immediately follows:
opening ceremony
A Division of the Assembly is used to:
demand a standing vote on a motion by a member
A member can change his/her vote on a Main Motion:
up to the time the chair announces the result of the voting
Roberts Rules of Order states that the presiding officer
cannot close debate
Debate for the motion Postpone Definitely
must be limited to the motion to Postpone
A plurality vote is:
the largest number of votes when there are three or more choices
How many Main Motions may be before an assembly at one time?
1
What is the proper order of business in the FFA Order of Business
Reports of officers,reports of special committees,special orders,unfinished business and general orders
What is the proper order of business in the FFA Order of Business
Reports of officers,reports of special committees,special orders,unfinished business and general orders
Which of the following deal with the order in which business is taken up?
A.Agenda
B.order of business
C.orders of the day
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
A motion arising out of a report of an officer, board, or committee is taken up
Immediately after the report is given
For items of business that have been made a special order for a specific time, the chair should
Announce that the time for the special order has arrived and begin processing it
If a topic is discussed in formally at a meeting and a member suggested that it be brought up at the next meeting the chair should announce that the topic be
Introduced as new business
After new business is announced by the chairman members can...
A.imtroduce new items of business
B. Make a motion that failed to be adopted at the last meeting
C. Move to take from the table any tabled motion
D. Any of the above
D. Any of the above
Which of the following is an optional heading for an order of business
A.announcements
B.roll call
C.opening ceremony
D. All of the above
D. All of the above