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| What two privileged motions have a higher order of precedence than Recess. | Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn, Adjourn |
| Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised lists three reasons for taking a Recess. Please name the three reasons. | Count ballots Secure information Allow for informal consultation |
| What are the two types of Questions of Privilege? | Those relating to the privileges of the assembly as a whole |
| Which type has the highest precedence? | Those relating to the privileges of the assembly. “If the two come into competition, the former take precedence over the later.” |
| What class of motions does Parliamentary Inquiry below to? | Incidental Motions |
| Request for Information, Withdraw or Modify a Motion, and Parliamentary Inquiry are what type of incidental motions | Requests or Inquiries |
| What classification of motions does Parliamentary Inquiry belong to? | Incidental Motions |
| What other motions does Parliamentary Inquiry take precedence over? | “All take precedence over any motion with whose purpose they are connected, and can also be made at any time when no question is pending. |
| Who responds to a Parliamentary Inquiry? | Presiding Officer |
| Is the Chair’s response to a Parliamentary Inquiry subject to Appeal? Why? | No, The chair’s reply to a parliamentary inquiry is not subject to an appeal, since it is an opinion, not a ruling. |
| Whose responsibility is it to reply to a Parliamentary Inquiry? | Chair |
| Can the Chair’s response to a Parliamentary Inquiry be appealed? Why or why not? | No, because it is the chair’s opinion and not a ruling. |
| Request for Information is grouped with other motions as a Requests and Inquiries. There are 5 items listed as Requests and Inquiries. Please list three of the five. | Parliamentary Inquiry, Request for Information, For Permission to Withdraw or Modify a Motion, To Read Papers, For Any Other Privilege |
| If the motion to Suspend the Rules fails, can it be renewed for the same purpose at the same meeting? | No |
| Is there any way it can be renewed for the same purpose at the same meeting? | Only by unanimous consent |
| What vote is required to suspend a standing rule? | Majority vote. |
| What vote is required to suspend a parliamentary rule? | 2/3 vote |
| What vote is required to suspend a Bylaw rule? | Bylaws rules cannot be suspended |
| What vote is required to suspend a chapter standing rule? | Majority Vote. |
| Robert’s Rules of Order lists 5 types of rules that cannot be suspended. Please list three of types of rules that cannot be suspended. | Rules contained in the Bylaws, Procedural rules prescribed by federal, state, or local laws, Rules which embody fundamental principles of parliamentary law, Rules protecting absentees, Rules protecting a basic right of the individual member |
| If the motion to Suspend the Rules is voted down, when can it be renewed? | At the next meeting. |
| Is there any way that Suspend the Rules can be renewed during the current meeting? | Yes. By unanimous consent of the members. |
| To what motions can Division of a Question be applied? | Original main motions |
| To what motions may Division of a Question be applied? | Can be applied to main motions and their amendment if they are susceptible to division. |
| Can a motion to divide a main motion be made while an amendment is pending? | No |
| If a member calls for a Division of the Assembly, what type of vote needs to be taken? | Rising vote |
| Is the rising vote counted? | No |
| What does a member have to do to have a vote counted. | Make a main motion requesting that the vote be counted. |
| Who can call for a Division of the Assembly? | Whenever a member doubts the result of a voice vote...he can call for a Division of the Assembly, The chair has the responsibility of obtaining a correct expression of the will of the assembly. It he is uncertain of the result of a vote or if he feels that the vote is unrepresentative, the chair can of his own accord take the vote again by a rising vote. |
| If a Division is called for, the Chair immediately takes the vote again by what method? | Rising Vote |
| If the rising vote is inconclusive, the Chair can immediately take the vote again by what other method? | Counted rising vote |
| What motions does a Division of the Assembly take precedence over? | Any motion on which the vote is being taken or has just been taken. |
| What motions does the Division of the Assembly yield to? | It does not yield to any motion |
| A main motion was pending when a motion to Lay on the Table was adopted. Can the motion to Lay on the Table be reconsidered? | An affirmative vote on the motion to Lay on the Table cannot be reconsidered.” |
| Why can’t a positive vote on Lay on the Table be reconsidered. | Because it is easier and more direct to move to take the question from the table.” |
| What is the purpose of the motion to Lay on the Table? | Enables the assembly to lay the pending question aside temporarily when something else of immediate urgency has arisen. |
| When should the chair rule the motion to Lay on the Table out of order? | The motion to Lay on the Table is out of order if the evident intent is to kill or avoid dealing with a measure |
| If the motion to Lay on the Table includes a time for resuming consideration of the main motion, what should be admitted as what other motion? | Postpone Definitely (To a Certain Time) |
| If the previous question passes, what two things are stopped? | Immediately stops debate, Stops amendment of the main motion |
| There are two forms of the motion Previous Question. Can you name the two forms? | Unqualified (Previous Question on the immediate pending motion), Qualified (Previous Question on all pending business) |
| Can both forms of Previous Question be pending at the same time? | Yes - “When a motion for the Previous Question is immediately pending in such a case, it can be made again with more or fewer pending questions included...before the first motion for the Previous Question is voted on.” |
| If the Previous Question is adopted, what two things are prevented? | Immediately closes debate and stops amendments. |
| The adoption of the order Previous Question does not prevent what two things? | The making of Lay on the Table, privileged or incidental motions.( |
| The motion Previous Question yields to what other motions? | Lay on the Table, Privileged Motions, All applicable Incidental Motions |
| Assume a main motion and an amendment are pending. A member moves the Previous Question. What form of the Previous Question was moved by the member? | Unqualified form. |
| Is it in order for another member to move the Previous Question a second time in a different form? Explain. | Yes, the first Previous Question was Unqualified on the Amendment only. Another member may move the Previous Question in the Qualified form on all pending business. |
| Is the motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate debatable? | No |
| Is the motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate amendable? | Yes |
| If a member moves to Amend the motion to Limit Debate, is the motion to Amend debatable? | No |
| What term is used to describe the resulting rule when an assembly adopts a motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate? | Order |
| What term is used to describe when an Order limiting or extending the limits of debate finally ceases to be in force? | Exhausted |
| What vote is required to Postpone Definitely? | Majority |
| Does a Postpone Definitely ever require a 2/3 vote? When? | To make a postponed motion a "Special Order" for the next meeting requires a 2/3 vote. |
| If a main motion is postponed definitely to the next chapter meeting, what does it become at that meeting? | Order of the Day |
| If a motion is postponed definitely, where would it appear on the agenda for the meeting? | Unfinished Business and General Orders |
| If a main motion is postponed definitely and made a Special Order for the next chapter meeting, where does it appear on the agenda for that meeting? | Special Orders |
| What are three forms of a committee that can be used in deliberative assemblies? | Committee of the Whole, Quasi-Committee of the Whole, Informal Consideration, Lay on the Table |
| What are two differences between the motion to Lay on the Table and the motion Postpone Definitely? | Lay on the Table Highest ranking subsidiary motion Not debatable or amendable Sets aside main motion temporarily Postpone Definitely Debatable and Amendable Sets aside main motion to later in current meeting or next meeting |
| Special and Standing Committees play an important role in FFA chapters. There are five (5) methods of appointing members to committees; can you name the five methods? | Election by Ballot, Nominations from the Floor, Nominations from the Chair, Appointment by the Chair, Appointment by Adoption of a Motion Naming Members of a Committee |
| A main motion and Postpone Indefinitely are both pending when the motion to Commit is adopted. What happens to the Postpone Indefinitely? | It is ignored and does not go to committee with the main motion. |
| What happens to the pending amendment on a motion that is referred to a committee? | It goes with the main motion to the committee |
| If a member moves to refer a pending main motion to a Special Committee, what are three details that should be included in the motion to Commit? | Number of committee members, Method of their selection, Instructions to the committee (report back, full power to act, etc.) |
| A member moves to set dues at $5.00 per member. Other members want to set dues at $7.50 and $8.00. What motion or device can be used to select the amount most members choose. | Create a blank |
| If the amounts $5.00, $7.50, and $8.00 were proposed to fill the blank, What amount should be voted on first? | The one least likely to be acceptable should be voted on first. |
| What subsidiary motions can be applied to Division of a Question? | Amend |
| Amend can be applied to four Subsidiary Motions. Please name them. | Amend, Commit, Postpone Definitely, Limit or Extend Limits of Debate |
| What is the correct name for an amendment to the main motion? | Primary Amendment |
| What is the correct name for an amendment to the Primary Amendment? | Secondary Amendment |
| What is the correct name for an amendment to the Secondary Amendment? | A secondary amendment cannot be amended |
| An amendment must be germane to the main motion to which it is applied. What does germane mean? | It must be closely related to or having bearing on the subject of the motion to be amended |
| Is the motion to Postpone Indefinitely debatable? | Yes |
| What is unique about debate on the motion to Postpone Indefinitely? | Debate can go into the merits of the main question. ( |
| Is the motion to Postpone Indefinitely Amendable? | No |
| If a Postpone Indefinitely is pending when the main motion is laid on the table, what happens to the postpone indefinitely? | It is laid on the table with the main motion |
| If a Postpone Indefinitely is pending when the main motion is referred to a committee, what happens to the postpone indefinitely? | The postpone indefinitely is ignored and does not go to the committee |
| A main motion, Primary amend are pending. A motion to limit debate to 5 minutes is adopted. The main motion is then laid on the table. At the next meeting a motion to Take from the Table is adopted. What motions are pending? | The main motion and primary amendment are pending. |
| What happened to the order limiting debate if the motion is taken from the table? | It is exhausted because the motion was not taken from the table until the next meeting |
| What class of motions does Take from the Table belong to? | Motions Which Bring a Question Again Before the Assembly. |
| What other motions does Take from the Table take precedence over? | No other pending motion. |
| Can Take from the Table be moved after a main motion has been moved but before it has been restated by the chair? | Yes |
