Section 2 Motions

February 2018
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Hello February!!
Starting with Section 2 Motions use the chart below to create your study plan. You can choose to write and make notes in your study guide or make copies of what you are working on.  Section 2 Motions has 400 questions in the study guide there are 100 question on the Section 2 Motions exam.

You should also be memorizing the 8 Subsidiary Motions and the
5 Privileged Motions, you need to know the characteristic of each; can motion  interrupt a speaker, does it  need a second, is the motion amendable, debatable, does it need a majority vote, a 2/3 vote or a chair's decision for the motion to pass or be dealt with and can the motion be reconsidered. The knowledge of these motions will go along way in helping you understand motions and how they are moved. 
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My suggestions:

I make a list every night  of the 13 ranking motions in order of highest to lowest ranking with the coordinating information that I described above for each motion. 

I try to set aside two hours a night to study I actually schedule it!

I take my RONR everywhere so if I have time I read!

Happy studying my friends!

 

SIX STEPS TO MAKING A MOTION

To make a motion, a person must be a voting member of the group that is meeting.  There are six steps in the motion process:

1. After being recognized by the chair, a member makes a motion.  This is usually worded as "I move...."
2. Another member seconds the motion.  A second means that the member believes the issue should be discussed.  It does not necessarily mean that the member agrees with the motion.
3. The chair states the motion which formally places it before the assembly.
4. The motion is debated by the group.
5. The chair puts the motion to a vote.
6. The chair announces the result of the vote and the action required due to the vote.

PARLIAMENTARY FACTS TO AID LEARNERS

Types of deliberative assemblies:  

1. Mass meetings
2. Local assemblies of organized societies
3. Conventions
4. Legislative bodies
5. Boards

Rules of an assembly:

1. Corporate charter
2. Constitution, bylaws
3. Special rules of order
4. Rules of order
5. Standing rules

Order of business (MRS SUN):
   M = reading and approval of Minutes
   R = Reports of officers, boards, and standing committees
   S = reports of Special committees
   S = Special orders
   U = Unfinished business and general orders
   N = New business        

Processes of amendment:

1. To insert or to add
2. To strike out
3. To strike out and insert or to substitute

        
Committees that must report to open a convention and vote required to adopt each report:

1. Credentials - majority vote
2. Standing rules - two-thirds vote
3. Convention program - majority vote

 
​Kinds of committees:

1. Special
2. Standing
3. Committee of the whole
4. Quasi committee of the whole
5. Informal consideration            

​Action that can be taken in the absence of a quorum:

1. Fix the time to which to adjourn
2. Adjourn
3. Recess
4. Take measures to obtain a quorum