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| What is the purpose of the priviledged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn? |
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| To set a time (and sometimes a place) for another meeting to continue the business of the meeting. |
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| Can the privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn be applied to any other motions? |
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Your question has three parts:
1) Is the privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn amendable?
2) Is an amendment applied to it debatable?
3) Explain. |
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Definition
1) Yes
2) No
3) The motion to which it is applied is not debatable. Therefore, an amendment is not debatable. |
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| Can the privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn be reconsidered? |
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| Can the priveleged motion Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn be made after the assembly has voted to adjourn? |
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Definition
| Yes, if the chair has not declared the assembly adjourned. |
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Your question has three parts:
1) Must the privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn be seconded?
2) What is the purpose of seconding a motion?
3) Does a member who seconds a motion have to be in favor of it? |
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Definition
1) Yes
2) To prevent time from being used by the assembly's having to dispose of a motion that only one person wants to see introduced.
3) No. |
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| Can the priveleged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn be made when another member has the floor? |
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| What is the highest ranking of all motions? |
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Definition
| The privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn |
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Your question has two parts:
1) What is the vote required to adopt the priveleged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn?
2) What does a majority vote mean? |
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Definition
1) Majority
2) More than half the votes cast ny persons legally entitled to vote, excluding blanks or abstentions, at a meeting at which a quorum is present. |
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| If thirty members at a meeting cast a vote on the priveleged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn, what would be the minimum number that would have to vote in the affirmative to adopt it? |
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| Name three priveleged motions that the priveleged motion to Fix teh Time to Which to Adjourn takes precedence over. |
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Definition
1) Adjourn
2) Recess
3) Raise a Question of Privelege
4) Call for the Orders of the Day |
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| What motion could be applied to the privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn to prevent an amendment? |
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| One way to amend the priveleged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn is to change the DATE. Name two other items that may be changed in the motion by amending. |
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| What is an adjourned meeting? |
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Definition
| A continuation of the meeting at which the priveleged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjournis adopted. |
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Your question has two parts:
1) At an adjourned meeting, where is business taken up?
2) When are minutes read of the preceding meeting at an adjourned meeting? |
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Definition
1) from the point at which the previous meeting adjourned.
2) The minutes are read first. |
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| Does the adoption of the priveleged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn, adjourn the present meeting? |
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A motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn is a Main Motion if it is made when no business is pending.
1) Would it be debatable?
2) What vote would be requiered to adopt it?
3) Could it be reconsidered? |
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Definition
1) Yes.
2) Majority.
3) Yes. |
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| Robert's Rules of Order Newly revised lists eight standard descriptive characteristics or rules for the privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn. Name four of them. |
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Definition
1) Takes precedence over all motions
2) Cannot be applied to any motion. The motions Amend and Previous Question can be applied to it.
3) Out of order when another member has the floor.
4) Must be seconded.
5) Not debatable.
6) Amendable as to the date, hour, and place.
7) Requires majority vote to adopt.
8) Can be reconsidered. |
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| What is the form for making the privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn? |
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Definition
| " I move that, when this meeting adjourns, it adjourns to meet next (state day) at (state time)." |
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Your Question has two parts:
1) Explain when the motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn is not a priveleged motion.
2) What motion is it handled as if it is not a privileged motion? |
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Definition
1) It is not a privileged motion if it is made when no other business is pending.
2) It is handled as a Main Motion. |
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| Name three debatable subsidiary motions that the privleged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn takes precedence over. |
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Definition
1) Postpone to a Certain Time (or Postpone Definitely)
2) Commit or Refer
3) Amend
4) Postpone Indefinitely |
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| Name the three undebatable subsidiary motions that the privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn takes precedence over. |
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Definition
1) Lay on the Table
2) Previous Question
3) Limit or Extend the Limits of Debate |
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Your question has two parts:
1) What does it mean when a motion is said to be pending?
2) What is another expression that has the same meaning? |
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Definition
1) A motion that has been stated by the chair
2) A motion that is " on the floor." |
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| Explain the difference between the privileged motion to Fix the Time TO Which to Adjourn and a motion to fix teh time at which to adjourn. |
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Definition
1) The motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn has no effect on the adjournment of the present meeting.
2) A motion to fix the time at which to adjourn is always a Main Motion and adjourns a meeting at, or to, a fixed time during the meeting. |
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| What is the purpose of the privileged motion to Adjourn? |
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| Can the privileged motion to Adjourn be applied to any other motions? |
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Definition
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| can any other motion be applied to the priveleged motion to Adjourn? |
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Your question has two parts:
1) Is the privileged motion to Adjourn debatable?
2) Is it amendable?
3) Can the privileged motion to Adjourn be reconsidered? |
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| Must the privileged motion to Adjourn be seconded? |
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| Can the privileged motion to Adjourn be made when another member has the floor? |
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| What privileged motion takes precendence over the privileged motion to Adjourn? |
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Definition
| Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn. |
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Your question has three parts:
1) What vote is required to adopt the privileged motion to Adjourn?
2) What does the term RENEWED mean?
3) When can the privileged motion to Adjourn be renewed? |
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Definition
1) Majority
2) If a motion can be made again after it has been presented and not adopted.
3) After material progress in business or debate. |
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