Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules, Fourth Edition

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185 Index abstention, 126 accept versus adopt, committee reports, 40 acclamation, election by, 137 ad hoc committee, 34 Adjourn, 66, 67–69, 114 Fix the Time to Which to, 69, 114 qualified and unqualified form, 67 adjourned meeting, 69, 117–18 adopt versus accept, committee reports, 40 agenda, 48–49, 67, 70, 94, 119, 122 AIP. See American Institute of Parliamentarians Amend, 23–28, 165n28 bylaws, 26–27, 139–41 committee reports, 38, 167n34 and creating a blank, 31–33, 166n33 debate on, 26, 29 and Divide a Question, 84–85 friendly, 26, 97 germaneness, 24 guideline for determining if a motion is amendable, 23 hostile amendments, 24 in order of precedence, 2–4, 161n15 and Point of Order, 71 and Postpone to a Certain Time, 46–47 previous notice, 27 and Previous Question (Close Debate), 55–56 primary and secondary, 25 and Refer, 34–35 and Rescind, 99–100 and Substitute, 28–31 and Suspend the Rules, 78 vote required, 26 See also bylaws Amend Something Previously Adopted. See Rescind or Amend Something Previously Adopted American Institute of Parliamentarians (AIP), 155, 159n3, 160n4 announcements, 7, 12, 64–65, 136–37 annual meeting, 118, 122–23 Appeal, 73–75, 144–45 chair states question on, 74 debate on, 73–74 and Division of the Assembly, 88 and Point of Order, 90–91, 115 approve committee report. See accept versus adopt, committee reports assessments beyond dues, 129, 140 ballot vote, 78, 132, 135 See also voting blank, creating a, 31–33, 166n33 blank ballot, 126 boards chair participation, 143 electronic meetings, 117 ex officio member, 117 informal procedures for smaller, 120–21 nonmembers addressing, 11 186 Index quorum, 113–14 recognizing members, 7 seconds not required, 9, 42 telephone meetings, 117, 121 business meetings, types, 117–18 bylaws amendment, 26–27, 140–41 electronic meetings, 117 interpreting, 138–39 proviso, 141 Reconsider, 106, 171n68 scope of previous notice, 27 standing committees, 34 suspending, 76 Call for the Orders of the Day, 49, 70, 94 call for the Previous Question. See Previous Question (Close Debate) Cannon’s Concise Guide to Rules of Order (Cannon), 146 card systems cue cards for chair, 150–52 for member recognition, 145–46 chair, 7–8, 10–12, 15–16, 142–44, 146 announcing a vote, 12 committee reports, 39, 40–42 debate restrictions, 142–43 directing debate, 10 Division of the Assembly, 86–89, 170n59 handling main motion, 15 orders of the day, 49 parliamentarian’s role, 147–48, 150–52 Point of Order, 71, 72, 95, 144–45 presenting main motions, 15 when quorum is absent, 114, 115–16 recognizing members, 145–46 removal of disruptive member or nonmember, 144 removal of presiding officer, 145 Request for Information, 90–91, 92, 93–94 voting privileges, 127–28, 143 See also specific topics, e.g., Appeal , debate, voting chair, committees participation rules, 36 report presentations, 39, 41–42 selection of, 35, 44 uncooperative members, 37–38 changing one’s vote, 130 Cleary, James W., x close debate. See Previous Question (Close Debate) closed meeting. See executive session co-chairs, committee, 35 committee of the whole, 43–44, 107, 167n37 Commit. See Refer Committee on Standing Rules, 119 committees acting on recommendations from, 40 disciplining member, 37–38 procedural rules, 35–38 Reconsider, 106–7 Refer, 34–35 replacing member, 37–38 reports, 38–42, 44, 167n34 rules of procedure, 35 seconds in, 36 standing and special, 34 conflicts of interest, voting, 126–27 consent calendar or consent agenda, 133 consider informally, 43–44, 167n37 boards (continued) 187 Index consider seriatim, 84–85 Consideration by Paragraph, 84–85 considering a motion, steps, 7 constitution. See bylaws continuing resolutions, 18–19 convention, 119–20, 172n75 convention rules, Suspend, 79 creating a blank, 31–33, 166n33 creating orders, 31–33, 47–49 Credentials Committee, 119 cue cards. See card systems cumulative voting, 133 custom versus rule, 139–40 debate, 7, 10–11 in boards, 42, 120 chair participation, 142–43 in committee of the whole, 43 in committees, 35–36 in conventions, 120 electronic meetings, 117, 121 guideline for determining if motion is debatable, 23 in informal consideration, 43 limitation on, 51 minority report, 42 parliamentarian participation, 153 Point of Order, 72 public sessions, 118 in quasi committee of the whole, 43 Request for Information, 53, 91–92, 93 rules governing, 51–52 speaking against one’s own motion , 10 during voting, 131 Demeter’s Manual (Demeter...