Friday, October 02, 2015
Open book, open note test. All the answers can be found either in the book, or/and material covered in class.
Please e-mail your answers to me at orangeluuther@gmail.com
(Questions are four points each)
1. A written order of what is to be discussed at a meeting_______________________
2. A record of the business transacted (what happened) at a meeting_________________
3. The person in charge of the meeting______________________________
4. If you observe the chair is failing in his duty in the conduct of business, you make a ______________________
5. Why do some votes require a majority and others a 2/3 vote?
6. Robert's Rules is about rights: The right of the majority to _________________, the minority to be____________________, and the right to _______________________.
7. Robert's Rules of Order was invented originally in the context of:
a. a public meeting at a church
b. a school board meeting
c. the National Rifle Association annual meeting
8. A motion requires a _____________________ before it can be discussed.
9. What is the difference between adopting and receiving a report?
10. What's the difference between referring (to a committee) with authority v.s. without authority?
11. The highest ranking motion _____________________.
12. To put forth a name to to be considered for election ____________________.
13. Must the agenda be adopted by an assembly at the beginning of the meeting?
A. Yes, it must be adopted
B. No, it is never adopted
C. Either, it may or may not be adopted.
14. The number of people necessary to do business is called a ________________.
15. Do you have to agree with a motion to second it? ______________
16. What is the difference between a quorum for a board meeting v.s. a local church conference (annual business meeting)?
17. What is a vanishing quorum? What should you do if this happens?
18. If you believe the assembly is spending too much time discussing a motion, you could make a motion to ______________________ debate.
19. What is a privileged motion?
20. What are special orders?
21. Define "orders of the day."
22. Which of the following is NOT a privileged motion?
A. To recess
B. To adjourn
C. To Lay on the Table
D. To Call for the Orders of the Day
E. To Raise a Question of Privilege
23. When taking church board minutes, what must the secretary record:
A. Decisions Made and Actions Taken
B. A Detailed Account of Who Said What
C. A Complete Explanation of How the Board Arrived at their Decisions
D. All of the Above
24. What is a Division of the House? How is this specifically addressed in the Wesleyan Discipline?
True or False:
____25. In the ordinary routine order of business, it is not always necessary for someone to make a motion before the chair may call for or announce that a certain action will be taken.
____26. An illegal vote (one that is unclear or for an ineligible option) is included in the votes counted to calculate a majority as long as it was cast by a legal voter.
____ 27. The presiding officer is not ordinarily addressed by name, but as "Mr. Chairman" or "Madame Chairman," or by whtever special title the group designates by a special rule of order.
____ 28. A main motion interrupts the consideration of nothing else, but may itself be interrupted by many other kinds of motions.
____ 29. To obtain the floor, a member needs only to stand and begin speaking.
____ 30. A member who has offered a motion can modify or even withdraw it entirely until it has been stated by the chair, after which it can only be changed or withdrawn by a majority vote of the body.
____ 31. The purpose of "moving the previous question" is to extend the debate on an issue.
____ 32. A nomination for someone to be elected to fill a position requires a second and may not be dabated.
____ 33. The chairperson, if a member of the assembly, can vote to break a tie.
____ 34. The motion to adopt or refer to a committee cannot be reconsidered after the committee has begun consideration of a question.
____ 35. It is unnecessary to move that a committee's report be received or accepted after it has been presented to the assembly.
____ 36. The proper way to introduce a motion is for the person who has the floor to say, "I move you that" or "Be it resolved that" and then to state the desired action.
____ 37. The motion to reconsider may only be made by a member who voted on the prevailing side of an earlier motion.
____ 38 A point or order is open to debate.
____ 39. When the bylaws call for an election to a certain position to be by ballot but there is only one nominee, the chair may freely use another method, such as a voice vote, or general consent.
____ 40. Incidental motions are usually debated.
Please e-mail your answers to me at orangeluuther@gmail.com
(Questions are four points each)
1. A written order of what is to be discussed at a meeting_______________________
2. A record of the business transacted (what happened) at a meeting_________________
3. The person in charge of the meeting______________________________
4. If you observe the chair is failing in his duty in the conduct of business, you make a ______________________
5. Why do some votes require a majority and others a 2/3 vote?
6. Robert's Rules is about rights: The right of the majority to _________________, the minority to be____________________, and the right to _______________________.
7. Robert's Rules of Order was invented originally in the context of:
a. a public meeting at a church
b. a school board meeting
c. the National Rifle Association annual meeting
8. A motion requires a _____________________ before it can be discussed.
9. What is the difference between adopting and receiving a report?
10. What's the difference between referring (to a committee) with authority v.s. without authority?
11. The highest ranking motion _____________________.
12. To put forth a name to to be considered for election ____________________.
13. Must the agenda be adopted by an assembly at the beginning of the meeting?
A. Yes, it must be adopted
B. No, it is never adopted
C. Either, it may or may not be adopted.
14. The number of people necessary to do business is called a ________________.
15. Do you have to agree with a motion to second it? ______________
16. What is the difference between a quorum for a board meeting v.s. a local church conference (annual business meeting)?
17. What is a vanishing quorum? What should you do if this happens?
18. If you believe the assembly is spending too much time discussing a motion, you could make a motion to ______________________ debate.
19. What is a privileged motion?
20. What are special orders?
21. Define "orders of the day."
22. Which of the following is NOT a privileged motion?
A. To recess
B. To adjourn
C. To Lay on the Table
D. To Call for the Orders of the Day
E. To Raise a Question of Privilege
23. When taking church board minutes, what must the secretary record:
A. Decisions Made and Actions Taken
B. A Detailed Account of Who Said What
C. A Complete Explanation of How the Board Arrived at their Decisions
D. All of the Above
24. What is a Division of the House? How is this specifically addressed in the Wesleyan Discipline?
True or False:
____25. In the ordinary routine order of business, it is not always necessary for someone to make a motion before the chair may call for or announce that a certain action will be taken.
____26. An illegal vote (one that is unclear or for an ineligible option) is included in the votes counted to calculate a majority as long as it was cast by a legal voter.
____ 27. The presiding officer is not ordinarily addressed by name, but as "Mr. Chairman" or "Madame Chairman," or by whtever special title the group designates by a special rule of order.
____ 28. A main motion interrupts the consideration of nothing else, but may itself be interrupted by many other kinds of motions.
____ 29. To obtain the floor, a member needs only to stand and begin speaking.
____ 30. A member who has offered a motion can modify or even withdraw it entirely until it has been stated by the chair, after which it can only be changed or withdrawn by a majority vote of the body.
____ 31. The purpose of "moving the previous question" is to extend the debate on an issue.
____ 32. A nomination for someone to be elected to fill a position requires a second and may not be dabated.
____ 33. The chairperson, if a member of the assembly, can vote to break a tie.
____ 34. The motion to adopt or refer to a committee cannot be reconsidered after the committee has begun consideration of a question.
____ 35. It is unnecessary to move that a committee's report be received or accepted after it has been presented to the assembly.
____ 36. The proper way to introduce a motion is for the person who has the floor to say, "I move you that" or "Be it resolved that" and then to state the desired action.
____ 37. The motion to reconsider may only be made by a member who voted on the prevailing side of an earlier motion.
____ 38 A point or order is open to debate.
____ 39. When the bylaws call for an election to a certain position to be by ballot but there is only one nominee, the chair may freely use another method, such as a voice vote, or general consent.
____ 40. Incidental motions are usually debated.
