Meeting Procedures 4
An exercise to study Meeting Procedures by James Lochrie
Which of the following is not true?
- The secretary alone determines what is to be included in the minutes.
- The chair can order material recorded in the minutes at the chair's discretion.
- The members, by general consent or a vote, can record discussion in the minutes.
- Procedural motions are usually not recorded in the minutes.
What is an attendee to a meeting?
A right of membership is _____.
Non-members have the right _____.
Which of the following is/are a category of attendees?
Where is a member defined?
- The organization's document of authority
- The parliamentary authority
- The standing rules
- It is understood and never defined.
Which of the following are a right of membership?
At a delegate meeting, what rights do members who are not delegates have?
- Only the rights extended to them by the delegates or in an existing rule.
- All the rights of a delegate except the right to vote.
- Only the right to take part in the discussion of items. No other rights can be granted to them.
- They cannot have any rights.
What rights do staff members automatically have at meetings?
- They have no rights.
- All the rights needed to make a meeting run smoothly.
- The same rights as any other member of the assembly.
- None of the other answers is correct.
What is the major function of a consultant?
- To provide information and advice.
- To show the members the one correct way to do things.
- To direct the organization as its leaders.
- To provide support services and logistical services.
Consultants ____.
What is the difference between observers and guests?
- Observers have a general invitation while a guest has been specifically invited.
- Observers have the obligation to report on what they observe.
- Guests automatically have the right to partake in debate.
- They are exactly the same.
A non-member who has the right to attend based on the bylaws can be excluded by what vote?
- Two-thirds vote.
- Majority vote.
- They cannot be excluded.
- Majority of the entire membership.
What is debate?
Which of the following is/are a rule(s) of debate?
Which of the following is/are a rule(s) of debate?
Which of the following is/are a rule(s) of debate?
Which of the following is/are a rule(s) of debate?
The rules for debate ____.
- may be suspended in part by the assembly
- may be totally suspended by the assembly
- may never be suspended
- may be suspended by the chair
In small board and committees, the rules of debate ____.
- may be relaxed and informal
- are the same as in assemblies
- do not apply at all
- None of the other answers are true.