Paliamentary Procedure Essay Research Paper Parliamentary Procedure

Paliamentary Procedure Essay, Research Paper

Parliamentary Procedure

· Meetings overseen by an elected chairman

· Chairman responsible for keeping general order of meetings and collecting and counting closed or secret ballot votes

· Chairman can or can not be a voting member of the board

· The discussion can be an open discussion or members must wait to speak until recognized by the chairman

1. A member of the board calls a particular subject in question to a vote

2. The initial call to vote needs to be supported by another member of the board in the form of a verbal “second”.

3. If the call to vote is seconded then the chairman announces that the vote in question has been seconded and that the board as a whole will vote on whether to vote on the subject in question or to continue discussion on the topic.

4. The sequence of voting events is as follows:

· The first vote is a verbal vote, all in favor of the topic at hand say “I”, all those apposed say “ney”.

· If a decision is not easily made due to the first vote than one of two things may occur: 1. The chairman may conduct the same vote but ask that the board members raise their h

and for their appropriate vote and count hands or, 2. The chairman passes out blank slips of paper and a silent closed vote is collected and tallied immediately with the results announced promptly afterward. ( the decision of this vote can be made due to a majority, ?, or unanimous vote decision making process)

· If the board decides to not vote then the table is reopened for discussion

· If the board decides to put the subject at question to a final vote then the voting rules as stated above(#4) are implemented and or variations as necessary( ex. A subject of extreme importance or a personal issue might go straight to a silent, closed vote due to a request etc.)

· If the vote does not pass it is considered dead and is unable to be brought up in a board meeting discussion for an allotted amount of time (ex. 4 months) unless it meets certain established guidelines ( ex. ? or unanimous agreement to open up subject to board meeting discussions)

· If the vote does pass then it is implemented immediately or at the soonest time required for it to be completely implemented. The implemented vote can be amended and/or overturned due to certain established guidelines ( ex. ? or unanimous decision to amend or overturn previous decision)