Parliamentary Procedure Terminology
Across
- 2. Symbol of authority at a meeting, different taps means different things.
- 3. (of the House/Assembly) Forces a counted re-vote on a motion.
- 6. Well defined rules to conduct business meetings.
- 8. Used to correct a parliamentary mistake
- 13. Used to temporarily suspend the rules of an organization.
- 14. Places the motion in a committee.
- 16. Allows members to limit debate to a specified time frame.
- 17. Robert's Rules of Order is the book of ___ on parliamentary procedure.
- 18. A new idea or item of business.
Down
- 1. Enables the group to delay a motion to allow members to attend to more urgent business.
- 4. Less than half of a group.
- 5. Used to stop debate on a motion and force a vote.
- 7. To close a meeting.
- 9. The amount of people that must be present for the group to make decisions or changes.
- 10. Ensures that more than one person wants to bring the motion before the group.
- 11. A list of what will be discussed at a business meeting.
- 12. Discussion on a motion
- 15. More than half of a group- prevailing side.
- 19. To change a main motion.