Speech chapter 20 vocabulary

house

a group during its meetings

executive session

a kind of meeting or part of a meeting open only to group members

reconsider

a motion to reexamine a motion that has already been passed or defeated

main motion

a proposal that asks the group to take action

subsidiary motion

a proposal to adjust or fine-tune a main motion

bylaws

a set of special rules agreed upon by the members of a group

parliamentary procedure

a system of rules followed in formal meetings, based on ideas developed in the British parliament

orders of the day

an agenda or list of topics to be discussed during the meeting

incidental motion

any proposal change how a meeting is being run

old business

business not completed in a previous meeting

chair

presiding officer of a meeting or origination

privileged motion

proposal to resolve an urgent problem other than the main motion

new business

subjects brought up for the first time in a meeting

quorum

the minimum number of members that must be present in order for a group's decisions to take effect

order of precedence

the relationship of motions to each other

minutes

the written record of an organization's meeting

amend

to change a motion by adding and/or removing words

adjourn

to close a meeting

table a motion

to set aside a motion for the time being

call for the question

to take intermediate vote on a motion