Parliamentary Procedure

“The body of rules, ethics and customs that governs meetings of

clubs, organizations, legislative bodies and deliberative assemblies.”

RSA uses parliamentary procedure when passing amendments because it provides order for the conversation that will

unfold about that amendment. This allows more topics to be talked about in a smoother manner. Parliamentary procedure

also allows for everyone’s voice to be heard that may not be usually heard.

The Roles of Parli Pro

Hover over the photos below to see what each role does!

Chair

  1. They are the President of RSA.
  2. The chair runs the meeting that will talk about the amendment at hand.

Parliamentarian

  1. They are the Director of Campus Communications (DCC) of RSA. 
  2. The parliamentarian makes sure that all the rules of parliamentary procedure are followed during the entire amendment process.

 

Recording Secretary

  1. They are the Director of Digital Marketing and Communications (DMAC) of RSA.
  2. The recording secretary takes minutes of the entire amendment process.

Author

  1. They are the person who wrote the amendment that will be talked about in the meeting.
  2. Their job is to present the amendment to the GA so that it may be questioned, discussed and voted upon.

Voting Members

  1. They are the GA members (you!)
  2. Their job is to question, discuss, and vote on the amendment brought to them.

To make a motion…

FIRST

Put an x in the chat to be called

on by the Chair

NEXT

Once called upon, say 

“I move to…”

THEN

Every motion must be seconded

to be passed. To do this, another

CAB must put second or ^ in the

Zoom chat.

LAST

The Chair will ask if there is any

dissent (opposition) to your

motion. If not, it passes; if yes,

then the Chair will hear of the

reason and choose the next

action.

The process of a meeting…

FIRST

A CAB moves to bring a

proposal to the floor.

SECOND

The proposal is

presented by the Author

NEXT

Q&A between the Author

and the Voting Members

THEN

Discussion among the

Voting Members on the

proposal without the

Author in the room

LAST

Decision decided by the

Voting Members through

voting

Test your knowledge!

Answer

Put an x in the chat to be called on by the Chair

Answer

Every motion must be seconded to be passed. To do this another CAB must put second or ^ in the zoom chat.

Answer

A CAB moves to bring a proposal to the floor.

Answer

Q&A between the Author and the Voting Members

Answer

Decision decided by the Voting Members through voting

Answer

Once called upon, say “I move to…”

Answer

The Chair will ask if there is any dissent (opposition) to your motion. If not it passes, if yes then the Chair will hear of the reason and choose the next action.

Answer

The proposal is presented by the Author

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Discussion among the Voting Members on the proposal without the Author in the room