Rules of Debate. (i) A motion or amendment shall not be discussed unless it has been proposed and seconded. (ii) A Member shall address the Chair and direct any speech to the question under discussion. If two or more Members indicate they wish to speak the Chair shall call on one to speak first. (iii) An amendment shall be (a) to leave out words (b) to leave out words and insert or add others (c) to insert or add words but any such amendment must not have the effect of introducing a new proposal into or of negating the original motion. (iv) A Member shall not speak for longer than 5 minutes on any matter without the consent of the Board. (v) No Member shall address the Board more than once on any issue unless this be by invitation of the Chair, but the mover of an original motion may reply, in which reply no new matter shall be introduced, but the reply shall be confined strictly to answering the previous observations. (vi) A Member may claim to speak on a point of order or in personal explanation and shall be entitled to be heard forthwith. A point of order shall relate only to an alleged breach of a specified statutory provision or this constitution or any of its Schedules and the way in which the Member raising it considers that it has been broken. A personal explanation shall be confined to some material part of a former speech by him in the current debate which may appear to have been misunderstood. The ruling of the Chair on a point of order or on the admissibility of a personal explanation shall not be open to discussion (vii) If an amendment is rejected other amendments may be moved on the original motion. If an amendment is carried, the motion as amended shall take the place of the original motion and shall become the motion upon which any other amendment may be moved. (viii) A further amendment shall not be moved until the Board has disposed of every amendment previously moved, provided that the Chair shall have discretion to allow debate to take place on two or more amendments. (ix) A Member at the conclusion of a speech of another representative may move without comment (a) that the question be now put (b) that the debate be now adjourned (c) that the Board proceed to the next business (d) that the Board do now adjourn If such a motion is seconded, the Chair, shall, subject to the mover's right to reply, put the motion to the vote, and if it is carried - in case (c) - the motion then before the Board shall be regarded as lost and the Board shall proceed to the next item on the Agenda, if any; or in case (d) - the meeting shall stand adjourned.
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Samples: Operating Agreement, Operating Agreement, Operating Agreement
Rules of Debate. (i) A motion or amendment shall not be discussed unless it has been proposed and seconded.
(ii) A Member shall address the Chair and direct any speech to the question under discussion. If two or more Members indicate they wish to speak the Chair shall call on one to speak first.
(iii) An amendment shall be
(a) to leave out words
(b) to leave out words and insert or add others
(c) to insert or add words but any such amendment must not have the effect of introducing a new proposal into or of negating the original motion.
(iv) A Member shall not speak for longer than 5 minutes on any matter without the consent of the Board.
(v) No Member shall address the Board more than once on any issue unless this be by invitation of the Chair, but the mover of an original motion may reply, in which reply no new matter shall be introduced, but the reply shall be confined strictly to answering the previous observations.
(vi) A Member may claim to speak on a point of order or in personal explanation and shall be entitled to be heard forthwith. A point of order shall relate only to an alleged breach of a specified statutory provision or this constitution or any of its Schedules and the way in which the Member raising it considers that it has been broken. A personal explanation shall be confined to some material part of a former speech by him in the current debate which may appear to have been misunderstood. The ruling of the Chair on a point of order or on the admissibility of a personal explanation shall not be open to discussion
(vii) If an amendment is rejected other amendments may be moved on the original motion. If an amendment is carried, the motion as amended shall take the place of the original motion and shall become the motion upon which any other amendment may be moved.
(viii) A further amendment shall not be moved until the Board has disposed of every amendment previously moved, provided that the Chair shall have discretion to allow debate to take place on two or more amendments.
(ix) A Member at the conclusion of a speech of another representative may move without comment
(a) that the question be now put
(b) that the debate be now adjourned
(c) that the Board proceed to the next business
(d) that the Board do now adjourn If such a motion is seconded, the Chair, shall, subject to the mover's right to reply, put the motion to the vote, and if it is carried - in case (c) - the motion then before the Board shall be regarded as lost and the Board shall proceed to the next item on the Agenda, if any; or in case (d) - the meeting shall stand adjourned.-
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Samples: Operating Agreement, Operating Agreement, Constitution
