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Parliamentary Procedure
1O1 Managing Debate
To be used as a quick reference for yourself, your friends, and your opponents. Reprinted Fall 2015.
> Member is recognized by the chair obtains the floor > Motion is made and seconded > No second if motion is made by a committee of more than one > Chair states motion and asks if there is any debate, or if assembly is ready for the question. > Maker of motion has option to speak first—in favor of the motion. > Other members alternate speaking “For” and “Against.” > Time allowed for speaking is 10 minutes each, per RONR (11th ed). • Can be modified—Change adopted in Agenda or Convention Rules. • Can be limited or extended with a subsidiary motion. • If another member has a question, the time is taken out of current speaker’s time; therefore, the member who has the floor need not yield his time and the question can be raised after the current speaker has finished debate. 18
National Parliamentarian • Winter 2024
