1. Rules of Order

2. Exercise
Intent: The Shipley Senior Citizen home has requested the club donate a mode of transportation to get residents to and from the home to the hospital for appointments and to get residents to the monthly crib tournaments held in different homes
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the club purchase a blue Voyageur van from Riverside Ford at a cost not to exceed $12,000 and donate the van to the Shipley Senior Citizen home.
Appoint a chair, (ideally a relatively new person to Kin) a secretary Rules of Order and a Sgt at arms
Have them leave the room
You will need a printout from Presenter packages for each person in the room
You highlight the roles and assign them to people
Explain to everyone they all need to participate, but those with assigned roles should jump in in order.
If the chair doesn’t quieten down the nuisance guy you can interject and recommend to the chair what to do – then tell that person their role is finished LOL
Let it go for a while, you my not even finish then have a review the key is to illustrate how things can get out of hand if people don’t follow the rules or the chair doesn’t control.

3. Why use Rules of Order
Easier to conduct business if a set of rules is agreed upon
Focus on one subject at a time.
Allow for full debate
Every member has equal rights.
The will of the majority must prevail, and the rights of the minority must be preserved.
Hand out Rules of Order
Basic Principles of Parliamentary Procedures
Only one subject may claim the attention of the assembly at one time.
Each proposition presented for consideration is entitled to full and free debate
Every member has rights equal to every other member.
The will of the majority must prevail, and the rights of the minority must be preserved.

4. Kin Rules of Order Kin use Kin Rules of order
Based on Robert’s – but we don’t use Robert’s
Business may only be transacted if there is a quorum;
No DEBATE shall be allowed unless there is a motion on the floor that has been duly moved and seconded
STRESS:
Kin House rules are the only rules we use.
Some members may try to use parts of Robert’s but they must be ruled out of order.
If it isn’t in the hand-out – we don’t use it. It then becomes an opinion of the rules of order and is subject to the whim of the membership.
The reason is that by opening the door to all of Roberts, would allow those experts to dominate the meeting and would disrupt a meeting and confuse the participants.
It is disruptive to try and use rules not covered by our rules of order
We use the KISS principle – follow a few well defined rules which covers 90% of the situations and we will ensure members can learn and sue them properly.
Rules of order chairs can rule on the remaining 10% of situations

5. Motions and Voting
Before any question may be discussed, it should be submitted in the form of a motion, which is moved by one member and 2nd by another.
It should be submitted in writing to ensure accuracy
The motion is then debatable and may be accepted, amended, withdrawn or rejected.
When a motion has been adopted, it becomes a resolution
With the exception of a notice of motion, all are primary motions which are listed on the outside cover of the handout, including the motion to adjourn, require a mover and a seconder and are voted upon.
Motion to table and motion to adjourn require a mover and seconder but are not debateable except to time

6. Rules of Order Handout Every member should have one at every meeting.
Contains EVERYTHING a member needs to know
Ideal for training NEW MEMBERS during a meeting.
As discussion on motion is going on – just point to the section

7. Design of handout Page 1 & 4 Types of Motions Page 2 – 3 Speaking to a
Page Voting on motions
Quorum

8. Types of Motions Motion to table* Motion to withdraw
Motion to move into committee of the whole
Motion to adjourn*
*both need a mover and 2nd but are debatable to time only
Read brochure
Motion to adjourn does not have to be accepted by the chair.
Motion to move into committee of the whole – adding a time is not required and could be discouraged as it does nothing – if the debate is finished before the time they mvoe oyut and if it is not finished by the time – you waste time by extending. A good chair can still control and knows when debate is finished.

9. Amendments … Considered secondary motions
Up to 2 amendments may be on the floor at the same time
If one amendment has been voted upon, another “2nd” amendment may be accepted.
Each new amendment must be different in purport from one that has already been defeated
MOST CONFUSING ASPECT OF OUR RULES – because it allows up to 3 motions \to be on the floor at one time.
EXCEPT: Many members don’t realize a motion to amend is a secondary (versus a primary) motion, and while it requires a mover and a seconder, can be made at any time during discussion.
So a motion may be on the floor, and a MOTION to AMEND as well as a second MOTION TO AMEND can be made and accepted even though the primary motion is still on the floor.
IN OTHER WORDS, you can have a primary motion and UP TO TWO amendments (SECONDARY) on the floor at the same time. VERY CONFUSING……
You are only allowed TWO OPEN AMENDEMENTS on the floor at the same time. No one can make a 3rd amendment until at least one of the other two amendments on the floor is dealt with.
You deal with the amendments in the order they are presented . You deal with them in the order they are presented.
EXAMPLE
Motion moved and seconded
Amendment #1 moved and seconded
Amendment #2 moved and seconded.
Deal with Amendment #2 before you can accept Amendment #3.
No one can make amendment #4 until #32 is dealt with etc.

10. Speaking to a motion Recognition Speaking to a motion Limitations
Questions
Interruption
Point of Order
Question of privilege
Closing Debate
Read rules of order handout

11. Challenge Our Rules of Order will not cover every situation
When this happens the chair, or the Rules of Order chair has to make a decision.
Member may challenge the ruling and state why.
The chair explains the rational and asks:
Shall the decision of the chair stand as judgement of the meeting?
Simple majority decides
Not a vote of confidence

12. Voting Quorum must be present Majority of Present & Voting
Need more For than Against votes
Majority of those Present
To abstain is a vote against
Voting on Amendments
If two on floor at same time - reverse order
Deciding Vote
Read rules of order handout