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"Modifications of a motion that are <br /> suggested before the question on a <br /> motion has been stated should usually <br /> be limited to changes that are likely to <br /> be generally acceptable to the members <br /> present — or, in other words, changes <br /> that probably would not occasion <br /> debate if proposed as amendments <br /> while the motion was pending." <br /> RONR (10Th Ed.) §4 p.39 <br /> • <br /> Order of Precedence <br /> • <br /> 1. • Main motions <br /> 2. Subsidiary motions } • - <br /> 3. Privileged motions }Secondary Motions <br /> 4. Incidental motions } <br /> 5. Motions that bring a question back <br /> before the assembly <br /> III. Anatomy of a Parliamentary <br /> . . Breakdown <br /> "The rules of parliamentary <br /> procedure are based on common <br /> sense and logic." <br /> -Dods P. Lmmerman, Robert's Rules in Plain English, Harper Perennial <br /> 1997, P. 5 . <br /> 5 <br />