MIN CHARTER 2018-07-13 (2018-2020)

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Charter Commission -1 July 13, 2018 can't just be during somebody else's discussion. You'd need to ask the Chair for the floor, receive the floor, and then make the motion to call for the question. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you, Mr. Henricks. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Okay, the next type of motion we'll be talking about is to postpone to a certain time. This motion is used to postpone the substantive motion or any other matter on the agenda to a specific time or after a specific event. It needs a second. It is debatable, not amendable, majority vote. So, that's pretty straight forward. The next motion we have is to amend. This motion is used to modify the language of the pending motion before it is voted upon. You need a second. It is debatable. It is amendable, and again, requires majority vote. So frequently, during our conversations when members had different ideas, we're always free to make a motion to amend and basically state what your amendment will be. CHR. ADAMS: Mr. Henricks. MR. HENRICKS: And if I could just add on to that. Jon. Henricks. You know like how we took care of the rules today, that worked out really well. During the Council, we often require that any such motion would be in writing, but I think that we'll be able to handle some things in the manner we did with the rules today, but if we're dealing with a motion such as a proposal that is specific, then the motion to amend should be accompanied by a document that we could. reference where the motion to amend is abundantly clear what are we changing with the motion that's on the floor? Because many times a motion that will be on the floor is something—a very specific proposal to change the Charter. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Okay? Good? Alright. Okay, Other Important Procedural Motions. We have point of order, personal privilege, suspension of rules, recess, withdrawal of the motion, point of information. Going through these real quickly, point of order/personal privilege, Jon, usually they would need the floor again, too, right? In order to be able to make that— MR. HENRICKS: This is one where you don't. MR. YOSHIMOTO: You can just blurt it out? MR. HENRICKS: Correct. When calling for a point of order, basically, you're asking the Chair to make a ruling that somebody else on the commission, and 1 don't foresee this, is essentially out of order for some reason, maybe not intentionally, may not be a hostile act, but just that they're not following parliamentary procedure. And it could even be called upon the Chair by a Page 19