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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0808.002 2008-2010 KENNETH G. GOODENOW /et "S , RODNEY OSHIRO County Clerk i 1 � Y1 Deputy County Clerk County of Hawai `i Office of the County Clerk 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402 • Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 (808) 961 -8255 • Fax (808) 961 -8912 rte 0 0 0 MEMORANDUM Eo -i m To: Council Chair J Yoshimoto and Members of the County Council '' cc. r ' From: Kenneth G. Goodenow, County Clerk \ Irn i _J Fri Subject: Communication 808 j;; — 0 rJ Date: May 3, 2010 ^) • . Council Member Hoffmann shared this chart with me. I have found it to be helpful. Attached please find Robert's Rules of Order Motions Chart for your information. Robert's Rules of Order Motions Chart • Based on Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (10th Edition) Part 1, Main Motions. These motions are listed in order of precedence. A motion can be • introduced if it is higher on the chart than the pending motion. § indicates the section from Robert's Rules. § PURPOSE: YOU SAY: I INTERRUPT? I2ND? DEBATE? AMEND? VOTE? • §21 Close meeting I move to No Yes No . No Majority adjourn §20 Take break I move to No Yes No Yes Majority recess for ... Register I rise to § complaint a question of Yes No No No None privilege Make follow I call for the • § • 18 agenda orders of the Yes No No No None day Lay aside I move to lay § temporarily the question on No Yes No • No Majority • the table pp Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Comm: No d DD ,, Hawai'1 County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Ref. Tot, t C cua' G.( t Ref. Pate MAY 0.5 2010 I move the §16 Close debate previous No Yes No No 2/3 question , - Limit or extend I move §15 debate that debate be No. Yes No Yes 213 limited to ... . Postpone to a I move to . §14 certain time postpone the No Yes Yes .Yes Majority motion to ... • §13 Refer to I move to refer No Yes Yes Yes Majority committee the motion to ... - • - Modify wording I move to §1 of motion amend the No Yes Yes Yes Majority motion by ... move that the motion be §11 Kill main motion postponed No Yes Yes No Majority indefinitely Bring business I move that [or §10 before assembly ?o ,� No Yes • Yes Yes Majority (a main motion) Part 2, Incidental Motions. No order of precedence. These motions arise incidentally and are decided immediately. § PURPOSE: ''YOU SAY: INTERRUPT? 12ND ?IIDEBATE ?IIAMEND? VOTE? §23IIEnforce rules I Point of Order • 11 Yes I No I No II No II None • Submit matter I appeal from the §24 to assembly decision of the Yes Yes Varies No Majority chair I move to • §25 Suspend rules suspend the • No Yes No No 2/3 rules Avoid main I object to the §26 motion consideration of ' Yes No No No 2/3 altogether the question _ §27 Divide motion I move to divide. No Yes No Yes Majority the question Demand a 1 move for a § 29 rising vote r ising vote Yes No No No None § 33 Parliamentary Parliamentary Yes' No No • • No. None law question inquiry _ §3 3 Request for Point of Yes No No No None information information _ Part 3, Motions That Bring a Question Again Before the Assembly. No order of precedence. Introduce only when nothing else 1s pending. I § 'PURPOSE: 'YOU SAY: I INTERRUPT? I2ND ?'DEBATE ?'AMEND ?I' VOTE? I f Take matter I move to take f § from table tablethe I . No Yes No No Majority Cancel I move to I 2/3 or §35 previous . resc ... No Yes Yes • Yes Majority action with notice §3 7 Reconsider I move to No Yes Varies No Majority motion reconsider... hitn-//www.rnbertsrulannilmotions.htm 12/13/2006