"C" Vocab

Question 1

Call for Orders of the Day

Answer 1

A motion used to demand a return to the scheduled order of business of the assembly

Question 2

Call of The Meeting

Answer 2

The official notice of a special meeting given to all members of an assembly

Question 3

Call to Order

Answer 3

An announcement to start the meeting made by the presiding officer

Question 4

Called Meeting

Answer 4

A special meeting

Question 5

Calling a member to order

Answer 5

An order from the presiding officer to a member to be seated because he/she is disorderly or has violated a rule related to the decorum of debate

Question 6

Candidate

Answer 6

One who is selected as a contender for, or who seeks, an office

Question 7

Carried

Answer 7

Adopted, accepted

Question 8

Caucus

Answer 8

A meeting to decide action towards a motion or event

Question 9

Censure

Answer 9

A reprimand or admonition

Question 10

Chair/Chairman

Answer 10

Presiding officer

Question 11

Challenging a Vote

Answer 11

Objecting to a vote when the member who voted does not have the right to vote

Question 12

Charter

Answer 12

A legal document which includes the required information of a society

Question 13

Charter Members

Answer 13

Members of an organization who signed the charter

Question 14

Clerk

Answer 14

Secretary

Question 15

Cloture

Answer 15

A motion to close the debate

Question 16

Commit/Refer

Answer 16

To refer a motion to a committee

Question 17

Committee

Answer 17

One or more members elected to a specific task

Question 18

Committee of the Whole

Answer 18

The whole assembly acts as a committee to consider a matter informally

Question 19

Con

Answer 19

Against; (pro or con)

Question 20

Conference

Answer 20

A meeting held for discussion or consultation

Question 21

Consent

Answer 21

Agreement

Question 22

Consent Calendar

Answer 22

Routine parts of the agenda approved without discussion

Question 23

Consider

Answer 23

To discuss and decide upon a motion with or without debate

Question 24

Consider by Seratim

Answer 24

An incidental motion used to consider a motion by paragraph

Question 25

Consideration of the Question

Answer 25

Debate by the assembly after the presiding officer has stated the question(motion)

Question 26

Consitution

Answer 26

The governing document of the organization that the organization should follow; separate from bylaws

Question 27

Convene

Answer 27

To meet together or to be summoned to a meeting

Question 28

Convention

Answer 28

An assembly of delegates usually chosen for one session

Question 29

Convention Rules

Answer 29

Rules that are determined by a convention’s delegates to provide an orderly procedure to achieve business during a convention

Question 30

Corresponding Secretary

Answer 30

The officer who is responsible for providing the general correspondence and the meeting notices of the organization

Question 31

Credentials

Answer 31

A document which shows that a person is authorized to be a delegate or representative

Question 32

Credentials Committee

Answer 32

The convention committee that registers and verifies the credentials of the delegates and presents a list of the registered delegates to the convention

Question 33

Curator

Answer 33

An individual who serves as a custodian of the objects of value belonging to an organization

Question 34

Custom

Answer 34

Uniform practice, long established