"C" Vocab Flashcards
Call for Orders of the Day
A motion used to demand a return to the scheduled order of business of the assembly
Call of The Meeting
The official notice of a special meeting given to all members of an assembly
Call to Order
An announcement to start the meeting made by the presiding officer
Called Meeting
A special meeting
Calling a member to order
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
Candidate
One who is selected as a contender for, or who seeks, an office
Carried
Adopted, accepted
Caucus
A meeting to decide action towards a motion or event
Censure
A reprimand or admonition
Chair/Chairman
Presiding officer
Challenging a Vote
Objecting to a vote when the member who voted does not have the right to vote
Charter
A legal document which includes the required information of a society
Charter Members
Members of an organization who signed the charter
Clerk
Secretary
Cloture
A motion to close the debate
Commit/Refer
To refer a motion to a committee
Committee
One or more members elected to a specific task
Committee of the Whole
The whole assembly acts as a committee to consider a matter informally
Con
Against; (pro or con)
Conference
A meeting held for discussion or consultation
Consent
Agreement
Consent Calendar
Routine parts of the agenda approved without discussion
Consider
To discuss and decide upon a motion with or without debate
Consider by Seratim
An incidental motion used to consider a motion by paragraph
Consideration of the Question
Debate by the assembly after the presiding officer has stated the question(motion)
Consitution
The governing document of the organization that the organization should follow; separate from bylaws
Convene
To meet together or to be summoned to a meeting
Convention
An assembly of delegates usually chosen for one session
Convention Rules
Rules that are determined by a convention’s delegates to provide an orderly procedure to achieve business during a convention
Corresponding Secretary
The officer who is responsible for providing the general correspondence and the meeting notices of the organization
Credentials
A document which shows that a person is authorized to be a delegate or representative
Credentials Committee
The convention committee that registers and verifies the credentials of the delegates and presents a list of the registered delegates to the convention
Curator
An individual who serves as a custodian of the objects of value belonging to an organization
Custom
Uniform practice, long established
