Parli Pro Vocab

Question 1

Assembly

Answer 1

The group of members at a meeting.

Question 2

Business At Hand

Answer 2

The current business being delt with at a meeting.

Question 3

Chair, Chairperson

Answer 3

The person in charge of conducting the meeting.

Question 4

Consideration

Answer 4

To discus and decide on an item of business at a meeting.

Question 5

Commit

Answer 5

To refer a motion to a committee.

Question 6

Committee

Answer 6

A small group of people within an organization who have a specific task or project to complete.

Question 7

Delegate

Answer 7

To give someone a task or job to be completed.

Question 8

Floor

Answer 8

To have the “floor” is to have been recognized by the chairperson and have the right to speak before the assembly.

Question 9

Germane

Answer 9

To be relevant and to relate to the pending motion or to the business at hand.

Question 10

Maker Of The Motion

Answer 10

A person who makes a motion during a meeting.

Question 11

Motion

Answer 11

A motion is a formal way for a member to bring an idea or item of business before the assembly. It is accomplished in the form of a “main motion.”

Question 12

Nominations

Answer 12

The candidates who are selected by the members to run for officer or other positions within an organization.

Question 13

Pending

Answer 13

The current motion or business before the assembly.

Question 14

Presiding Officer

Answer 14

The officer in charge of a meeting. Normally the president.

Question 15

Prevailing

Answer 15

To be on the winning side of a vote.

Question 16

Question

Answer 16

When a motion as been made and seconded the chair makes a formal statement of the motion to the assembly by stating the “question.” Another way of saying “the vote,” as in “Are you ready for the question?” “Are you ready to vote?”

Question 17

Ratify

Answer 17

To give formal approval for some action or procedure.

Question 18

Second

Answer 18

To announce “second” once a motion is made in a meeting, is to indicate that you also support bringing the motion before the assembly for discussion. Many motions must receive a second in order to be discussed, or they die.

Question 19

Sustain

Answer 19

To agree with and thereby support a decision made by the chairperson.

Question 20

Recognized

Answer 20

To be given the right to speak by the chairperson. You must be Recognized before you can speak, except in certain situations. To be recognized you should stand and address the chair as follows; “Mr. President,” or “Madam President”.

Question 21

Yield The Floor

Answer 21

When a member finished speaking, he or she “yields the floor,” or gives the floor back to the chairperson, by resuming his or her seat.