Lumpy52403

12 hours ago, Guest Jason said:

motion to "postpone until amended project representing only X and Y streets is presented".

I'm looking at this motion and wondering exactly what we have here.  If this is treated as a motion to postpone to a time certain, it can only be postponed to the next regular meeting occurring within a quarterly time interval.  But it really isn't a "time certain," since the amended project might not ever be presented.  If no such "amended project" is in the works, could this be considered a motion to postpone indefinitely?

Although I have just begun posting here, I will add my $0.02 worth.

My introduction to parliamentary procedure happened in high school when I was on an FBLA parliamentary procedure team.  I observed some older friends preparing for a competition during my freshman year, and in my sophomore year I was invited to join the team.  At that time, we used the 1990 edition of RONR.  At the same time, I was appointed as the youth representative to my church's executive board. 

Fast-forward more than twenty years.  When I became an officer in a fraternal service organization, I saw that the meetings had much room for improvement.  That led me to buy a new copy of RONR, and also to look online to refresh my memory of parliamentary procedure.  Then I found this forum, where I have been reading past and current threads to expand my knowledge.  Now that I am president (actually an organization-specific title equivalent to president) of the aforementioned organization, I hope to bring more order to our meetings.  One strategy I am using is to post a short article about parliamentary procedure in our organization's newsletter.  So far, I have covered (A) the difference between lay on the table and postpone definitely, and (B ) previous question, both of which seem to be commonly-misunderstood topics.