Guest frank Posted July 13, 2011 at 07:31 PM Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 at 07:31 PM What is the right way to table a motion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted July 13, 2011 at 07:35 PM Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 at 07:35 PM What is the right way to table a motion?RONR p. 209 says:Forms used in making this motion are: "I move to lay the question on the table"; or "I move that the resolution be laid on the table." (It is preferable to avoid moving "to table" a motion, or "that the motion be tabled.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted July 13, 2011 at 08:02 PM Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 at 08:02 PM What is the right way to table a motion?What is the intention and the desired result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Posted July 13, 2011 at 08:04 PM Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 at 08:04 PM What is the right way to table a motion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted July 13, 2011 at 08:14 PM Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 at 08:14 PM What is the right way to table a motion?To Table a motion is used to put a motion aside temporarily when an urgent matter arises that needs to be addressed right then and there. If you're talking about a motion for which the membership thinks they need more information, or it just isn't the right time to decide the matter, other motions are more appropriate. You might Refer the matter to a committee, or you might Postpone to a Certain Time so further research can be done.So, what do you want to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted July 13, 2011 at 08:27 PM Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 at 08:27 PM To Table a motion is used to put a motion aside temporarily when an urgent matter arises that needs to be addressed right then and there. If you're talking about a motion for which the membership thinks they need more information, or it just isn't the right time to decide the matter, other motions are more appropriate. You might Refer the matter to a committee, or you might Postpone to a Certain Time so further research can be done.So, what do you want to do?Also, you might Postpone it Indefinitely, to kill the main motion without taking a direct vote on it. All of these motions (including the motions David mentioned in his last sentence) are debatable. The motion to Lay on theTable is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted July 14, 2011 at 02:52 AM Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 at 02:52 AM What is the right way to table a motion?For the motion to Lay on the Table, a member gains recognition and says, "I move to lay the question on the table." The motion is undebatable and requires a majority vote for adoption. The purpose of the motion is to temporarily set aside an item of business so that some urgent matter may be taken up.In the highly likely event that you really have a different motion in mind, see FAQs #12 and #13.To Table a motion is used to put a motion aside temporarily when an urgent matter arises that needs to be addressed right then and there...Well, that is an accurate description of what it means to lay a motion on the table, but I would avoid using the word "table" as a verb (as RONR notes in the quote Chris H. provided). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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