Guest Greg Kane Posted January 14, 2015 at 08:18 PM Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 at 08:18 PM Thank you for you time in advanced. I have a question about the order of business, old or new. I have had multiple people weight in on this with no consensus. If an agenda will have a bill, an amendment, and a resolution, is there a correct order? Is this different for new business or old business? Thank you all for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted January 14, 2015 at 08:28 PM Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 at 08:28 PM RONR discusses the Standard Order of Business on pp. 351-363. However, if you all decide to set an agenda you can set it whichever way you want (see FAQ #14). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted January 14, 2015 at 09:03 PM Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 at 09:03 PM . . . if you all decide to set an agenda you can set it whichever way you want. And note that when Mr. Harrison says "you all", he's not suggesting that the decision needs to be unanimous. I would also note that there's no "old business" in RONR-Land. The cognoscenti refer to "unfinished business". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted January 14, 2015 at 09:14 PM Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 at 09:14 PM The cognoscenti refer to "unfinished business". Those who aspire to be a part of the cognoscenti refer to it as Unfinished Business and (the more commonly used) General Orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted January 14, 2015 at 09:14 PM Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 at 09:14 PM In the Standard Order of Business, Unfinished Business comes before New Business. Unfinished Business are generally items of business from the previous meeting. Generally, items of business are taken up in the order in which they are introduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted January 14, 2015 at 11:48 PM Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 at 11:48 PM Thank you for you time in advanced. I have a question about the order of business, old or new. I have had multiple people weight in on this with no consensus. If an agenda will have a bill, an amendment, and a resolution, is there a correct order? Is this different for new business or old business?If the assembly adopts an agenda, it can put its business in any order it likes. That's what an agenda is for - when the standard order of business or a special order of business adopted by the society is insufficient.If your assembly does not adopt an agenda and uses the standard order of business, Unfinished Business and General Orders comes before New Business. In order to know what order these motions would be considered in during Unfinished Business and General Orders, we'd need to know how it came to pass that they are under that heading. In New Business, there is no predetermined order. The first motion which is moved and seconded while no other business is pending is considered first.Lastly, you mention that one of these motions is an amendment. If it is an amendment to the bill or the resolution, then it would be moved while that motion is pending. If it is instead a motion to amend something previously adopted, then the above rules still apply. Aside from the possibility that the amendment is amending one of the other motions, the fact that one motion is an amendment, one is a resolution, and one is a bill has no significance for the order they are considered in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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