Making Motion as Speech

[Sam Goode]

What can be done when a Board member attempts to use the Making of Motions to deliver a long speech and policy statement under the guise of it being a motion?   It was pointed out to the member hat he would be first to speak on the Amendment, if it came to the floor. I believe his concern was that no one would second his Motion and therefore he would not be able to make his view on the subject known.

[Dan Honemann]

The chair should prevent a member from engaging in debate when no motion is pending unless this is a board using the more relaxed rules prescribed for small boards on pages 487-88 of RONR.

[Transpower]

RONR (11th ed.), p. 34, ll. 7-13:  "Under parliamentary procedure, strictly speaking, discussion of any subject is permitted only with reference to a pending motion.  When necessary, a motion can be prefaced by a few words of explanation, which must not become a speech;..."

 

[Steve E]

On April 27, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Daniel H. Honemann said:

The chair should prevent a member from engaging in debate when no motion is pending unless this is a board using the more relaxed rules prescribed for small boards on pages 487-88 of RONR.

Even if the relaxed rules are in effect and the member is known to go on, couldn't a board member rise to a parliamentary inquiry, "Is it the intent of the member to make a motion?” It now puts the the inquiry in front of the chair to decide to allow the speech or to press for a motion

If the member does this often the board may want to restrict some of those relaxed provisions starting on p. 487.