Cuibono Posted September 23, 2018 at 07:48 AM Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 at 07:48 AM Just a quick question- how many motions to extend the time can be made in a single debate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted September 23, 2018 at 09:34 AM Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 at 09:34 AM No limit in the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuibono Posted September 23, 2018 at 05:42 PM Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 at 05:42 PM Darn it! my organization keeps making at least 2 motions to extend the time per topic. It seems a bit much, anything else I should advise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted September 23, 2018 at 05:55 PM Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 at 05:55 PM You could adopt (or amend, if you already have) a standing rule setting a longer limit which is more appropriate to the needs of this assembly. Then you won't waste time with motions to extend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted September 23, 2018 at 05:56 PM Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 at 05:56 PM Just now, Guest Who's Coming to Dinner said: You could adopt (or amend, if you already have) a standing rule setting a longer limit which is more appropriate to the needs of this assembly. Then you won't waste time with motions to extend it. *special rule of order, not standing rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted September 23, 2018 at 06:01 PM Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 at 06:01 PM 15 minutes ago, Cuibono said: Darn it! my organization keeps making at least 2 motions to extend the time per topic. It seems a bit much, anything else I should advise? Start out with more time for each time. Or you can vote no on the motions to extend (and, prior to the meeting, encourage others to think about doing so as well). You might also want to get to the root issue of why so much time is needed. Are people not coming in with fully-cooked motions? Consider making motions to refer, postpone, or otherwise get them perfected. Are people grandstanding and speaking when there's no persuasive value to what they're saying? Well, if they want to do that, there's no much you can do, except consider restricting who can attend your meetings so that grandstanding has less of a payoff (assuming this is a board meeting of some sort). In other words, figure out why there's so much talking relative to doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted September 23, 2018 at 06:51 PM Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 at 06:51 PM 58 minutes ago, Cuibono said: Darn it! my organization keeps making at least 2 motions to extend the time per topic. It seems a bit much, anything else I should advise? What are the regular time limits you are imposing? The rule in RONR is two speeches (of not more than ten minutes each) per member per day on any one motion. This is usually more than enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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