Motions and seconds

[Guest possltho]

 A motion is made and there is no 2nd. What happens next? More discussion?

[Weldon Merritt]

Assuming that the motion is one that requires a second (a few do not), and that the small board rules (under which seconds are not required for any motion) do not apply, what should happen is that the chair declares that the motion dies for lack of a second. But if debate actually begins, or any subsidiary motion is made, the absence of a second becomes irrelevant and the motion is processed just as if it had received a second.

BTW, not only should there not be more discussion, there shouldn't be any in the first place until after the motions is made. This again assumes that the small board rules don't apply.