No second to motion

[Joyce Stephens]

If a motion is not seconded and the presiding person has asked for a second three times, does he then announce that the motion is dead due to there not being a second, and then strike the gavel?

[George Mervosh]

On 2/15/2023 at 11:35 PM, Joyce Stephens said:

If a motion is not seconded and the presiding person has asked for a second three times, does he then announce that the motion is dead due to there not being a second, and then strike the gavel?

"If no member seconds the motion, the chair must be sure that all have heard it before proceeding to other business. In such a case the chair normally asks, “Is there a second to the motion?” In a large hall he may repeat the motion before doing so. Or, if a resolution was submitted in writing and read by the chair or the secretary rather than by the mover (as described in 4:5), the chair may say, “Miss A has moved the adoption of the resolution just read. Is there a second to the resolution?”; or, if the text of the resolution has been distributed to the members in advance and was moved without being read, the chair may say, for example, “Miss A has moved the adoption of the resolution relating to…, as printed. Is there a second to the resolution?” If there still is no second, the chair says, “The motion [or “resolution”] is not seconded”; or, “Since there is no second, the motion is not before this meeting.” Then he immediately says, “The next item of business is…”; or, if appropriate, “Is there any further business?”  RONR (12th ed.), 4:10

So there is no need to ask 3 times and the use of the gavel should be avoided.