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If a motion has been made, & or even seconded, & the moderator ask "Are You Ready For Question?' and someone says "Not Ready!" What is proper proceedure at that point?

Debate continues on the motion. The chair should suggest that the member seek recognition, as he presumably intends to speak in debate or make a motion.

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Assuming this "someone" is a member (of the assembly that is meeting), and still has the ability to engage in further debate (by RONR you get to speak twice on a motion for up to ten minutes each time on each day), the chair should recognize the member to speak. This further assumes the motion is debatable (not all of them are). Any idea what this "someone" meant by "Not Ready!"?

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Assuming this "someone" is a member (of the assembly that is meeting), and still has the ability to engage in further debate (by RONR you get to speak twice on a motion for ten minutes each time on each day), the chair should recognize the member to speak.

Personally, I would suggest that the chair instruct the member in the proper method to seek recognition rather than permitting members to shout out "Not ready!" to gain recognition. Additionally, even if the member has exhausted his speaking rights on the question, he could still be recognized to make a motion.

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Personally, I would suggest that the chair instruct the member in the proper method to seek recognition rather than permitting members to shout out "Not ready!" to gain recognition. Additionally, even if the member has exhausted his speaking rights on the question, he could still be recognized to make a motion.

Good points. Thanks.

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If a motion has been made, & or even seconded, & the moderator ask "Are You Ready For Question?' and someone says "Not Ready!" What is proper proceedure at that point?

The Chair should instruct that person that shouting "Not Ready" is inappropriate. If the person wishes to seek recognition, he should do so. If not, he should remain quiet.

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Often, in my experience, a "not ready", or "unready" person simply hasn't made up his/her mind on how to vote and wants to hear more discussion. He has nothing to add himself.

There is nothing that the chair can do about this, however, if nobody wants to add to the debate.

All of which is a good reason for the chair to avoid the (archaic?) "Are you ready for the question?". "Is there any further debate...?" will do just fine (although it discourages someone from making an amendment - which may well be a good thing!).

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