2021 Conduct of Chapter Meetings

Which one of the following is not amendable and requires a two-thirds vote for adoption?

• A. Amending an amendment to the privileged motion to Recess.

• B. Calling for a Division of the Assembly on an incidental motion.

• C. Demanding a recount of a vote taken on a Point of Order.

• D. None of the above are correct.

Which statement is true regarding Postpone Indefinitely?

• A. It does not require that the sponsor be recognized by the chair when making the motion.

• B. It does not open the Main Motion to debate.

• C. It provides strategists a preview of how members will vote on a Main Motion.

• D. A primary amendment may be applied to it which states the date of the postponement.

One way the motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Postpone Definitely) is allowed to be amended is by:

• A. adding the time the main question is to be postponed.

• B. declaring a specific meeting place as announced by the FFA President.

• C. stating how many members must be present when the meeting to which it is postponed commences.

• D. including the number of times that the motion Postpone Indefinitely can be applied to it.

When the incidental motion, Division of the Assembly is demanded by an FFA member at a chapter meeting, the presiding officer:

• A. immediately takes the vote again by having members rise.

• B. puts the demand for a Division of the Assembly to a voice vote, especially for large assemblies.

• C. asks the sponsor of the Division of the Assembly which method of voting (voice, etc.) is to be used.

• D. promptly asks for a second and debate on the Division of the Assembly.

When the presiding officer at an FFA chapter meeting is “stating the question” on a Main Motion, he/she is:

• A. directing the secretary to make a list and file of all the questions that the assembly asks regarding the pending motion.

• B. announcing that any member may ask the maker of the Main Motion one question without being recognized.

• C. asking the maker of the immediately pending Main Motion to repeat it.

• D. repeating the Main Motion officially.

Which one of the following requires a second?

• A. Raise a Question of Privilege.

• B. Incidental Motions.

• C. Secondary Amendments.

• D. A Point of Order directed at the presiding officer for a breach of rules.

The maker of a Main Motion may:

• A. vote against it.

• B. speak three times on the Main Motion at one meeting, because he/she proposed it.

• C. debate it in detail before it is stated by the chair.

• D. speak against it if it’s obvious that a majority of the members are opposed to it.

The subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Postpone Definitely) takes precedence over:

• A. Postpone Indefinitely.

• B. Amend.

• C. Commit or Refer.

• D. All of the above are correct.

If a motion to Commit or Refer is adopted, how is the special committee chairman chosen if the members of the committee were appointed by the chair?

• A. The maker of the motion to Commit or Refer is the committee chairman.

• B. Members of the committee select the chairman at the first meeting.

• C. The first committee member named by the presiding officer is the committee chairman.

• D. The member who seconded the Main Motion is the committee chairman, provided the presiding officer consents.

A primary amendment applied to the subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely):

• A. is debatable, amendable, and requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.

• B. is not allowed, according to Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised.

• C. may have the subsidiary motion, Postpone Indefinitely, applied to it.

• D. may have a secondary amendment applied to it.