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During debate on a motion to buy a projector, a member offers a 'friendly amendment' adding a three-year warranty, and another member seconds it. The mover of the purchase motion accepts the change. When the chair asks for objections to adopting it without a vote, one member objects. RONR (12th ed.) governs. What should the chair do with the proposed change?
Correct answer: B - Handle it as an amendment for the assembly to debate and vote on.
An amendment to add evening hours to a proposed library program is immediately pending. A member moves the Previous Question 'on the amendment only,' and that motion is adopted. The amendment is then adopted. Two members still seek to debate the program itself. Under RONR (12th ed.), what follows?
Correct answer: A - Debate may resume on the main motion as amended.
The pending main motion reads, 'That the annual reception be held at the Civic Center on June 12.' A primary amendment proposes replacing 'June 12' with 'June 19.' Another member offers a secondary amendment replacing 'Civic Center' with 'Library Hall.' Under RONR (12th ed.), which ruling identifies the problem accurately?
Correct answer: A - The venue change is not germane to the pending date amendment.
A main motion is defeated at a membership meeting governed by RONR (12th ed.). Later in that same meeting, new information prompts a request to reopen the vote. Who may move to Reconsider?
Correct answer: B - Jordan, who voted against the motion when it was defeated.
The chair confirms that attendance has fallen below the bylaw quorum of 20: only 17 members remain. Several who left are nearby and could return. RONR (12th ed.) otherwise governs. What may the chair do while members try to restore attendance?
Correct answer: D - Put a motion to recess briefly while members contact those who left.
Tellers collect 72 ballots for one office: 31 for eligible candidate Patel, 27 for eligible candidate Rivera, 8 for an ineligible person, and 6 blank. Every ballot was submitted by an eligible voter. The society follows RONR (12th ed.) and requires a majority vote for election. Which result should the chair announce?
Correct answer: D - 34 votes are necessary for election; no one is elected.
The bylaws say, 'Officers shall be elected by ballot,' without exception. One eligible, consenting nominee remains for treasurer, and everyone present favors acclamation. Applying RONR (12th ed.), how should the election proceed?
Correct answer: A - Take the ballot vote required by the bylaws.
At a private association meeting, an invited guest who is not a member repeatedly interrupts, threatens to strike a speaker, and refuses the chair's directions to stop. Security staff are present. RONR (12th ed.) governs, with no applicable public-access requirement. A member insists that removal must await a disciplinary trial. What authority does the chair have in this situation?
Correct answer: C - Order the guest to leave and request security's assistance in enforcing that order.
Annual dues are $80. The bylaws require 14 days' written notice and a two-thirds vote for amendment. Proper notice proposes replacing $80 with $120. While that proposal is pending, a member moves to replace the proposed $120 with $100. RONR (12th ed.) supplies the remaining rules. How should the $100 proposal be handled?
Correct answer: C - Admit it; require a majority to substitute $100, then two-thirds to adopt the bylaw amendment.
All eight members of an executive board, including its chair, are present. The board uses the small-board procedure in RONR (12th ed.) and has no rule restricting the chair's participation. The chair wants to explain a proposed expenditure and vote on it. Must another member take the chair first?
Correct answer: D - No; the chair may speak in debate and vote while continuing to preside.
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