PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE MNEMONICS
(Based on Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised)
Compiled by Shane D. Dunbar, MEd, PRP, PAP
Professional Registered Parliamentarian, and
Professional Accredited Parliamentarian
dunbar@northwest.net.
- CLASSES OF MOTIONS
My
Sister Plays In Maine
Main, Subsidiary, Privileged, Incidental,
Motions that Bring a Question Again Before the Assembly
- EIGHT STANDARD DESCRIPTIVE
CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIONS
SAD
MR IPA
Secondable, Amendable, Debatable, Majority,
Reconsiderable, Interrupt, Precedence,
Applicability
- THE THIRTEEN RANKING MOTIONS FROM LOWEST
TO HIGHEST PRECEDENCE
Many PAC their
Parliamentary Law on the QT so they won't need CPR
in the AFternoon
Main, Postpone Indefinitely, Amend, Commit or
Refer, Postpone to a Certain Time, Limit or Extend Limits of
Debate, Previous Question Lay on the Table, Call for the
Orders of the Day, Raise a Question of Privilege, Recess,
Adjourn, Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
- THE THIRTEEN RANKING MOTIONS FROM HIGHEST
TO LOWEST PRECEDENCE
FAT
Raisin Cake LPLP CAP M
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn, Adjourn, Take a
Recess, Raise a Question of Privilege, Call for the Orders of the
Day, Lay on the Table, Previous Question, Limit or Extend
Limits of Debate, Postpone to a Certain Time, Commit or Refer,
Amend, Postpone Indefinitely, Main
- PRIVILEGED MOTIONS FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST
PRECEDENCE
Club Rules
Really Accent Freedom
Call for the Orders of the Day, Raise a Question of Privilege,
Recess, Adjourn, Fix the Time to Which to
Adjourn
- PRIVILEGED MOTIONS FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST
PRECEDENCE
FARPO
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn, Adjourn, Recess,
Raise a Question of Privilege, Call for the Orders of the
Day
- SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST
PRECEDENCE
Presidents
And Chairmen, Please Learn Parliamentary
Law
Postpone Indefinitely, Amend, Commit or Refer,
Postpone to a Certain Time, Limit or Extend Limits of Debate,
Previous Question, Lay on the Table
- SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST
PRECEDENCE
LP LP RAP
Lay on the Table, Previous Question, Limit of Extend
Limits of Debate, Postpone to a Certain Time, Commit or Refer,
Amend, Postpone Indefinitely
- MOTIONS THAT BRING A QUESTION AGAIN
BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY
RR DTA
Reconsider, Rescind, Discharge a Committee, Take
from the Table, Amend Something Previously Adopted
- STANDARD ORDER OF
BUSINESS
RRR SUN
Reading and Approval of the Minutes, Reports of Officers,
Boards, and Standing Committees, Reports of Special Committees,
Special Orders, Unfinished Business and General Orders, New
Business
MRS SUN
Reading and Approval of the
Minutes, Reports of Officers, Boards, and Standing Committees,
Reports of Special Committees, Special Orders, Unfinished
Business and General Orders, New Business
- NINE ARTICLES OF BYLAWS
NO MOME C PA - An easy way to remember it is
to say, "No Mommy see Pa."
Name of the Organization, it's
Object, Members, Officers, Meetings,
Executive Board, Committees, Parliamentary Authority,
Amendment of Bylaws |
