DEBATING FLOW CHART ORIGINAL MOTION and seconded debate on motion amendment moved and seconded if a minor change to the wording the mover of motion may indicate to meeting that s/he accepts it. debate on amendment when debate finished invite of original motion to reply to debate on amendment vote on amendment if carried substantive motion (as amended) is open for debate and further amendment if lost original motion is open for debate and further amendment (Any number of amendments can be moved and dispensed with in this way but they are taken one at a time – if necessary park any notices of amendment further debate mover of substantive motion to reply to debate on motion vote on substantive motion if carried if lost decision no decision RULE 21 – SECONDING Any motion or amendment is only able to be discussed once a second Member has indicated a willingness for it to be considered. This is called “seconding”.
motion a right of reply, and then put to the vote the motion “to proceed to the next business”. (b) On a motion “that the question be now put”: unless in her/his opinion the matter before the meeting has been insufficiently discussed, the Chair shall first put to the vote the motion “that the question be now put”. If that motion is passed, the Chair will invite the mover of the original motion to exercise her/his right of reply before putting that original motion to the vote. (c) On a motion “to adjourn the debate or the meeting”: if in her/his opinion the matter before the meeting has not been sufficiently discussed and cannot reasonably be sufficiently discussed on that occasion, the Chair shall put the adjournment motion to the vote without giving the mover of the original motion a right of reply. RULE 27- POINTS OF ORDER/POINTS OF PERSONAL EXPLANATION A member may indicate a of order” or a “point of personal explanation” and shall be entitled to be heard immediately. (a) A of Order" shall relate only to an alleged breach of a Procedural Rule or statutory provision. The member shall specify the Procedural Rule or statutory provision and the way in which s/he considers it has been broken. (b) A "Personal Explanation" shall be confined to some material part of the member's former speech which may appear to have been misunderstood in the present debate. The ruling of the Chair on a point of order, or on the admissibility of a personal explanation, shall be final. RULE 28 - VOTING Since the Forum will be advisory and consultative only, with no delegated decision-making powers, both Bath & North East Somerset Council elected members and co-opted members may have voting rights on the Forum The Bath City Forum will seek to operate by consensus wherever possible. Where there is a vote, this shall be by simple majority, subject to the quorum of the meeting being met. Subject to the provisions of any enactment all questions coming or arising before the meeting be decided by a majority of the Members of the Forum (or other persons entitled to vote) present and voting. The Chair shall ensure that that the proposal to be voted on is clear. Voting will proceed by a show of hands – first those voting “for” the proposal and then those voting “against” the proposal. This will be followed by a show of hands from those who are abstaining from voting.