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Parliamentary Procedure

Objective

Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of parliamentary procedure in order to

conduct an orderly and efficient meeting; and transact business and present logical, realistic,

and convincing discussion.

A. Rules and Regulations

1. This event is open to all FFA members in good standing who are regularly enrolled at or

above the ninth grade level in an agricultural education course during one or both

semesters of the current school year. Members of a state winning team in the

Parliamentary Procedure event and those who have competed at the national level are

ineligible to compete again on the district or state levels of the Senior Parliamentary

Procedure Leadership Development Event (LDE).

2. Each district will determine the number of teams per school allowed to compete at the

district level. Each district may send the top two teams, with up to two additional teams

identified as alternates, to the state level of competition regardless of ribbon color

awarded at the district level.

3. A Senior Parliamentary Procedure participant may not compete in Conduct of Chapter

Meetings or Agricultural Demonstration, and may compete in no more than one

individual (non-team) Leadership Development Event in the same year in which they

participate in Parliamentary Procedure.

4. A team will consist of six members. Only the president and secretary will be officially

recognized as chapter officers with officer stations. The balance of participants may

serve in officer capacities or as individual members of the assembly.

Use of pedigrees is NOT required. No point changes will result from use or lack of use of

pedigrees. Emphasis should be placed on high quality debate and discussion. Teams

are encouraged to not use pedigrees.

If the ability Take from the Table, Rescind, Reconsider, or Call for Orders of the day are

used, a scenario will be provided.

The president WILL BE allowed to use paper and pen/pencil to take notes during the

demonstration. No point changes will result from use or lack of use of paper by the chair.

5. The event will have three phases at the district level:

A. A written examination

B. An eleven-minute team presentation of parliamentary procedure

C. Verbal questions following the presentation

At the state level, a fourth phase shall be added for teams qualifying for the final round

of competition. The fourth phase shall be the team problem. District events will not have

the team problem, and those teams qualifying for the national level of competition must

be prepared for the five phases included in the national event.

6. All participants must appear in FFA official dress.

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7. Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall be the official parliamentary law authority.

8. A holding room will be used for this event. Each district event will have teams complete

the same motion and abilities. No team will be allowed to watch demonstrations prior to

their assigned performance time. No teams, FFA members, advisors or coaches will be

allowed to communicate with a Parliamentary Procedure team prior to their

demonstration. At the state event, a holding room will also be used. Each preliminary

round will have teams complete the same motion and abilities in that section. The finals

round will have a different set of motions and abilities for all teams to demonstrate. No

study materials shall be present in the holding room prior to all participants completing

the test. Study materials may be utilized in the holding room once all participants have

completed testing.

9. All team members must turn in their all electronic devices with communication

capabilities (cell phones, Apple watches, tablets, etc.) to event coordinators prior to

entering the holding room. The local advisor or another responsible adult must provide

the cell phones to the event coordinator, and the cell phones may be retrieved upon

completion of all event components by all team members.

10. A time clock will be provided so that the team can see and refer to it. After the one

minute allowed to review the ability cards the clock will restart when the president taps

the gavel twice to begin the demonstration. The time will stop when the president states,

“This concludes our demonstration”. The demonstration is limited to 11 minutes in length.

Deductions of 2 points per second will be enforced after 11 minutes.

11. No video recording will be allowed in the performance room in order to maintain the

integrity of the event.

B. Suggested Guide for Conducting District FFA Parliamentary Procedure Leadership

Development Event

Prior to the Event

1. The order of appearance to be used shall be determined in advance of the event.

Advisors submitting a team or teams to the district entry shall provide to the district FFA

board representative a list of the names of students participating on said team.

2. Provide the following to each evaluator:

a. Senior Parliamentary Procedure Rules (this document)

b. Scoring Rubric – one per team

c. Official Score Card/Results Sheet

d. Order of Appearance Roster

e. Deductions for Parliamentary Procedure Errors (National FFA Resource)

3. Teams will complete the required parliamentary law exam prior to their demonstration.

(Teams listed at the top of the order of appearance may complete their exam following

their demonstration for the purpose of maximizing the event schedule.)

4. The room is to be arranged as outlined.

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SCENARIO: At the September chapter meeting the motion to “pay for two chapter members to

attend the Washington Leadership Conference” was postponed and made a Special

Order for 2:00 pm during the October meeting.

MAIN MOTION: I move that our chapter build picnic tables for the city park.

REQUIRED MOTIONS:

Commit (Refer to Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……………… . ....................... . Subsidiary

Postpone Indefinitely . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …………………………...…. Subsidiary

Point of Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……. . . . . …………….. . . . Incidental

Division of the Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………………… . Incidental

Call for the Orders of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……………….... . . Privileged

Start the Event

1. Blank paper and pen/pencil must be at the secretary station. Blank paper and pen/

pencil will also be at the president station.

2. Each team member will receive a card with the assigned main motion and abilities

provide by Nebraska FFA state office. Each team will have two subsidiary, two incidental

and one privileged or a motion which brings an item back before the assembly from the

list of permissible motions. The assigned main motion is to be the first item of business

presented, unless, Take From The Table, Reconsider, or Rescind are required on the event

card. If any of these motions are on the event card the team may choose to

demonstrate the motion at the beginning of their demonstration, using the scenario

motion provided for those motions, or at the end of the demonstration after they have

disposed of the original main motion. A scenario will be placed at the top of the card if

orders of the day, take from the table, reconsider, or rescind are required motions. All

teams in each section will be assigned the same motions.

Sample Card – Call for Orders of the Day

Sample Card – Reconsider

SCENARIO: Earlier in the meeting a motion to require FFA officer candidates to have

a 3.0 grade point average was introduced and adopted. Move to reconsider

this motion that was adopted earlier in the meeting.

MAIN MOTION: I move that our chapter initiate a Teach Ag Campaign to promote

agricultural education as a career option to FFA members.

REQUIRED MOTIONS:

Postpone Definitely…………………………………………..……..……………………Subsidiary

Amend……………………………………………………………............................……...Subsidiary

Suspend the Rules………………………………………………...………………………..Incidental

Point of Order…………………………….………………………….…………………….Incidental

Reconsider………………………....Motion Which Brings A Question Again Before the Assembly

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Sample Card – Take from the Table

Sample Card – Rescind

3. Team members may not write on the cards. Team members shall be informed by the

judges that the motion they are to move is the one that is bolded on their card.

4. The team shall be provided one minute to look at the card and collect their thoughts.

Members may not confer during the one-minute time period. At the conclusion of this

minute, judges shall simply say "please begin."

5. The team shall assume that a regular chapter meeting is in progress. After the one

minute allowed to review the ability cards the clock will restart when the president taps

the gavel twice to begin the demonstration. The time will stop when the president states,

“This concludes our demonstration”. The demonstration is limited to 11 minutes in length.

SCENARIO: At the last meeting a motion to require FFA officer candidates to have a

3.0 grade point average was introduced and laid on the table. Move to

take this motion from the table.

MAIN MOTION: I move that our chapter initiate a Teach Ag Campaign to promote

agricultural education as a career option to FFA members.

REQUIRED MOTIONS:

Postpone Definitely…………………………………………..……………………....…..Subsidiary

Amend……………………………………………………………...……………………...Subsidiary

Suspend the Rules………………………………………………...………………………..Incidental

Point of Order…………………………….………………………………………….…….Incidental

Take from the Table.…………….....Motion Which Brings A Question Again Before the Assembly

SCENARIO: At the last meeting, a motion to require FFA officer candidates to have a

3.0 grade point average was introduced and adopted. Move to rescind this

motion that was adopted at your last meeting.

MAIN MOTION: I move that our chapter initiate a Teach Ag Campaign to promote

agricultural education as a career option to FFA members.

REQUIRED MOTIONS:

Postpone Definitely…………………………………………..……..……………………Subsidiary

Amend……………………………………………………………............................……...Subsidiary

Suspend the Rules………………………………………………...………………………..Incidental

Point of Order…………………………….………………………….…………………….Incidental

Rescind……………………..……....Motion Which Brings A Question Again Before the Assembly

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6. The team is allowed 11 minutes to complete their demonstration. Deductions of 2 points

per second will be enforced after 11 minutes.

7. The team will use ONE main motion. There shall be no limitation to the number of

subsidiary, incidental, privileged or a motion which brings an item back before the

assembly demonstrated except that the team must demonstrate the two subsidiary, two

incidental and one privileged or a motion which brings an item back before the

assembly designated on the card. The team will earn a 50-point deduction for the use of

more than one main motion.

8. If the event officials designate Call for the Orders of the Day as a motion to be

demonstrated, teams are to assume that a motion was postponed at the last meeting

and made a special order for a time during the current demonstration (see the sample

card above).

9. If the team is to perform rescind, reconsider or take from the table, teams can assume

that they would rescind an action taken, which cannot be reconsidered, or take from

the table a motion or reconsider a motion they completed earlier in the present meeting.

Example: “I move to rescind the motion that was passed at our last meeting about

having an FFA hayride.”

These motions shall not be used unless they are a required motion. These motions will be

provided as a scenario on the card (see the sample card above).

10. A member’s required motion will not be counted as an additional motion for another

member. The person who makes the assigned main motion will be given credit for an

additional motion (20 points). Credit for an additional motion will only be given one time.

Example: Division of the Assembly can only be used once for credit. Credit for an

additional motion will not be granted to an additional member moving Division of the

Assembly if another member has already moved it or if another member is required to

move it as designated on the motions card.

11. At the conclusion of the demonstration, the evaluators will ask each team member a

question. These questions should be related to their motion and how it was transacted

during the demonstration. Questions will be provided for the judges to ask.

The evaluators should decide among themselves who will ask the question. That

evaluator should ask the team member to rise, face the evaluators and answer the

question. The president is also asked a question concerning how the business was

transacted.

Following the six individual questions, the team shall exit the demonstration room. No

additional questions may be asked by the evaluators.

12. Teams advancing to the state final round will complete a team problem solving activity

and additional demonstration to the previously completed written exam and

demonstration. Teams will be provided a short parliamentary procedure scenario

outlining a practical problem. The team will have 30 minutes to research the problem

and write a short solution with reference to specific pages and line numbers in Robert’s

Rules of Order, Newly Revised. One book will be provided by the Nebraska FFA

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Association to each qualifying team, additional copies may be brought by qualifying

teams.

After the Event

1. Each evaluator shall total each team’s score and arrive at the placing using the

provided rubric. Discussion between evaluators is allowed and encouraged. Audience

members and participants shall not be present during evaluator discussion.

2. Ribbons may be awarded according to the guidelines on the results sheets. The top four

teams shall be ranked, regardless of their ribbon assignment, and up to two teams

regardless of ribbon rating at the district level may advance to the state round of

competition. Advancing demonstrations are to be of high quality.

3. A critique sheet shall be completed for each team.

4. Two copies of the results should be completed on the sheets provided.

5. District FFA board representatives must verify membership of all members of the state-

qualifying teams within one week of the district event.

Event Attire

1. Each participant shall wear the official FFA dress as defined in the FFA Manual: A white

collared shirt or blouse, official FFA tie or scarf, black trousers or skirt, black shoes, and FFA

jacket.

2. Points may be deducted for variance from official dress. This is a team event and

uniformity of dress by team members may have an effect on the score granted in the

general appearance division of the scorecard.

C. Components/Scorecard

1. Written Exam (100 points)An exam containing 25 objective-type multiple choice questions

covering basic parliamentary procedure as related to the permissible motions of the event

and pertaining to minutes. Thirty minutes will be allowed to complete the exam. Each

participant may score a maximum of 100 points. The average score of the six team

members will be used to compute the total team score. Any communication between

participants from the same team during the written examination portion of the event will be

sufficient cause to eliminate the team. Any participant caught cheating during the event

will be, along with his or her team members, expelled from the event.

2. Presentation (500 points)Each team will address typical issues and chapter business. The

Nebraska FFA state staff will select two subsidiary, two incidental, and one privileged or

unclassified motion from the list of permissible motions. These motions will be randomly

assigned to each team member other than the chair. The team shall assume that a regular

chapter meeting is in progress and the chair shall start the demonstration by saying, "Is there

any further business that should be presented at this time?"

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The team will use ONE main motion.

A team shall be allowed a maximum of 11 minutes in which to demonstrate its knowledge of

parliamentary law without penalty. A deduction of 2 points will be made for every second

over 11 minutes. A timekeeper will provide a warning at 11 minutes. The timekeeper will

furnish the time used by each team at the close of the Leadership Development Event.

Upon entering the presentation room and taking their seats, the contestants will have one

minute to review the topic, the main motion, the motions to be demonstrated; and to

identify his or her motion (which will be noted by bolding). (An example follows; this example

will apply when call for the orders of the day, rescind, reconsider or take from the table are

not being used.)

3. Verbal Questions (100 points)Each of the six team members will be asked a planned,

written question relating to their assigned motion. No additional time for additional questions

shall be permitted. The chair’s question will be general to parliamentary procedure since

they will not be assigned a motion for the purpose of the demonstration.

4. Team Problem Solving (50 points) -- Teams advancing to the state final round will complete a

team problem solving activity in lieu of minutes. A possible score of 50 points will be allowed

for the team problem solving. Teams will be provided a short parliamentary procedure

scenario outlining a practical problem. The team will have 30 minutes to research the

problem and write a short solution with reference to specific page and line numbers in

Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised. One book will be provided per team by the Nebraska

FFA Association, additional copies may be brought by qualifying teams. The answers will be

written on paper provided. The lowest possible score for this section is zero (0). Evaluators

shall use Form 2 to score the team problem solving activity.

5. TiebreakersTie breakers for teams will be:

a. the total presentation score, then

b. the team's average score on the written exam, then

c the total score for questions

6. ScoringThe evaluators will use Form 1 to score the Leadership Development Event.

7. Guidelines for Scoring the Chair

a. Ability to presidehandling of motions, keeping members informed, use of the gavel,

distribution of discussion. (65 points)

MAIN MOTION: Conduct leadership development workshop for junior

high FFA members.

REQUIRED MOTIONS:

Lay on the Table……………………………………………………Subsidiary

Amend………………………………………………………………...Subsidiary

Suspend the Rules…………………………………….…………....Incidental

Point of Order…………………………………………….…………Incidental

Question of Privilege……………………………………………….Privileged

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b. Leadershipstage presence, poise, self-confidence, politeness, and voice. (15 points)

8. Guidelines for Scoring Discussion

a. Characteristics of effective discussion include

• completeness of thought,

• logical reasoning,

• clear statement of speaker's position,

• conviction of delivery, and

• concise and effective statement of discussion.

b. A suggested scoring scale is as follows:

Excellent 15-20 points

Good 10-14 points

Average 5-9 points

Poor 0-4 points

An excellent discussion would be extremely unusual and would be characterized by a truly

stirring delivery and brilliant in terms of information provided and/or suggestions for action

offered.

Poor discussion would be characterized by a lack of effective delivery, poor grammar,

reasoning, and substance. An example might be: "I think this is a good idea."

Most discussion would fall in the range of an average score (8-15 points). An example of an

average discussion might be: "I think this is a very significant motion which should be passed

for the following reasons (new, informative, and logically related). For these reasons, I urge

everyone to vote for this motion."

Good discussion would be characterized by effective delivery, substance, creative, and

visionary thought delivered in a convincing and compelling manner.

Each time a contestant in the presentation discusses any motion, they may earn a score.

However, an individual may never earn more than 60 points in a given presentation. An

individual earning 20 points on each motion discussed would need to have been recognized

by the chair three separate times to earn the maximum points.

D. Awards Recognition

1. District Awards: Participants meriting awards shall be rated as purple, blue, red, or white

and the top four participants shall by ranked by number (1

, 2

, 3

, 4

). Each district

may send the top two teams, with up to two additional teams identified as alternates, to

the state competition regardless of ribbon color awarded at the district level.

2. State Awards: Teams in the state event will be designated as gold, silver, or bronze

plaque recipients. The state winner will represent Nebraska in the national-level

Parliamentary Procedure Leadership Development Event.

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President

Secretary

Member

Judge

President

Secretary

TEAM ARRANGEMENT CHART:

Judge

Member

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Sample Team Problem Solving Activity

This following is a sample team problem similar to what a team might be asked to solve during

the team portion of the Nebraska State FFA Parliamentary Procedure LSE.

The Lakeville FFA Chapter is facing a parliamentary problem and needs advice. At its last

meeting of the school year, the chapter planned to hold officer elections. The chapter

president, Jason, was presiding at the elections meeting. The chapter vice president, Elizabeth

will be a senior next year and decided to devote more of her time to career development

events than to serving as a chapter officer. Elizabeth gave the nominating committee’s report

at the meeting. The nominating committee nominated Lisa for chapter president. No other

nominees were offered and Lisa was elected by a voice vote. The nominating committee

nominated David for vice president. Another member nominated Claire for vice president from

the floor. Jason, the president, asked both David and Claire if they objected to taking the vote

by voice. Neither objected and Jason took the vote by voice. Claire was the clear winner of

the election and Jason declared Claire elected vice president. All other nominees suggested

by the nominating committee were unopposed and were each elected by voice vote. At the

conclusion of the election, Jason Passed the gavel to Lisa, who declared the meeting

adjourned. The next chapter meeting will take place when school resumes in the fall.

One week after the election, Lisa held the first meeting of the new officer team. She arrived at

the meeting noticeably upset, and as soon as the meeting began Lisa announced that her

father had taken a new job in a neighboring state, and she and her family would be moving

away from Lakeville immediately. Lisa handed each officer a copy of her resignation as

president and then handed a copy to the chapter advisor. To make matters worse, each officer

had been instructed to bring copies of their last two report cards to the meeting so that the

chapter advisor could verity the grade point average for each officer. All the officers had

grade point averages above 3.0 except Clair, whose last two grade cards indicated a grade

point average of 2.35.

The new officer team was clearly disappointed that Lisa would be leaving, and the remainder of

the meeting became more of a farewell party for Lisa than an actual meeting. When the group

left the meeting later that afternoon, the chapter advisor wished all the officers well and

indicated that she would call another meeting for later in the summer. Several questions were

lingering on her mind, however, and she has called your team for help.

1. Who is the president of the Lakeville FFA Chapter?

2. What must be done now to complete the Lakeville FFA chapter officer team?

3. Was the election for vice president conducted properly?

The chapter bylaws only discuss chapter officers in Article IV. That article from the chapter

bylaws appears below. The chapter’s parliamentary authority is Robert’s Rules of Order Newly

Revised (11

Edition). Please provide the Lakeville FFA chapter advisor with an answer to her

question, including appropriate citations, based on the chapter bylaws and the chapter’s

parliamentary authority.

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Article IV – Officers

Section 1 – The officers of the chapter shall be a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer,

reporter, and sergeant-at-arms. All officers shall serve for a term of one year or until their

successors are elected.

Section 2 – The president shall be a senior and must have been a chapter member for at least

two full years prior to election. All other officers must have been a chapter member for at least

one full year prior to election.

Section 3 – Any vacancy in any office other than that of president shall be filled by the other

officers of the remainder of the unexpired term.

Section 4 – All elections shall be held by ballot, except in cases where only one nominee has

been made, in which case a voice vote may be taken.

Section 5 – All officers shall have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 at the time of their

election and shall maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average throughout their term of office.

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Sample Team Problem Solving Answer

1. Who is president of the Lakeville FFA Chapter?

Elizabeth is president of the chapter. When Lisa was elected chapter president, Jason’s

term as president ended and Lisa became the duly elected president. Lisa’s resignation

means that the office of president would immediately be filled by the vice president.

(RONR p. 452, lines 11-18) Claire was apparently elected vice president, but review of her

grade point average after the election revealed that she was ineligible to be elected.

(Article IV, Section 5.) The election for vice president actually never happened since

Claire was ineligible at the time of the vote, so the election for vice president remains

incomplete. (RONR p. 445, lines 19-22)

Because Elizabeth was serving as vice president at the time of the election, and because

her term of office does not expire until her successor is elected (Article IV, Section 1.),

Elizabeth remained the actual vice president at the conclusion of the elections meeting.

Elizabeth was also the actual sitting vice president at the time of Lisa’s resignation from

the office of president, meaning that Elizabeth became president of the Lakeville FFA

Chapter upon Lisa’s resignation.

2. What must be done now to complete the Lakeville FFA Chapter officer team?

The chapter officers must select a new vice president to serve until the chapter meets

again in the fall. (Article IV, Section 3.) When Elizabeth became president of the

chapter following Lisa’s resignation, a vacancy was created in the office of vice

president. The chapter bylaws require the remaining officers to fill the vacancy for the

remainder of the unexpired term. The person appointed by the chapter officers will fill

the position of vice president until the chapter can meet to hold another election for

vice president.

The new election is necessary because the new vice president chosen by the officers will

only be completing Elizabeth’s term of office as vice president, which should have

ended at the election meeting, but because no election was completed, the newly

chosen vice president will continue in office until his or her successor is elected by the

chapter. Since there are no prohibitions against reelection, the person chosen by the

officers can be elected to the office of vice president by the chapter for a complete

term.

(RONR p. 467, lines 33-35; pg. 458, lines 7-13; pg. 575, lines 6-17)

3. Was the election for vice president conducted properly?

No. The election for vice president should have been conducted by ballot. (Article IV,

Section 4). A requirement that a vote be taken by ballot cannot be suspended, even

by unanimous consent. (RONR p. 412, lines 24-28; pg. 443, lines 6-12) Claire should also

not have been a candidate since she was ineligible for election to the office. (RONR, p.

445, lines 19-22)

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SENIOR PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE EVENT SCORE SHEET

FORM 1 TEAM SCORE SHEET

FFA Chapter: _________________________________________________

PARTICIPANT

REQUIRED MOTION

10 PTS/PERSON

DISCUSSION

60 PTS MAX/MEMBER; 20 PTS

MAX/ITEM

ADDITIONAL MOTION

15 PTS MAX/MEMBER

INDIVIDUAL

QUESTION

15 PTS

MAX/MEMBER

SCORE TOTALS

Member 1

Member 2

Member 3

Member 4

Secretary

Chair

Ability to Preside

65 points

States motions correctly, follows

rules of debate, keeps members

informed, puts motions to a vote,

announces results of votes, uses

gavel with autho

rity and

accuracy, aware of business on

the floor

Excellent: 51-65 pts

Good: 26-50 pts

Poor: 0-25 pts

Points

Leadership

15 points

Tactful, sensitive,

firm,

understanding,

good voice, proper

pace

Excellent: 10-15 pts

Good: 6-10 pts

Poor: 0-5 pts

Points

Chair Question

20 pts

Team Effect

Team Effect (50 points)

Conclusions

Main motion was well analyzed.

What, when, where, who, how, was

answered.

Discussion

Convincing, logical,

realistic, orderly and

efficient, germane, and

free from repetition

Team Voice

Voice: volume, enunciation,

pitch, pace, grammar

Poise: confidence, professional,

eye contact

Expression: conviction, gestures

Exam

Average of all six individual exam scores (200 points)

Research

Team Problem Solving Research (150 points) (State Finals)

Deductions

(List mistakes)

20 pts per

mistake

Omitting assigned motion: -50 points

Using additional main motions: -50 points

Time

Deduction for overtime: -2 points/second after 11:00

Total Deductions

Total Team Score

GENERAL COMMENTS:

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SENIOR PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE EVENT

FORM 2 TEAM PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITY SCORECARD

FFA Chapter: _________________________________________________

SCORING CRITERIA

POSSIBLE POINTS

POINTS EARNED

Reference

Team accurately identified the correct page(s) and line

number(s) in Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised (11

ed.)

Solution to the Problem

Team provided logical justification and reasoning to

develop their solution, using citations listed from above to

solve the parliamentary procedure problem/issue.

Grammar, Style, and Legibility

Complete sentences are used

Correct spelling is used (deduction of 1 point/error)

Correct punctuation (deduction of 1 point/error)

Legibility and clarity exist

Total Points

150

JUDGE COMMENTS

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Parliamentary Procedure LSE – Chart of Permissible Motions

Motion

Second

Required

Debatable

Amendable

Vote

Required

Reconsider

Privileged Motions

Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

Yes

Majority

Yes

Adjourn

Yes

Majority

Recess

Yes

Majority

Raise a Question of Privilege

Chair Grants

Call for the Orders of the Day

No vote,

Demand

Subsidiary Motions

Lay on the Table

Yes

Majority

Neg only

(3)

Previous Question

Yes

2/3

Yes

Limit or Extend Limits of Debate

Yes

2/3

Yes

Postpone to a Certain Time (or

Definitely)

Yes

Majority

Yes

Commit or Refer

Yes

Majority

Yes

Amend

Yes

Yes (1)

Yes

Majority

Yes

Postpone Indefinitely

Yes

Majority

Affirm.

Only

Main Motion

Yes

Majority

Yes

Incidental Motions

Appeal

Yes

Yes (1)

Majority

Yes

Division of the Assembly

No vote,

demand

Division of a Question

Yes

Majority

Objection to the Consideration

of a Question

2/3

Neg. Only

Parliamentary Inquiry

Chair answers

Point of Order

Normally no

vote Chair

rules

Request for Information

No vote,

chair

responds

Suspend the Rules

Yes

(2)

Withdraw a Motion

No (3)

Majority (3)

Neg. Only

Motions That Bring A Question Again Before The Assembly

Reconsider (4)

Yes

Yes (1)

Majority

Rescind (4)

Yes

Maj. With

notice, 2/3 or

maj. of

membership

(3)

Neg. Only

Take From The Table (4)

Yes

Majority

(1) If applied to a debatable motion

(2) Rules of Order 2/3 vote, standing rules – majority vote

(3) Refer to Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (11

edition) for rule(s)

(4) Refer to National FFA CDE rules #8-10 before using these motions in the demonstration

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