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Rules of order, standing orders - Coggle Diagram
Rules of order, standing orders
The chair is tasked with ensuring the sense of the meeting is obtained and that all points of view are expressed
Sometimes certain sections of the members present will try to stop full discussion by making lengthy speeches to try and cause the meeting to run out of time or to stop an alternative point of view being expressed
Proecdural motion
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Where contentious resolutions are proposed or where there is a outspoken element present, the use of procedural motions can be used to curtail discussion of a particular resolution
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Speaking
All members, proxies and corporate representatives entitled to attend and vote at a members meeting are entitled to speak at the meeting
Although those attending have the right to speak they may be prevented from doing so in order to keep the meeting at a reasonable length or to maintain order
The chair should ensure that all differing opinions on the matter under consideration are expressed and in doing so it should not be necessary for every person who wishes to speak to do so if they are simply repeating points made by previous speaker(s)
Traded companies must ensure that all questions put by members attending the meeting and relating to the business of the meeting are answered
The exceptions to this are in circumstances where to do so would interfere with preparations for the meeting, require the disclosure of confidential information, if the answer has already been provided on the website in the form of an answer to a question or if it is undesirable in the interests of the company or the good order for the meeting for the question to eb answered
Adjournment of GM
The chair may adjourn the meeting without the consent of the members if there is disorder, the power to adjourn a memebrs meeting usually rests with he embers attending who must give their consnet
The Model Articles provide that no business at an adjourned meeting shall be transacted other than that which could have been transacted at the original meeting
If the meeting is adjourned for more than 14 days, fresh notice of at least 7 days specifying the business to be transacted must be given