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11 <br /> <br />To Call the Previous Question. The motion is not in order until every member has <br />had one opportunity to speak. <br /> <br />Comment: This motion differs from the one in RRO. The RRO motion is always in order, is not debatable <br />or amendable, and requires a two-thirds vote for adoption. Thus, it may compel an immediate vote on a <br />proposal without any debate on the issue. Such a device may be necessary to preserve efficiency in a large <br />assembly, but with a small board, a minimum period of debate on every proposal strikes a better balance <br />between efficiency and effective representation by all members. Since every member will have an <br />opportunity to speak, the debate may be ended by a majority vote. <br /> <br />8. To Postpone to a Certain Time or Day. <br /> <br />Comment: This motion allows the board to defer consideration to a specified time or day and is <br />appropriate when more information is needed or the deliberations are likely to be lengthy. <br /> <br />To Refer to Committee. Sixty (60) days after a motion has been referred to <br />committee, the introducer may compel consideration of the measure by the entire <br />board, regardless of whether the committee has reported the matter back to the board. <br /> <br />Comment: This motion is like the motion in RRO except that the introducer's right to compel <br />consideration by the full board after a specified time prevents using the motion to defeat a proposal by <br />referring it to a committee that intends to take no action. If the board does not use committees, this rule <br />is unnecessary. <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />To Amend. An amendment to a motion must be germane to the subject of the motion, <br />but it may not achieve the opposite effect of the motion. There may be an <br />amendment to the motion and an amendment to an amendment, but no further <br />amendments. Any amendment to a proposed ordinance shall be reduced to writing. <br /> <br />Comment: This motion is identical to the motion in RRO except for the additional requirement for written <br />amendments to proposed ordinances. <br /> <br />11. <br /> <br />To Revive Consideration. The motion is in order at any time within one hundred <br />(100) days of a vote deferring consideration. A substantive motion on which <br />consideration has been deferred expires one hundred (100) days after the deferral, <br />unless a motion to revive consideration is adopted. <br /> <br />Comment: This motion replaces the motion to take up from the table in RRO and was renamed to avoid <br />confusion. It may be debated and amended; the motion in RRO may not. If the motion to revive <br />consideration is not successful within one hundred (100) days of the original deferral, the substantive <br />motion expires. The subject matter of the motion may be brought forward again by a new motion. <br /> <br />12. <br /> <br />To Reconsider. The motion must be made at the same meeting where the original <br />vote was taken, and by a member who voted with the prevailing side. The motion <br />cannot interrupt deliberation on a pending matter but is in order any time before <br />adjournment. <br /> <br />Comment: According to RRO, the motion may be made at the same meeting or on the next legal day and <br />may interrupt deliberation on another matter. The rule does not allow reconsideration ora vote once the <br /> <br /> <br />