[774] in UA Senate
Bill to Save Time
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Steadman)
Wed Sep 29 23:16:55 2010
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:16:52 -0400
From: William Steadman <willst@MIT.EDU>
To: ua-senate@mit.edu
Since I felt we spent too much time at the last meeting, this bill
removes us following Roberts Rules of Order and lets the Speaker decide
which parliamentary procedure to follow. If 5 senators object to his
method we return to Roberts Rules of Order.
It mostly speaks for itself. I like the quote by the GSC.
Happy to change it,
Will
Bill to Save Time
Whereas: 15 minutes were wasted in meeting 42 U.A.S 1 on a point of
order, and in general by unessecary parliamentary procedure.
Whereas: The G.S.C. ammended their consitution via bill 51 G.S.C. 9.2
which specificly states ``The G.S.C. The Bylaws currently state that
Roberts Rules of Order should be used as a means of
maintaining order at Council meetings. However, these rules of order are
very
complicated, requiring formal motions to be made for even the most minor
of things.
Experience has shown that attempting to follow Roberts Rules leads to
confusion and
inefficiency. This amendment removes the restriction for using Roberts
Rules, and
instead simply states that the “presiding officer shall follow a
Parliamentary procedure to
be made available to the Council”.''
Whereas: The Speaker already interprets Roberts Rules of Order.
It is resolved that: Article IV Section B subsection 1 is ammended to
say ``Any aspect of parliamentary procedure or rules not covered by
these Bylaws or the UA Constitution shall be determined by the speaker.
They will make this procedure available to the Senate. If durring a
senate meeting, 5 senators object to the method of parliamentary
procedure, then the Speaker will defer to Roberts Rules of Order (latest
addtion) for the remainder of the meeting.''
