4-H
Parliamentary
PROCEDURE
Adapted By: Chris Anderson and Sharon Lounsberry
University of Illinois Extension
Created By: Brent Strickland, Bob Peterson and Larry Tibbs
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Special Thanks to Matt Hamlyn for permission to use the game board frame
ORDER OF
BUSINESS
LET’S
TALK
DO’s &
DON’Ts
ELECTIONS
MOTIONS
JUST THE
FACTS
ORDER OF
BUSINESS
LET’S
TALK
DO’s &
DON’Ts
ELECTIONS
$100 $100 $100 $100
$200
$200 $200 $200
$300 $300 $300
MOTIONS
JUST THE
FACTS
$100 $100
$200
$200
$300
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1-100
This action uses this phrase:
“The meeting will now come to
order”
1 - 100
1-100A
Call to Order
$100
1-200
What is done after the minutes
are approved?
1 - 100
1-200A
Officer Reports
$200
1-300
The term for ending the business
meeting?
1 - 100
1-300A
Adjournment
$300
1-400
Put the following in the correct
order:
a)Unfinished business
b)Minutes read and approved
c)Committee reports
d)New business
1 - 100
1-400A
B–C–A-D
b)Minutes read and approved
c)Committee reports
a)Unfinished business
d)New business
$400
1-500
Who calls the meeting to order
in the absence of the President
and Vice President?
1 - 100
1-500A
Secretary
$500
1 - 100
2-100
What is the term for the action
used to consider an idea?
1 - 100
2-100A
Motion
$100
2-200
Before a member speaks they
must first get this?
1 - 100
2-200A
Recognition from
the President
$200
2-300
The secretary should stand when
doing this?
1 - 100
2-300A
Reading the Minutes
$300
2-400
Better meetings will result if the
President prepares one of these?
1 - 100
2-400A
Agenda
$400
2-500
This must be present in order for
business to be conducted?
1 - 100
2-500A
Quorum
$500
1 - 100
3-100
What, when used properly, can
improve a group’s ability to take
orderly action?
1 - 100
3-100A
Parliamentary
Procedure
$100
3-200
How many main motions should
be “on the floor” at one time?
1 - 100
3-200A
One
$200
The treasurer’s report should
never be accepted or approved
unless the books have been
what?
3-300
1 - 100
3-300A
Audited
$300
3-400
A 4-H Club can appoint one of
these to help the group with
parliamentary procedure?
1 - 100
3-400A
Parliamentarian
$400
3-500
What happens to a motion that
requires a second but does not
get one?
1 - 100
3-500A
It is lost
$500
1 - 100
4-100
These are an important part of
the leadership team in the local
4-H club?
1 - 100
4-100A
Club Officers
$100
4-200
Officers should always be chosen
by this?
1 - 100
4-200A
Ballot
$200
4-300
This is not needed for
nominations from the floor?
1 - 100
4-300A
Second
$300
4-400
Name three ways nominations
for an office can be made?
1)From the floor
2)By petition
3)By nominating
committee
1 - 100
4-400A
$400
4-500
When the vote is by ballot, at
what time does the president
casts his/her vote?
1 - 100
4-500A
With the rest of the
membership
$500
1 - 100
5-100
What are the first three words to
use when making a motion?
1 - 100
5-100A
“I move that…”
$100
5-200
Who can make a motion?
1 - 100
5-200A
Any member
$200
5-300
What motion is used to change a
main motion?
1 - 100
5-300A
Amendment
$300
5-400
Put the steps of making a main
motion in order:
a)second the motion
b)discussion
c)vote by the group
d)initial motion is made
D–A–B–C
1 - 100
5-400A
d)initial motion is made
a)second the motion
b)discussion
c)vote by the group
$400
5-500
What if a voice vote on a motion
is close?
1 - 100
5-500A
A member can call
for “Division”
$500
1 - 100
6-100
What is the most used handbook
about parliamentary procedure?
6-100A
1 - 100
Robert’s Rules of
Order
$100
6-200
What is more than half the votes
cast called?
1 - 100
6-200A
Majority
$200
6-300
What document contains a
group’s rules of government?
1 - 100
6-300A
Constitution and/or
By-Laws
$300
6-400
Name at least three forms of
voting?
Voice Vote
Show of Hands
Rising Vote
Ballot
Role Call
1 - 100
6-400A
$400
6-500
Should the minutes of a meeting
be approved by a motion and
vote?
1 - 100
6-500A
No. They stand approved
as read (and corrected
when necessary)
$500
Final
category
The category is In Opposition
Write down how much you want
to wager
What is the correct acclamation
for a negative voice vote?
“Nay” or “No”
(The president may error by
asking for “all those opposed to
say aye” or “use the same sign”)