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BCS Inc. Regulation
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‘Standing
Orders for the Conduct of General Meetings and Meetings of the Committee of
Management of the Association' |
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1. This Regulation
was made by a resolution of the Committee of Management of the Association,
in accordance with Rule 27 of the Constitution, at its
meeting on 12th June 2003, under the common seal of the Association. The
purpose of this Regulation is to provide for the orderly conduct of General
Meetings, a Committee of the Whole thereof, and Meetings of the Committee of
Management of the Association. 2. These Standing Orders shall be
applicable to all General Meetings and Committee Meetings unless a contrary
intention is expressed, and shall be construed subject to the Constitution. 3. Meetings shall, subject to the
presence of a quorum, start at the time set out on the notice, and shall,
subject to the discretion of the meeting, continue until all business on the
Agenda is disposed of. 4. All business on the Agenda of a
meeting that has lapsed for want of a quorum shall be included on the Agenda
of the next meeting and shall take precedence over new business. 5. Any member desiring to speak at a
General Meeting shall rise in his or her place and when called upon by the
Chairman shall address the Chair. If two or more members rise simultaneously,
the Chairman shall call upon the member that was noticed first. 6. When the Chairman rises to speak
any member standing shall resume his or her seat. 7. Except in meetings of the
Committee of Management, no member other than the mover of a motion or an
amendment shall speak to it until it has been seconded. A motion or amendment
lapsing for want of a seconder need not be recorded in the minutes. 8. A motion or amendment before the
Chair shall not be withdrawn except by its mover and by leave of the meeting.
No motion shall be withdrawn while any amendment is being discussed or has
been adopted. 9. If required to do so by the
Chair, the mover of any motion or amendment shall submit it in writing. 10. A motion or amendment before the
Chair may be reworded by the mover subject to leave of the meeting. 11. Except at meetings of the
Committee of Management, no member shall speak more than once to any
question, except that the mover of a motion (but not of an amendment) shall
have a right of reply, which reply shall close the debate. An amendment shall
constitute a separate question from the original motion and from any other
amendment. 12. A member moving a motion or
amendment, and a member seconding a motion or amendment, without speaking to
it may reserve the right to speak to it subsequently. 13. When an amendment is before the
Chair discussion shall be confined to that amendment. No further amendment
shall be moved until the amendment before the Chair has been disposed of, but
a member may foreshadow further motions or amendments. If there are several
foreshadowed motions or amendments they must be put in the order in which
they were foreshadowed. 14. The Chairman shall, as far as
practicable, call on speakers for and against a motion or amendment
alternately, subject to the right of the seconder to speak immediately after
the mover. If two consecutive speakers have both argued for or against a
motion or an amendment, and there is no member wishing to argue the opposite
view or, in the case of a motion, to move an amendment, the motion or the
amendment shall (subject, in the case of a motion, to the mover's right of
reply) be put without further debate. 15. Any member may raise a point of
order, which shall take precedence over all other business, and which shall
be open to discussion. The point must be raised at the time the alleged
irregularity occurred. An explanation or contradiction shall not constitute a
point of order. 16. Any member disagreeing with the
Chairman's ruling on a point of order may move dissent. The Chairman shall
then vacate the Chair and such motion shall be put forthwith without debate. 17. On an equality of voting, the
Chairman shall declare the question resolved in the negative. 18. A member who has not already
participated in the debate may at any time, whether another speaker has the
floor or not, move, "That the question be now put", which motion,
if accepted by the Chair, shall be put without amendment or debate. The Chairman
shall have absolute discretion to accept or refuse the motion. The Chairman
may also of his own volition put the question if he feels that adequate
discussion has taken place. In either case the mover of a motion shall retain
his right of reply. If an amendment is before the Chair, the closure motion
shall be deemed to close the debate on the amendment only. 19. A member may at any time move,
"That the speaker be no longer heard" or, "That the speaker be
heard for a further (specified) period only". Such motions shall be put
without amendment or debate. No other motion, except the closure motion or a
motion dealing with the speaker's time, shall be
moved while a speaker has the floor. 20. During the discussion of a
motion (but not of an amendment), a member who has not already participated
in the debate on the motion may move, "That the question be not now
put". This motion shall be open to debate, and shall be debated together
with the original motion. If carried, the original motion shall not be dealt
with further. If lost the original motion shall be put forthwith, subject to
the mover's right of reply. The motion may be foreshadowed while an amendment
is before the Chair, but in no case shall it be put until all amendments have
been disposed of. 21. A member may move, "That
the debate [or meeting] be now adjourned". Discussion shall be in order,
but only amendments as to time or place shall be permitted. The motion shall
take precedence over other business before the Chair except points of order. 22. A General Meeting may at any
time during the discussion of a motion or an amendment resolve itself into a
Committee of the Whole. 23. Standing Orders 1-21 or any of
them may be suspended by a majority of those present. A motion to this effect
shall be open to debate. 24. No member shall reflect on the
vote of a meeting, except on a motion for the rescission of any resolution
previously adopted. No member shall reflect on a Section of the Constitution
or a Standing Order, except on a motion (of which due notice was given) to
amend or repeal such Section or Order. 25. Notwithstanding anything
hereinbefore contained, any decision made by a validly-constituted meeting
shall not be void by reason only of a departure from these Standing Orders
that was not detected until after the decision had been made. 26. Any matters not dealt with in
the above Standing Orders shall be governed by the principles set out in the
latest available edition of the book Guide for Meetings and
Organizations by Nicholas E. Renton. |
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........................A.
Cerbasi...................................
President |
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L. S. |
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Morris.................................... Secretary |
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