Parli pro

1. The Guide to
Basic Parliamentary
Procedure
Presented by Anna Nguyen,
FCCLA Washington State Director of
Parliamentary Procedure and
Finance
2009-2010

2. What is Parliamentary
Procedure?
•Body of rules used to conduct an effective
and organized meeting.
•Used by self-governing organizations to
make decisions
•Represent the majority as well as the
minority

3. Basic Parli Vocab
•Agenda- a predetermined sequence of items to be
covered at a meeting.
•Adopt-to accept or approve a motion.
•Amendment - a motion that proposes a change to the
pending motion.
•Business- an item of matter of brought up at a
meeting in the form of a motion.
•Bylaws- highest body of rules of an organization.
•Commit- to refer to a committee
•Main motion-a motion that brings business to the
assembly and is made when no other business is
pending.
•Debate-a dicussion of the motion to determine
whether or

4. •Majority vote- more than half of votes cast
•Minutes- written record of the proceedings.
•Adjourn- close the meeting
•Germane- relevant or relating to the topic being
discussed.
•Second- agreement that a motion be considered
•Quorum- number of voting members that must be
present in order to legally transact business.

5. Motions, Amendments, and
Voting… Oh my!
•The form of a motion:
“I move to…”
“I move that…”
Ex. “I move that the Ingraham FCCLA chapter have
an ice cream social.”
•Ways to amend a motion:
-Adding on
-Strike out
-Striking out and inserting
-Substituting
Ex. “I move to amend the motion by adding on “on
June 3
rd
”. (Adding on)

6. Ex. “I move to amend the previous
amendment by striking out “3
rd
” and
inserting “10
th
”. (Striking out and inserting)
•Types of voting:
-Voice vote
-Roll Call vote
-Ballot vote
-General consent
-Standing vote

7. Minutes
•Minutes are the written records of the
proceedings in a meeting. They are a record of
what is done (motion is passed, sent to a
committee, etc.) and not what was said by the
members (details of debate).
•The minutes of a meeting are recorded by the
secretary.

8. Who uses Parli Pro!?
•U.S. Congress
•State legislatures
•City/county councils
•School boards
•Board of Directors
(Corporations)

9. Haven’t had enough
parli-pro?
Check out the Washington State FCCLA
page for more updates, tips, and guides to
learning parli!
www.wafccla.com