Robert's Rules of Order - Mastering the 3 Most Important Motions
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- Welcome to this informative video on mastering the 3 most important motions in Robert's Rules of Order. Presented by Susan Leahy MA CSP, a professional speaker and coach with extensive experience in training boards on Robert's Rules of Order and Board Dynamics.
With close to 300 thousand views, this video is a must-watch for anyone looking to improve their understanding of the fundamentals of Robert's Rules of Order. Susan has successfully trained over 10,000 boards across the US and Canada, making her a leading expert in the field.
In this video, Susan shares valuable tips on the 3 most important motions used in most meetings: The Main Motion, Amendments, and Amend the Amendment. Unfortunately, these motions are often misused, making it crucial for everyone on your board to master them to ensure efficient and effective meetings.
By watching this video, you will gain a clear understanding of these 3 motions and learn how to use them correctly, which is essential in learning Robert's Rules of Order and getting your board working cohesively as a team.
If you're interested in working with Susan or having her train your board, visit the website listed below for more information: robertsrulesmadesimple.com/co...
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Instructions unclear, I now own 6 copies of The Bee Movie
Thanks so much Susan Leahy, this is infinitely appreciated. Me being the parliamentarian of my SGA, I find your videos really helpful.
So 7 years ago you were the Parlimentarian of your SGA. What are you up to now? Still using Robert's Rules of Order?
@@RobertsRulesOfOrder i learn
This is very helpful! Very informative. Thank you!
Very focused and powerful teaching on the key principles of Roberts Rules of Order.
Thanks Corey! I appreciate the feedback.
Thanks for the videos, I'm the president of a local for a union. I help look after over 200+ employees. There's always someone trying to highjack meetings. Right now we do speed voting for new GMM members. Previous meeting chairmen sucked for 10 years, hurting participation and not meeting quorum. I got 9 years to retirement and want to properly support the younger LEC members.
Hi there! Sounds like you have your hand full. What kind of training is offered to your chairs? If you want to support the younger LEC members consider providing my Chair With Confidence online training. This will teach your younger members how to properly run a meeting using Robert's Rules of Order and give them the confidence to step into future leadership. robertsrulesmadesimple.com/chairing Check it out and give me a call to discuss. (949)300-0954. Happy Meetings.
thank you extreamly helpful Susan
Thanks for your comment!! Glad this was helpful!
THANK YOU. I have been looking for a good video for awhile to show my student government!
Welcome!! Visit www.RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com or send me an email from the site I can do a live webinar for your student government.
At 5:29 you say, "progress" and I move to strike that word and replace it with "process".
Does anyone second the motion?
I second
@@b.sharp. It has been properly moved and seconded to strike out "process" and insert "process". Is there any discussion?
@@RobertsRulesOfOrder you mean progress
@@RobertsRulesOfOrder I move that we amend the amendment to strike out process and insert 'progress' in the amendment that was in discussion. An amendment to the amendment.
This is one of the most helpful comment sections I have ever read. Thanks!!!
Great Video!!
"Create a lot of frustrated people in the progress"!! LOL great video by the way
Thanks, Susan, When does a Notice of Motion come into play and how much time in advance do you need and why would you want to give Notice of Motion
I'm taking TSA this year so I need this extra help
You have a decent projection of self. As in a self confidence and conviction when you speak. Use your best judgement. Take time to see what's out there. What can you do to improve profit help another prosper daily. Good day to you.
can anyone recommend a spiral bound reference of roberts rules? larger size - spiral bound so stays open on page being referenced - amazon seems to show only books you need to keep open with both hands - not useable during a meeting
Thank you for all the helpful information....But I am still confused about the following.....When there is a motion on the floor that has been seconded and is under discussion can someone from the floor move and/or amend to postpone (table) the motion until a later date?
Thanks for the question. When a motion has been moved and seconded the chair will ask, "Is there any discussion?" at that point members can do 2 things. They can raise their hand (and if they get called on) they can #1. Debate for or against the motion or #2. Make another higher ranking motion (like an amendment, postpone to a certain time etc. Thanks for reaching out and know that you can contact me to do live trainings or webinars for your organization through my site www.RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com. Happy Meetings Robert!!
Can the chair make a motion? Our board has always operated as if the chair can't/doesn't. It would help me move things along if I could!! (Great video!)
Never heard the term RRoO till today on Jeopardy. I was like 👀. WT heck?
Tried to learn about it with Wiki, & others. I barely understood anything.
Watched your video, and understood it enough to stop here. Thanks for explaining my rules.
That is great to hear. My goal is to make learning Robert's Rules Simple. If you hear of anyone that serves on a board or chairs that needs help send them my way. www.RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com Happy Meetings!!
I thought amendments had to be within the "scope" of the original motion. The problem is that how do you define scope. This is how scope was explained to me using your CD purchase motion as an example.
So, if the motion was to purchase 10 CD's then the SCOPE for an amendment would be from 0 to 9. An amendment to purchase 12 would be outside of the scope of the original motion and would be illegal.
Does this sound right?
You are 100% right and this has been updated in my later videos. Good sleuthing!!!
Do you have a video on policies for how?
Do you need to make a motion, have it second and vote to approve the minutes from the last meeting?
Yes. That sounds right....
I really need help on trying to learn Robert's Rule of Order!!
Did you ever get the help you need? If not visit www.RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com
you're really good
Good video
Thanks. If you ever need any board development support. Check out RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com and contact me directly! Happy meetings!
Should also include an amendment to strike out the three discs and change to NO (or zero) discs if someone wants to scuttle the whole thing. Yes it can happen.
Would it be a person could only vote once on the amendment to the amendment the amendment or main motion?
I think I understand your question. I hope this helps. Each board member gets to vote one time on each motion. If there is an amendment to the amendment, an amendment and a main motion on the floor. To clear that item of business the chair will take a vote on each and each board member has one vote for each. Treat each of them separately. First, vote on the amendment to the amendment then vote on the amendment and then finally vote on the main motion.
I am a DeMolay and in our meetings we use Roberts rules of order for everything I just wish that I had watched these when I first joins to avoid some embarrassment.
When I joined DeMolay, there wasn't a TH-cam.
Aww, think of it as #TeachableMoments
Cool video, simple, direct, to the point.
However I was wondering in that initial stage of talking about information, how do you define business, as different from that? Is it that you are ( just talking ) until someone wants to propose an action, a course of action, i.e. do something, reserve time, allocate resources or discuss the scope of a problem or project. Does this imply a problem, a project or both? Is that how you would define business, as solving a problem or working a project? In other words, what motivates a meeting, and how do we know we are in one and when this can be useful. I think most people just learn enough about this to get the "floor" so they can talk and control to get their point across.
You state: "...in that initial stage of talking about information, how do you define business...".
SINCE you are a TAXPAYER, let's start defining POLITICAL GET TOGETHERS as those things which have to do with ALLOCATING Your HARD-EARNED TAXES.
WHY ELSE ARE YOU THERE? WHAT BROUGHT YOU THERE? Why not a disco, or a bar? WHY a Group having to do with HEARING AND PASSING MOTIONS AFFECTING THE POLITY?
BUSINESS is DEFINED as MEETING with OTHERS to INCREASE ("X").
X is usually MONEY, RECREATION,/KNOWLEDGE which benefits LIFE (knowledge in pleasure/comfort/safety/order).
IF you go into any group, and YOU DON'T INCREASE in anyone of the above, then it's called "wasting your time". YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO WASTE YOUR LIFE. It's what heroine addicts do: THEY MEET, BUT NEVER ADVANCE in money, recreation, or knowledge which benefits life for all.
THIS VIDEO WILL EXPLAIN WHAT I SAID EARLIER in REGARDS to YOUR Question.
tu.be/FfnBGolKmbM
An agenda would help
Hey Susan?! Great to see you and to see that you're still motivating. I'll never forget your S.T.A.Y. I continue to reflect on this with my professional singing career. I will always love you! Best!
Sooo sweet!! Thanks sooo much Jackson!! I remember you and how talented you are!! Best of luck with your career. I want tickets when you preform at the Staples Center in Los Angeles!!! You Rock!!
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I was on this video and saw your name!! I always smile when I see you!! You are so talented and made such a great impression on me when we met at ASGA so many years ago. Did you know that this October is ASGAs 100th conference?!?! WOW!!! I am sending you energy and saying hi!! Hope all is wonderful in your world!! Blessings!!
@@JacksonCaesar Still waiting for tickets! How are you???
Ok, this is starting to sink into the magma of
so if you vote on the amend to the amend to purchase 6 videos and it passes then you vote on the amend which is to purchase 3 videos and by some crazy fluke it passes then what. how is the main motion altered by 3 videos or 6. thanks for your video but i'm so confused
Greetings John! Thanks for reaching out and for your comment. This is where many people get lost so your concussion is normal. I agree that it can seem counter intuitive at first but if you put it on paper and visually see what happens it might make itself even clearer.
Let me try to support a bit more:
If you have a motion, amendment and amend the amendment on the floor you have to start by voting on the amending the amendment and then regardless of if it passes or fails you vote on the amendment and then once you have voted on the amendment you vote on the main motion. Once you have voted on the main motion that business item is complete and you move on to the next item on the agenda. Remember the amendment are all connected and they effect what will ultimately be in the main motion.
If the amendment to the amendment passed it becomes a part of the new amendment.
If the amendment to the amendment fails then the amendment stays the same.
Your confession is normal. This part of Robert's is like mental yoga!!! If I can be of any support please visit me at www.RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com or email me at susan@robertsrulesmadesimple.com
Happy meetings
I sense resentment in your tone. Revise is proper etiquette. Thanks for your contribution. I'm hoping to be handicap able not handicapped.
SGA President here
helpful
Glad to hear that
...its a good thing but sometimes in reality its to complicated and creates confusion, so, would it not be possible to just second first the supposed main motion then those supposed amendments be discussed and decided upon by the body individually?...
Once a main motion is made and seconded it can be debated, voted on, or changed by subsidiary motions. You discuss ONE THING AT A TIME. If an amendment is on the floor you only discuss the amendment to main motion. Then when you vote the only thing you vote on is the amendment leaving you with an amended main motion.
Yup....
Hello Leaders
In light of Susan's excellent communication skills, beauty, and passion for effective meetings, I move that Susan gives me a chance to take her out on a date of her liking. Is there a second?
I second the motion :P
Why a member is removed from a club?
Can you come to our Campus and teach our business students your wise ways???
Sorry to have missed that but if you are still on campus I do live webinars and training. Visit www. RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com
@Club8104 somewhere around 99-99,5%.
The ignorant out here amongst us immediately notice we're lacking an answer to the question of amendments to other attributes after an amendment concerning one attribute has been proposed.
Let's assume a motion to buy 1 DVD is proposed (, and the amendment is made to 3 DVDs. Now, someone wants to change the DVDs from studio versions to live versions. We cannot amend the "3 DVD Amendment" with something other than the quantity (if I've understood correctly). Must we therefore amend the *original* motion with the format which means we revert back to one DVD, effectively discarding the first amendment? Or must we accept or discard the first amendment for quantity before considering the second amendment for format, meaning either the 3 DVDs were rejected and we're back to the start or the 3 DVDs were accepted so now it's either 3 studio or 3 live DVDs?
If we can only afford live versions at 2 DVDs or less, then can't someone remove the option for live DVDs by being the first to propose and to then propose more than 2?
Is this a sales pitch for her Video? kind of left me hanging here. You have a main motion and a amendment and a amendment to the amendment. So how do you Vote on all three? Do you vote on the main Motion first and then on the amendment and the amendment to the amendment?
Greetings Edward. Thanks for your comment. It is true that this video is a sales pitch for The Robert's Rules Made Simple Solution. The RRMS is the cornerstone of my training and it teaches and gives easy to follow examples about The 7 Fundamental Motions used in most meetings. There is so much to teach and I created these small videos to create awareness and provide information in quick bites. I have created my online training for those who want a more comprehensive training and understanding of how to use Robert's. To answer your question. If you have a Main Motion, an Amendment and an Amend the Amend on the floor (meaning each motion has been moved and seconded) then you will have to vote on ALL three of those motions. Frist the chair will take a vote on the Amend the Amendment, regardless of if it passes or fails you move down to the Amendment. If there is no further discussion on that motion (the amendment) then the chair will take a vote on the Amendment. Regardless of if the amendment passes or fails the chair then re-opens discussion on the Main Motion and once the discussion is done the chair will take a vote on the Main Motion and then you are done with that item of business. I hope that this explanation helps and isn't too confusing. Thanks and Happy Meetings!
I motion to end discussion!!!
you're the one who clicked on the video
All in favor??? Smiles and happy meetings!
and at 6:09 I move that the word "go" be struck and replaced with the word "say"...
This example was easy. It gets a lot more complicated when there are several amendments to motion where they for example want to change the specific wording of a proposed text that might be a new rule to the organizations rule-book.
Main motion
|___"Proposed text"
|
|__Amendment
....|__Wording 2
----|__Wording 3
....|__Wording 4
Having the 3 Amendments battling out and the winning amendment against the main motion is hard or impossible to make 100 % fair.
That's why you only debate one amendment at a time. If there are 3 amendments on the floor the most recent amendment moved, seconded, and restated by the chair, us debated and voted on first, then the 2nd degree amendment then the 1st until you are left with the main motion.
We have tenant council where I live and the president and a secretary and that's all that's on the council and the president has her hands in the money all the time what do we do about it
Not a fun situation.
How to sell 6 dvds. Good video, just giving you a hard time, thanks.
I know DVDs. So funny. These videos have a long tail. Did them 10 years ago! Crazy how long I have been doing this work.
NO WONDER I HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ALONG W/ MY FAMILY.
THEY WON'T STICK TO LOGIC.
Carolina Shag dance president. 1st year ;)
Super Saleswoman!
Why does it have to be so complicated?
Not much content here. Just a teaser to sell her consulting services.
"How do you eat an elephant?" What?!
that is a common saying
One bite at a time. But I really am glad you wrote this. I realized not everyone will understand this saying. Thank you for helping me to keep open so I can communicate clearly.
Your lecture was really good , but I’m not buying any of your DVDs…
Hi! Thanks for the comment. Glad you like the lecture. You may not need my online product now but please feel free to share my information if you hear of anyone needing board training and support. Thanks and happy meetings. www.RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com
this lady still around, or nah?
Still around!
I move not to eat the elephant....
Don't eat elephants.
Clever turning an explanation into a sales pitch.... NOT.
You can’t eat an elephant
You can one bite at a time. It is a common and very strange saying that we have in the US. Weird sounding I imagine.
I hope this isn’t about her trying to make me buy six DVDs
Takes too long to get to the point.
Sorry about that. Check out some of the other videos and see if they move a bit faster. Smiles and thanks for visiting my channel. If you all need any training or board development webinars I will get to the point and get those moving for you! Smiles
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I was focused on this video until she said she eats elephants.
Sorry, I keep staring at the pretty face. So, I'd suggest a simple visual as maybe drawing a callout or outline on a butcher board. This way one can drive home the points of comments.
Carolina Shag dance president. 1st year ;)
Congrats on your role as president. Let me know if I can support in any way! Happy Meetings.