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Delegate GuideAgendaMotions of Amendment to items on the Agenda, Actionson Reports, etc., may be made as part of the debate. Becareful that your motion does not change the meaningso much that it is a substitute rather than an amendment.At times, you may make a substitute motion but mustrecognize it as such.Delegates vote by:Voting• Voice (call for ayes and nays)• Uncounted show of voting cards• Counted show of voting cards• Written ballotThe Moderator is responsible for determining whethera motion passed or failed. A delegate who disagreeswith the Moderator’s determination may come to theprocedural microphone and ask for a counted vote. Atleast 99 other delegates must support the request to forcethe counted vote.It is crucial that you bring your voting card with youto each Plenary Session. Voting cards are difficult toreplace, if lost, and you cannot vote without your card.As a delegate, you may not give your voting card toanyone else to use.Mini-AssemblyA Mini-Assembly is an opportunity for delegates topropose amendments to resolutions on the final agendaand to the proposed Actions of Immediate Witnessadmitted to the final agenda. It’s an opportunityto discuss the proposed amendments, and, for theStatement of Conscience, to work collaboratively withother delegates to draft amendments. Mini-Assembliessave plenary time and permit freer debate than plenariesdo. It is not possible to offer an amendment to a businessresolution, bylaw change, rule change, or social witnessstatement during plenary debate if it was not submittedfor consideration at the appropriate Mini-Assembly.There is a Mini-Assembly scheduled for the bylawand rule changes listed on the final agenda. All Mini-Assemblies are listed in the program.After a Mini-Assembly and before voting in a PlenarySession, the Board of Trustees may incorporate proposedamendments into a Business Resolution or a Bylaw andthe Commission on Social Witness may incorporateproposed amendments into a Statement of Conscienceor an Action of Immediate Witness. For Statementsof Conscience, the Commission on Social Witness isrequired to report all amendments to the GA delegates.The Commission on Social Witness can prioritize theamendments, including the order of their presentationat the amendment microphone in Plenary. If you wishto modify the Statement of Conscience, plan to attendthe entire Mini-Assembly and work collaboratively withother delegates to suggest amendments.Budget HearingAt the Budget Hearing questions may be answered, butno motions may be made. Motions to modify the budgetmust be made in writing by the time announced in theRules of Procedure. Budget motions, if adding funds toan item or proposing new spending, must specify whichother specific categories are to be reduced. See RuleG-10.1.4.Statements of ConscienceBased on feedback from the Mini-Assembly, theCommission on Social Witness may recommend thatthe delegates change the length of time the statement isdebated before amendments are in order.Debate is limited to 12 minutes per amendment.Actions of Immediate WitnessSometimes significant actions, events, or developmentsoccur that delegates may wish to address immediately.The process for admitting Actions of Immediate Witnessto the agenda means that congregations commonlyhave no opportunity to consider and discuss them inadvance of General Assembly, so care should be takento only submit Actions of Immediate Witness that couldnot otherwise be accommodated in the CongregationalStudy/Action Issue process. Consult Article IV, Section4.16 (b) (1) of the UUA Bylaws for the criteria for anAction of Immediate Witness.How many Actions of Immediate Witness may beadmitted to the Agenda? No more than three.How can a delegate place an Action ofImmediate Witness on the Agenda? Pick up therequired cover sheet and petition form for signaturesat the Commission on Social Witness (CSW) booth inthe Exhibit Hall. Submit a copy of the AIW at the CSWbooth for posting by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Then begincollection of signatures from other delegates. Submit the74 2013 General Assembly
Delegate GuideAIW with the required number of delegate signatures tothe CSW at the GA Office by 5:00 p.m. on Friday. See thecover sheet for directions, requirements, and deadlines.What happens then? The Commission will reviewthe AIWs to determine if they meet the criteria for anAIW. The Commission will select no more than sixfrom among those submitted which meet the criteria foran AIW. The Commission on Social Witness screensproposed Actions of Immediate Witness according tothe criteria of grounding, fit and opportunity as wellas significance, timeliness and specificity (see bylawsection 4.16). Preference is given to proposed Actionsof Immediate Witness that emerge from a documentedgroup process. These will be submitted to delegatesfor admission to the Agenda at the Saturday morningPlenary Session. After consideration of proposedamendments at a Mini-Assembly, each AIW will be votedon by the delegates for adoption by the General Assemblyat a Plenary Session on Sunday.To Get Your Questions AnsweredPlay fair. The guidelines that follow are notsubterfuges for you to use to get around time limits.They are designed to make you more knowledgeable andeffective.Point of Information. Raise a point of informationwhen you want to get information, not give it. Adelegate may request “Point of Information” from anymicrophone. It’s exactly that: a request for informationsuch as “On what are we voting?” or “What is the costto the UUA of this motion?” Your question cannot be astatement, and no preface except your identification ispermitted.Point of personal privilege. Raise a point ofpersonal privilege when your ability to do business isbeing hampered. Any delegate may request a Point ofPersonal Privilege. You go to the procedural microphoneand say “Point of Personal Privilege” and wait to berecognized by the Moderator. After recognition,identify yourself and state your point (no statement, noargument or preface, just the bare request), such as “It isnot possible to hear from the pro microphone” or “Oursection was not counted.”A sample point is “Is this not an amendment to anamendment?” or “Was a vote taken?”Need information? Have a question about the statusof the Agenda, a business matter, procedures, etc.?Ask a member of the Board of Trustees. They will beidentifiable on the floor of the Assembly during eachPlenary Session.Do you have an amendment? Are you unhappywith wording? Time constraints preclude more thantwo or three amendments to an item being considered inplenary. Preliminary work on agenda items is completedin the Mini-Assembly.Committee of the WholeWhen the Assembly is debating a particularly complexor difficult question (there may be two, three, or fouralternate versions or ideas) the Moderator may decide,or a delegate may move, that the Assembly move intoa “Committee of the Whole” to consider the subject. Ifdone, the Rules of Procedure are eased and the Assemblynow acts as a committee.• A person other than the Moderator may occupy theChair.• Discussion may take place without motions.• The only motions allowable are motions to amend,adopt, or reconsider.• Non-binding straw votes may be taken.• The formality of pro/con microphones is somewhatrelaxed.• You may speak only once on a topic in a discussionunless no one else wishes to speak.• Time limits are relaxed or do not exist unless the“Committee” sets them.Once the Committee of the Whole has decided whatit wants to do, a delegate moves that the Committee ofthe Whole “rise and report” specifying the agreed-uponresult. The Moderator takes the Chair, and the PlenarySession of the General Assembly is again in session. Themotion formulated in the Committee is reported andvote is taken immediately, without debate or possibility ofamendment.AgendaPoint of procedure. You use this for questioningparliamentary procedure. A delegate may interruptdebate by going to the procedural microphone andsaying “Point of Procedure” and wait to be recognized.2013 General Assembly 75
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