Vacant Delegate Positions If for any reason, twenty-one days prior to the start of the House, there are vacant delegate positions they may be backed filled by either district delegates or chartered/affiliated delegates depending on where the vacancy(s) occur. All vacancies must be filled by LSMS members, and these delegates will go through the aforementioned registration and credentialing process. New Delegates Orientation On day one of the House, there will be a special meeting for new delegates where the Speakers will provide an overview of house including parliamentary procedure. The location and time of will be published in the schedule of events and in the meeting handbook. Order of Business According to LSMS Bylaws the following is the order of business prescribed for the House of Delegates: a. Call to Order; b. Report of the Committee on Credentials; c. Report of Committee on Rules and Order of Business; d. Disposing of the record of proceedings; e. Remaining agenda, as given to each delegate The Speakers are responsible for the content and orderly conduct of the agenda and business of the House of Delegates. Parliamentary Procedure Parliamentary procedure is a set of rules by which deliberation of any item of official business, with protection of individual rights, can lead to a consensus of opinion. Parliamentary procedures serve to aid an assembly in orderly, expeditious and timely accomplishment of its business. The LSMS House of Delegates uses as its parliamentary guide Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. Quorum : A majority of the registered voting members of the House of Delegates shall constitute a quorum, provided at least two-thirds of the regularly elected delegates are registered for the opening session. The majority opinion of the House in determining what it wants to do and how it wants to do it should always remain the ultimate determinate of how the House operates procedurally. It is the obligation of the Speaker to sense the will of the House, to preside accordingly, with his/her rulings subject to change from, and reversal by, the assembly. Precedence of Motions : Motions are made so that those that are lower on the list can be modified by those that are higher. It is perfectly acceptable to skip a step in the list when making motions (for example, it is not required to amend a motion in order to move to limit debate). Votes are taken, starting from those higher on the list toward those lower on the list, until a complete disposition has been made of the matter at hand. It is not uncommon to move up the list in
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