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Annual Report 2018 EASTERN CREDIT UNION

Standing Orders

1. (a) Where possible, a Member shall stand when addressing the Chair.
(b) Contributions are to be clear and relevant to the subject before the meeting.
2. A Member shall only address the meeting when called upon by the Chairman to do so after which, he/she

shall immediately take his/her seat.
3. No Member shall address the meeting except through the Chairman.

4. A member shall not speak for more than three (3) minutes on any one subject.
5. A Member may not speak twice on the same subject except:
(a)The Mover of a Motion who has the right of reply.

(b) He/ she rises to object or to explain (with the permission of the Chair).
6. The Mover of a “Procedural Motion” (Adjournment, Lay on the table, Motion to Postpone) shall have no right
of reply.

7. No contributions are to be made after the “Question “has been put and carried or negated.
8. A Member rising on a “Point of Order” is to state the point clearly and concisely, (A “Point of Order” must have
relevance to the “Standing Orders”.

9. (a) A Member shall not “Call another Member to order” but may draw the attention of the Chair to a “Breach
of Order”.

(b) In no event can a Member call the Chair to order.
10. A “Question” shall not be put to the vote if a Member desires to speak on it or move an amendment to it,
except a “ Procedural Motion: The Previous Question” “Proceed to the Next Question” or the closure:” That the

Question be Now Put” may be moved at any time.
11. Only one amendment should be put before the meeting at one and the same time.

12. When a motion is withdrawn, any amendment to it falls.
13. The Chairman shall have the right to a “casting vote”.
14. If there is equality of voting on an amendment, and if the Chairman does not exercise his casting vote, the

amendment is lost.
15. Provision is to be made for the protection by the Chairman from vilification (personal abuse).
16. No member shall impute improper motives against another member.

17. Any member who has been admonished on two (2) occasions and persists to ignore the admonishment will
not be permitted to speak for the remainder of the meeting.
18. Cellular Phones should be switched off during the course of the meeting. The Chairman may ask a member,

who disturbs the meeting by using his/her cellphone, to leave the meeting.
19. Electronic recording of the proceedings is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the Chairman.

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