National Congress Standing Orders

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General rules

 * 1) Do not interrupt the Chairs or other speakers, unless raising a vote of no confidence against a Chair.
 * 2) The National Council will appoint two Chairs before business begins, one to chair the National Congress generally, and another to act on behalf of remote participants.
 * 3) The National Council will appoint at least one person to take minutes of the National Congress before business begins.
 * 4) If you wish to speak, draw attention to the Chair by raising your hand.
 * 5) Upon acknowledgement of the chair, move to a microphone before you begin speaking.

Remote participants

 * 1) Begin statements in IRC with the Remote Chair's IRC name.
 * 2) Follow this with the action, such as "MOTION", "QUESTION", or "COMMENT"
 * 3) The remote chair will then read this out at an appropriate juncture.

Nominations

 * 1) Nominations for electable positions must be made by the start of business on the second day of Congress.
 * 2) Nominees will be given the opportunity to present their nominations on the second day of Congress.
 * 3) Nominees may only present their nominations once, regardless of the number of positions for which they have nominated.

Announcing motions

 * 1) Motions to amend the platform or policies (including introducing new policies)
 * 2) must be announced in writing at least two (2) days prior to the National Congress, and
 * 3) may not be proposed on the floor.
 * 4) New policies or platform amendment proposals must be accompanied by a statement that discusses why and how the amendment is in line with the Party Principles as defined in Part I of the Party Constitution.

Announced motions

 * 1) Announced motions will be presented by or on behalf of the person who has submitted it to the National Congress.
 * 2) Questions may be asked regarding the motion according to a speaking order determined by the chair.
 * 3) Comments may not be made until after amendments have been proposed.
 * 4) Amendments may be proposed in the form of a motion to amend to the current motion.
 * 5) Individuals may speak for or against the motion according to a speaking order determined by the chair.
 * 6) The National Council may opt to make remarks.
 * 7) A majority vote of those present is required for the motion to be carried and placed to a final online vote of the members.

Amendments

 * 1) A member may motion to amend another motion.
 * 2) The person presenting a motion may agree to a proposed amendment unless the motion is
 * 3) a constitutional amendment proposal, or
 * 4) presented by or on behalf of the Policy Development Committee.
 * 5) A majority vote of those present is required for a motion to amend to be carried if it
 * 6) is not agreed to by the person presenting the motion, or
 * 7) relates to a constitutional amendment proposal, or
 * 8) is presented by on or behalf of the Policy Development Committee.
 * 9) Once amendments have been agreed to or voted upon the motion as amended may continue to be debated.

Commit

 * 1) A member may motion to place another motion in a committee.
 * 2) A majority vote of those present is required for a motion to commit to be carried.
 * 3) If placed in a committee, a motion may not be reintroduced until the committee reports.

Table

 * 1) A member may motion to table another motion for later discussion at the meeting.
 * 2) A majority vote of those present required for a motion to table to be carried.
 * 3) If tabled, a motion may not be reintroduced until the time specified in the motion to table.

Postpone

 * 1) A member may motion to postpone another motion indefinitely.
 * 2) A majority vote of those present is required for a motion to postpone to be carried.
 * 3) If postponed, a motion may not be reintroduced at that meeting.

Floor motions

 * 1) Floor motions must be presented after all announced business has been completed, unless leave is granted by the Chair.
 * 2) In all other regards, floor motions are treated the same as announced motions.

Procedural motions
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 * 1) Procedural motions may be made at any time, except during discussion of other motions.
 * 2) Procedural motions relate to the running of the Congress including
 * 3) motioning for recesses (such as a lunch break),
 * 4) dismissing the Chair,
 * 5) adjusting the environment of the room,
 * 6) modifying the standing orders,
 * 7) adjourning the meeting.
 * 8) A person who has presented a motion may make procedural motion to discard the result of a previous successful vote and immediately reintroduce the motion.
 * 9) A majority vote of those present is required for a procedural motion to be carried.