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Does Adjournment Require a Motion?

Sophia Al-Mansoor • • 7 min read
Does Adjournment Require a Motion?

In parliamentary procedure

parliamentary procedure
Parliamentary procedure is based on the principles of allowing the majority to make decisions effectively and efficiently (majority rule), while ensuring fairness towards the minority and giving each member or delegate the right to voice an opinion.
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, an adjournment ends a meeting. It could be done using a motion to adjourn. A time for another meeting could be set using the motion to fix the time to which to adjourn. This motion establishes an adjourned meeting.

What rules should be followed while adjourning the meeting?

Adjourning the meeting
  • either specify the time and place to which it is adjourned or state that it is to continue at a time and place to be fixed by the directors, and.
  • have regard to any directions as to the time and place of any adjournment which have been given by the meeting.

How do you call a meeting adjourn?

A member of the board simply needs to say “I move to adjourn”. If the board adopts the motion the chair ends the meeting. Not a privileged motion, so must wait until other business is complete. The member moves to adjourn the meeting until a specific time when the meeting will continue from where it left off.

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