BUSINESS MEETING FORMAT for FRESNO MEETINGS
UNDEREARNERS ANONYMOUS
• All say the Serenity Prayer
• Chair announces the duration of the meeting and asks the time-keeper to give notice when nearing the time limit.
• Reports:
- Secretary’s minutes of the previous meeting
(Needs approval)
- Treasurer’s report
- General Service Board Representative’s report
- Other reports
• Old Business (anything left unresolved in the previous meeting)
• New Business
• Adjournment
• All say the Serenity Prayer
UA Business Meetings follow parliamentary procedures outlined in Robert’s Rules of Order.
Some basic procedures are:
When new motions are made, they must be seconded, then followed with discussion. The chair then calls for a vote (“calls the question”).
If someone other than the chair calls the question, this must be voted on before the motion itself is voted on.
A motion to adjourn the meeting, if seconded, must be voted on immediately, without discussion.
Voting in UA phone meetings is conducted like this:
When the chair asks “All in favor?”, participants reply one at a time, adding the consecutive-order number of their vote, i.e., “Yea – one”, “Yea - two”, etc. Similarly, when the chair asks “All opposed?”, participants reply one a time adding the consecutive-order number of their vote, i.e., “Nay – one”, “Nay - two”, etc. Alternatively, voters speak their own first names rather than the number.