Guide to Annual Conference

How it works

Making a motion

What to say when you want to speak, change, pause, or object — and whether it needs a second, is debatable, or takes two-thirds.

Standing Rules
Rule 19, Rule 22

The scariest moment for a new delegate is wanting to do something and not knowing how. Conference business runs on a small set of motions, each with its own rules: does it need a second, is it debatable, can it be amended, and what vote carries it.

The data for an interactive “what do you want to do?” helper lives in src/data/motions.yaml (loaded as the motions collection). Building the helper UI is a Phase-1 TODO — see HANDOFF.

Order of precedence matters: when one motion is pending, those that outrank it are in order and those below it are not. Speeches are limited to three minutes (Rule 22), and the order of authority is the Book of Discipline, then the Standing Rules, then special rules, then Robert’s Rules (Rule 19).