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21 <br />26 <br />example, a move to defer consideration (6) may be made while <br />a move to refer to committee (9) is pending because (6) ranks <br />higher on the list. <br />A <br />1.To Appeal a Procedural Ruling of the Presiding Officer. <br />decision of the presiding officer ruling a motion in or out <br />of order, determining whether a speaker has gone beyond <br />reasonable standards of courtesy in his or her remarks, or <br />entertaining and answering a question of parliamentary <br />law or procedure may be appealed to the board as speci- <br />fied in Rule 11. This appeal is in order immediately after <br />such a decision is announced and at no other time. The <br />member making the motion need not be recognized by the <br />presiding officer and the motion, if timely made, may not <br />be ruled out of order. <br />Comment: Rule 11 allows the ruling of the presiding officer on <br />certain procedural matters to be appealed to the board. This <br />appeal must be made as soon as the presiding officerÔs decision <br />announced, so this motion is accorded the highest priority. See <br />Rule 11 and its comment for further discussion of this motion. <br /> The motion may be made at the conclusion of <br />2.To Adjourn. <br />action on a pending matter; it may not interrupt delibera- <br />tion of a pending matter. <br />Comment: This motion differs from the <br />RobertÔs Rules of Order <br />motion in several respects. In , it is not <br />RobertÔs Rules of Order <br />debatable or amendable and can be made at any time, even <br />interrupting substantive deliberations. In view of the small <br />number of members and the available procedures to limit de- <br />bate, this rule allows debate and amendment of the motion to <br />adjourn but allows the motion to adjourn only when action on <br />a pending matter is over. The motion to defer consideration or <br />to postpone to a certain time or day may be used if the board <br />wants to adjourn before completing action on a matter. <br />3.To Take a Recess. <br />Comment: does not allow debate on <br />RobertÔs Rules of Order <br />this motion, but since the number of members is small and <br />procedures to limit debate are available, this rule allows de- <br />bate on the motion. As in , the motion is <br />RobertÔs Rules of Order <br />in order at any time. Note that under Rule 11, the chair also <br />has the power to call a brief recess. <br /> <br />