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20 21 <br /> motions can be entertained in succession without <br /> necessarily disposing of the immediately pending one. The <br /> order of the list below establishes which procedural motion <br /> yields to which-for example,a move to defer consideration(6) <br /> may be made while a move to refer to committee(9)is pending <br /> be-cause(6) ranks higher on the list. <br /> 1. To Appeal a Procedural Ruling of the Presiding Officer. A <br /> decision of the presiding officer ruling a motion in or out of <br /> 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 law <br /> or procedure may be appealed to the board as specified in <br /> Rule 11. This appeal is in order immediately after such a <br /> decision is announced and at no other time. The member <br /> making the motion need not be recognized by the presiding <br /> officer and the motion, if timely made, may not be ruled out <br /> 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 officer's decision <br /> is announced, so this motion is accorded the highest priority. <br /> See Rule 11 and its comment for further discussion of this <br /> motion. <br /> 2. To Adjourn. The motion may be made at the conclusion of <br /> action on a pending matter; it may not interrupt deliberation <br /> of a pending matter. <br /> Comment: This motion differs from the Robert's Rules of <br /> Order motion in several respects. In Robert's Rules of Order, <br /> it is not debatable or amendable and can be made at any time, <br /> even interrupting substantive deliberations. In view of the <br /> small number of members and the available procedures to <br /> limit debate, this rule allows debate and amendment of the <br /> motion to adjourn but allows the motion to adjourn only when <br /> action on a pending matter is over. The motion to defer <br /> consideration or to postpone to a certain time or day maybe <br /> used if the board wants to adjourn before completing action <br /> on a matter. <br /> 3. To Take a Recess. <br /> Comment: Roberts Rules of Order does not allow debate on <br /> this motion, but since the number of members is small and <br /> procedures to limit debate are available, this rule allows de- <br />