ECOSOC'19 Convention Flowchart (PDF)

Procedure

Motions

Points

Consultations

Voting

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Opening
the Meeting

The President calls out the
commissioners names in
alphabetical order and the two
committees. Attendees reply
present.

Roll Call by
Director

Rapp reads
Agenda

Attendees raising their placards will
automatically be added to the speakers
list. Dialogues are opened and directed.

Motion
Point or Order! Honorable President,
Honorable Council, I would like to raise a
motion to move from formal consultation to
informal consultation for the period of
minutes under the topic of. (layer of case)
One-minute
speeches
Open
Speakers
list
President
advises to
stay in formal
consultation

Motion
To move to
informal
consultation

Acceptance of the motion
requires 50% + 1 of
attendees to pass. They
either vote yes or no.

Fail

If the vote passes, follow the motion to
informal consultation. If it fails, we
remain in formal consultation/ re-raise
the motion after a period of time.

Vote

Pass

Consultations
Points and Motions
Suspension of the session
“Point of Order! Honorable President, Honorable
Council, I would like to suspend the like to suspend
the session for period of.. minutes for the purpose
of.. (lunch break)

Caucus
Point or Order! Honorable President, Honorable Council,
I would like to raise a motion to move from informal
consultation to caucus for the period of minutes
under the topic of. (layer of case)

Motions
(Made between speeches)
-Suspension of the session

-Caucus

Points
Between speeches/never interrupt a speaker
Point of Personal Privilege
To Request a personal matter
Point of Clarification
To request explanation from the chair
regarding the RoPs
Point of Order
To raise motions of different kinds

-Moving back to formal/informal
consultation
Point or Order! Honorable President, Honorable
Council, I would like to raise a motion to move
back to formal/ informal consultation for the period
ofminutes under the topic of. (layer of case)/
for the purpose of voting on the resolution

Immediate
Vote on Motion
50% + 1 majority passes

Point of Information
After an attendee finishes their speech, another
attendee may raise a point of information to ask them a
question about their speech

President
handles the request

Transitioning towards division of
the 2 committees

Motion
To move to
caucus
If the vote passes, move. If the vote
fails, return to informal consultation.

Vote on
Motion
Timing Limit Reminder
“Honorable attendees the
president would like to
remind you that the raised
motion will elapse in
minutes

Moving towards opinions of
committees and reaching
points of agreements

Acceptance of the resolution
requires 50% + 1 of
commissioners to pass.
They either vote yes or no.

Vote on
resolution

Resolution drafting
and reading