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=== Tricks for Supporting a Motion ===
=== Tricks for Supporting a Motion ===
If you support a motion, then it's important to second it quickly and enthusiastically, and then speak in favor it as early as possible.
If you support a motion, then it's important to second it quickly and enthusiastically, and then speak in favor it as early as possible. If the early speakers are supportive, then call the question promptly and before opposition can mobilize.
You can move to amend a motion that you support, but will add complications and delay the vote on the motion. It is often best to hold a motion to amend until it appears that there is a serious objection to the motion, and then you can help by bringing a motion that addresses the concern. However, if the motion to amend is a friendly one (such as a minor clarification of language), and the personal who brought the original motion approves of it, then the Chair can allow the amendment by general consent and without debate by saying "if there is no objection, the original motion shall be revised to state ...."
You can move to amend a motion that you support, but will add complications and delay the vote on the motion. It is often best to hold a motion to amend until it appears that there is a serious objection to the motion, and then you can help by bringing a motion that addresses the concern. However, if the motion to amend is a friendly one (such as a minor clarification of language), and the personal who brought the original motion approves of it, then the Chair can allow the amendment by general consent and without debate by saying "if there is no objection, the original motion shall be revised to state ...."