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* Topical House Discussions (i.e. Work Holiday discussion, usually 15+ min each)
* House [[Proposals]] (~10 min ea.)
* [[Release Requests ]] (5 min ea.), including [[Food Release]], [[Work Release]], and [[House Charges Release]]
* [[Non-Student Approvals]] (5 min ea.)
* [[Pet Approvals]] (5 min ea.)
* [[Member Time]] (10 min)
* [[Pinecones]] (5 min)
====Facilitation====
The [[Vice President of Suites]] leads and keeps order at meetings and allows members to speak, giving each member a fair chance to speak. The [[Vice President of Suites]] and [[President ]] may participate in discussion but should relinquish the chair temporarily when doing so in order to remain impartial.
====Frequency====
Regular House meetings are held every two weeks, and special House meetings are called when extraordinary business must be dealt with. House meetings follow the common rules of order called parliamentary procedure, except where otherwise specified in the House Constitution.
===How to participate in Traditional House meetingsMeeting Etiquette===
====Hitchhiking====
Three types of things happen at House meetings: announcements and reports, open discussion, and proposals. Members who wish to speak raise their hand and are added to a queue (often called the stack) by the President. ICC tradition allows “hitchhiking”, whereby members “jump the queue” by putting out their thumb to indicate that they wish to add a short comment to the previous statement.
** Any member may propose an amendment to the proposal under discussion. This secondary motion must be discussed and voted on before returning to consideration of the original proposal. By house tradition, a member may amend his or her own proposal by “friendly amendment” without a vote to do so.
** Any member may move to close debate and vote immediately, but this motion must be passed by a ⅔ majority rather than a simple majority (“half plus one”).
* The President either:* Asks for objections Though unconstitutional, Escher has chosen to continue Google form ballots since House Meetings were virtual during the proposal. Any member may object or ask for more time to consider the proposal. If this happens, the President must put the question (see below). Otherwise, the proposal is adopted.** Puts the question[[COVID-19]] pandemic. The [[President states the proposal to be voted on. This is done if anyone objects to the proposal (as above) or if the President feels that it is too controversial to be considered without a vote.*** Any member may call for a ]] sends out this ballot vote on the proposal. This is then conducted according to the following each House Constitution (III.C.3)Meeting and posts results 24 hours later. All members, including the President, may cast a ballot.*** Assuming no member calls votes are cross-checked for a ballot vote, the President, at his or her discretion, conducts a voice vote or hand vote, asking for supporters duplicates and then opponents of a proposal (but not abstentions). If the results of a voice vote are not clear, a hand vote must be held. If the result of a hand vote is not clear, the hands must be counted. The President only votes to break a tie in order not to influence members’ votesemail addresses that correspond with current residents. ===Majority vote===Since attendance is not taken at House meetings, it is assumed (though not explicitly defined in the Constitution) that business is conducted by majority vote of all members choosing to vote on a particular proposal, not of all members present at the meeting (or of the whole House membership). Therefore, proposals * Proposals pass if a majority of members voting vote “yes”.
===Absentee Participation===
If you are not able to attend a meeting but still want your voice to be heard on an issue, you have a couple of options:
* Email the President a statement to be read during the meeting.* Authorize a proxy vote on a proposal on the agenda. This is done in one of two ways:** Authorize another member has become more commonplace to do even if members are planning to cast a vote on your behalf. You must inform the President of your designation by email.** Inform the President of your views directly so that he or she be present because it can add your vote give more context in support or opposition of the proposalagenda and minutes to members unable to attend.* Ask another member to call for a ballot vote on Read the issue of concern to you so that you can have a meeting minutes and then vote on the issue. If a ballot vote is called and you are out of town, you can vote by email by sending your vote sent to the president (III.C.3.f)house via email.