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Motions chart for board members

What to say, when to say it and what vote it takes. Print the full chart for the meeting table or the pocket cards for your jacket. Written for Oklahoma councils, boards and commissions.

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The motions chart

Every common motion in one place. Your charter, local rules and your attorney control. The agenda must list any action the body takes.

Find a motion

Exact words for common moves

Read it as written. Each script shows who speaks, what they say and a quick note on why.

Common pitfalls

If you only remember this

Pocket cards

Twelve cards on letter paper, eight to a page. Cut along the dashed lines and fold or laminate.

Education, not legal advice. Your charter, local rules and your attorney control. Guerrilla News, guerrilla.news/motions/

Glossary

Watch the motion training videos

Short lessons in the Government Transparency Academy walk through motions step by step, then a free quiz course earns your certificate.

Motions made easy videos Take the running meetings course Build your agenda

Guerrilla News is a nonprofit newsroom. This chart is education, not legal advice.

Motions chart for board members

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