An official announcement, given verbally or in writing, of an item of business that will be introduced at the meeting. Certain motions require ________ ______.

An official announcement, given verbally or in writing, of an item of business that will be introduced at the meeting. Certain motions require ________ ______.

• A. Agenda
• B. Previous Notice
• C. Call to Order
• D. Post Notice

Answer: (B)

Previous notice means informing members ahead of time that a motion or item of business will be brought before the group. An official announcement of that proposed action, whether spoken at the meeting or written beforehand, is what constitutes previous notice. This requirement exists for certain motions to give members time to consider the proposal and prepare their input, ensuring fair and informed debate. If notice isn’t given when it’s required, the motion often cannot be acted upon at that meeting or must be postponed until proper notice is provided, unless the assembly agrees to suspend the rule. The other terms don’t capture this concept: an agenda is just the planned list of items, the call to order is the opening of the meeting, and post notice, while related, is not the formal term for the advance notice described here.

Previous notice means informing members ahead of time that a motion or item of business will be brought before the group. An official announcement of that proposed action, whether spoken at the meeting or written beforehand, is what constitutes previous notice. This requirement exists for certain motions to give members time to consider the proposal and prepare their input, ensuring fair and informed debate. If notice isn’t given when it’s required, the motion often cannot be acted upon at that meeting or must be postponed until proper notice is provided, unless the assembly agrees to suspend the rule. The other terms don’t capture this concept: an agenda is just the planned list of items, the call to order is the opening of the meeting, and post notice, while related, is not the formal term for the advance notice described here.