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Table (Lay on the Table) <br />Sometimes a meeting wants to lay a main motion aside temporarily without setting a time for resuming its <br />consideration but with the provision that the motion can be taken up again whenever the majority so decides. This is <br />'ccomplished by a motion to table or to lay on the table. Tabling should only be used to take up something very urgent <br />and then return to the tabled motion. <br />Adjourn <br />A member can propose to close the meeting entirely and immediately by moving to adjourn. This motion can be made <br />and the meeting can adjourn even while business is pending, providing that the time for the next meeting is established <br />by a rule of the association or has been set by the meeting. In such a case, unfinished business is carried over to the next <br />meeting. <br />A motion to adjourn may not interrupt another speaker, must be seconded, is not debatable, is not amendable, cannot be <br />reconsidered, and requires a majority vote. <br />Recess <br />A member can propose a short intermission in a meeting, even while business is pending, by moving to recess for a <br />specified length of time. <br />A motion to take a recess may not interrupt another speaker, must be seconded, is not debatable, can be amended (for <br />example, to change the length of the recess), cannot be reconsidered, and requires a majority vote. <br />Source: Sonoma State University Academic Senate <br />