{"id":20446,"date":"2024-11-04T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T21:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/?page_id=20446"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:17:26","slug":"order-of-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/4-h\/volunteer-resources\/youth-friendly-parliamentary-procedure\/order-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Order of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--style-boxed \">\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__background\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg 1313w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg 768w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1313px) 100vw, 1313px\"\n\t\talt=\"4-H Grows Here logo in green with 4-H clover at right on a black background\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__overlay\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__inner-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wsu-hero__title\">Order of Business<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"program-contact \">\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/wp-content\/plugins\/cahnrs-extension-plugin\/assets\/images\/four-h.png\"\n\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"75\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"extension-program-icon\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Program Icon.\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"program-contact-info\">\n\t\t<h2>Program Contact<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tAutumn Britt, 4-H Program Manager<br>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Phone Number<\/span>509-588-7817\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Email Address<\/span> \u2022\n\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:autumn.britt@wsu.edu\">autumn.britt@wsu.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Adapted from &#8220;Order of Business:  4-H Club Meeting&#8221; created by Kirk Astroth, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, by Alison White, Washington State University Extension, October 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants will learn how a business meeting is organized and determine how they might want to organize their own club meeting agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Materials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Notecards or piece of paper pre-printed with one agenda item each from a typical business meeting:  Call to Order, Welcome Guests (if any), Committee Reports (if any), Roll Call, Treasurer&#8217;s Report, Adjourn Business Meeting, Announcements, Pledges, Correspondence (if any), Social Time, Minutes, Unfinished Business, Educational Program or Project Work, New Business<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create one set of notecards for each group of participants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A large workspace to spread out the cards, such as a floor, table, or outdoor space around which all participants can gather<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Procedure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>If this activity is being done by a small group, participants can work as a single team.  If the group is larger than six participants, the facilitator may want to divide them into teams of two to four individuals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distribute the set of cards to each team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask participants to work together to assemble the business meeting agenda from start to finish.  Encourage them to talk through their reasoning in order to come up with their final order.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After the group has their final order, go through what they&#8217;ve come up with.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have the group explain their reasoning for the meeting agenda they&#8217;ve created.  If there are items out of order, allow them to share why their way makes more sense for their club.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Debrief Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>How did the group decide the order of business &#8211; was it through consensus, majority vote, or another method?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Was it difficult to determine the order of business?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does an agenda help the group conduct their meeting?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How might a business agenda look differently in a 4-H club than in another organization, like a charity, church, or school?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What order makes most sense for your 4-H club and why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Variations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hand out one card to each participant and have them organize themselves in a line to represent the order of the business meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If this is a review activity, don&#8217;t allow participants to talk while they organize their meeting as an extra challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Standard 4-H Club Meeting Agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Call to Order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pledges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Welcome Guests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roll Call<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Correspondence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Treasurer&#8217;s Report<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Committee Reports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unfinished Business<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Business<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Announcements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjourn Business Meeting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Educational Program, Project Work, or Demonstrations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Time (games and\/or refreshments)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta  wsu-text-align--left\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/4-h\/volunteer-resources\/youth-friendly-parliamentary-procedure\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--style-action\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tBack to Youth-Friendly Parliamentary Procedure\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta  wsu-text-align--left\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/4-h\/volunteer-resources\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--style-action\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tBack to Volunteer Resources\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adapted from &#8220;Order of Business: 4-H Club Meeting&#8221; created by Kirk Astroth, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, by Alison White, Washington State University Extension, October 2017. 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