What is the portion of the agenda that includes motions carried over from a previous meeting due to adjournment?

What is the portion of the agenda that includes motions carried over from a previous meeting due to adjournment?

• A. New business
• B. Unfinished business
• C. Consent agenda
• D. Pending items

Answer: (B)

Unfinished business covers motions that weren’t completed at the previous meeting because the session adjourned before a decision was reached. This section keeps those items in play, allowing members to resume discussion, consider amendments, and vote at the next meeting. It ensures work started earlier can be finished without starting over as new business. New business encompasses items brought up for the first time at the current meeting, not carried over from before. The consent agenda groups routine items to be approved together with minimal debate. While some groups might use a term like pending items, the formal Roberts’ Rules category for carried-over motions is unfinished business.

Unfinished business covers motions that weren’t completed at the previous meeting because the session adjourned before a decision was reached. This section keeps those items in play, allowing members to resume discussion, consider amendments, and vote at the next meeting. It ensures work started earlier can be finished without starting over as new business.

New business encompasses items brought up for the first time at the current meeting, not carried over from before. The consent agenda groups routine items to be approved together with minimal debate. While some groups might use a term like pending items, the formal Roberts’ Rules category for carried-over motions is unfinished business.