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  2. Unanimous consent - Wikipedia

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    Unanimous consent is frequently used to approve the minutes. [14] If no one has corrections to the minutes, they are approved without a formal vote by unanimous consent. [17] In this special case of unanimous consent, the only way to object to the approval of the minutes is to offer a correction to it. [17]

  3. Talk Back: Consent agendas score a viguple bogey - AOL

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    Meet the consent agenda. A mish-mash of action items councils and commissions love to lump under a single heading, then rubber stamp.

  4. Consensus decision-making - Wikipedia

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    Facilitators accept responsibility for moving through the agenda on time; ensuring the group adheres to the mutually agreed-upon mechanics of the consensus process; and, if necessary, suggesting alternate or additional discussion or decision-making techniques, such as go-arounds, break-out groups or role-playing.

  5. Meeting (parliamentary procedure) - Wikipedia

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    A session is a meeting or series of connected meetings devoted to a single order of business, program, agenda, or announced purpose. [2] [3] An organization's bylaws may define a specific meaning of the term "session." In most organizations, each session consists of only a single meeting (i.e. "session" and "meeting" are equivalent terms in ...

  6. Requests and inquiries - Wikipedia

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    Generally, these requests are handled by unanimous consent. [17] Otherwise, a majority vote would grant the request. Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure states that requests for any unallowable purpose need unanimous consent, and a single objection defeats consent, unless the organization's laws or the assembly's usual practices ...

  7. The Engineering of Consent - Wikipedia

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    The threat of engineered consent in democracy has been expressed in a textbook on American government: [3] Under modern conditions of political advertising and manipulation, it has become possible to talk of the engineering of consent by an elite of experts and professional politicians.

  8. Debate (parliamentary procedure) - Wikipedia

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    When a motion has been made and is before the assembly, the process of debate could help the assembly determine whether to take action on the proposal. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) says, "Debate, rightly understood, is an essential element in the making of rational decisions of consequence by intelligent people."

  9. Turn on or off vacation response in New AOL Mail

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    Are you going to be away from your email for a while? Setting up an automatic response will let your contacts know why you're away and when to expect you back.