PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
Parliamentary Procedure provides members with the opportunity to showcase their knowledge around parliamentary procedure concepts. This competitive event consists of an objective test and a role play scenario.
Event Overview
Division: High School
Event Type: Team of 4 or 5 members
Event Category: Role Play Event
Event Elements: Objective Test and Role Play
Objective Test Time: 50 minutes
Role Play Time: 20-minute preparation time, 9-11-minute presentation time
NACE Connections: Career & Self-Development, Communication, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork
Equipment Provided by Competitors: Sharpened pencil for objective test and role play, reference materials for role play prep, Conference-provided nametag, Attire that meets the Florida FBLA Dress Code
Equipment Provided by FBLA: Secret problem/scenario for role play round
Objective Test Competencies
· Parliamentary Procedure Principles
· FBLA Bylaws
The objective test and presentation criteria for this event will be based on Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, 12th edition
District
Check with your District leadership for District-specific competition information.
State
Eligibility
· FBLA membership dues are paid by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on December 1 (or earlier date specified by District Director) of the current program year.
· Members may compete in an event at the State Leadership Conference (SLC) more than once if they have not previously placed in the top 10 of that event at the National Leadership Conference (NLC). If a member places in the top 10 of an event at the NLC, they are no longer eligible to compete in that event.
· Members must be registered for the SLC and pay the state conference registration fee in order to participate in competitive events.
· Members must stay in an official FBLA hotel to be eligible to compete.
· Each district may be represented by participant(s) based on the Florida FBLA scaled quota system found on the Florida FBLA website.
· Each member can only compete in one individual/team event and one chapter event (American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, Local Chapter Annual Business Report, Partnership with Business Project).
· Each competitor must compete in all parts of an event for award eligibility.
· All members of a team must consist of individuals from the same chapter.
· Competitors cannot be replaced or substituted in between the objective test and role play time.
· If competitors are late for an objective test, they may be either disqualified or permitted to begin late with no extension of the time as scheduled.
Recognition
· The number of teams will determine the number of winners. The maximum number of winners for each competitive event is 5.
Event Administration
· This event is two rounds: objective test and role play
· Objective Test
o Objective Test Time: 50 minutes
o Objective Test Questions: 100 questions
o This event is an objective test administered at the SLC.
o No reference or study materials may be brought to the testing site.
o Competitors must test individually, starting within minutes of each other. Individual test scores will be averaged for a team score.
· Role Play Presentation
o Preparation Time: 20 minutes
o Presentation Time: 9-11 minutes (one-minute warning)
o Question & Answer: None
o The top 5 scoring teams will advance to the role play final round.
o The finalists will be sequestered before the first performance to receive instructions and time assignments. Twenty (20) minutes before their performance time, individuals will receive the case study. A team entering sequestering after the first performance has begun will be disqualified.
o The role play will be given to simulate a regular chapter meeting. The role play will be given to the competitors at the beginning of their assigned preparation time.
o Parliamentary procedure reference materials may be used during the preparation period but not during the presentation itself. The following items may be taken into the prep and presentation room: a gavel/sounding block, a copy of the role play, the treasurer’s report, and a copy of the minutes from a preceding meeting. The treasurer’s report and minutes are created prior to the competition time.
o Presentations must include presentation of procedures that are used in a complete regular meeting of the chapter from the time the meeting is called to order until it is adjourned. Items designated in the role play must be included in the appropriate order of business, but other items also should be taken up during the meeting. The secretary will take notes, but notes will not be transcribed into minutes.
o The role play may or may not include class of motions, but all five classes of motions – main, subsidiary, privileged, incidental, and motions that bring a question again before the assembly – must be demonstrated during the presentation.
o No script, reference materials, visual aids, or electronic devices may be brought to or used during the presentation, except for a gavel/sounding block. Competitors may not adjust seats at the table in the presentation room.
o All team members are expected to actively participate in the role play.
o Competition ethics demand that competitors and audience members do not discuss or reveal the role play until the event has ended.
Scoring
· The team-averaged objective test score determines the top 15 teams advancing to role play round.
· The final role play round scores only will be used to determine winners.
· Objective test scores will be used to break a tie.
· Decisions of the judges are final.
Recording of Presentations
· No unauthorized audio or video recording devices will be allowed in any competitive event.
· Participants in the events should be aware FBLA reserves the right to record any presentation for use in study or training materials.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
· FBLA meets the criteria specified in the Americans with Disabilities Act for all competitors with accommodations submitted through the conference registration system by the registration deadline.
Penalty Points
· Competitors may be disqualified if they violate the Competitive Event Guidelines or the Honor Code.
Electronic Devices
· All electronic devices such as cell phones, headphones, and watches of any type must not be brought to the event.
National
Be sure to see the National guidelines at https://www.fbla.org/divisions/fbla/fbla-competitive-events/