Using motions to keep meetings focussed

Use motions as a discipline to keep the chairman and the participants in the meeting focussed. If discussion has to be limited to the motion under consideration then it should stay focussed, and this is a great vehicle for the chairman to use, and for other participants to use to remind people who digress from the subject under discussion.

If they have a different suggestion for implementation, and it is too far from the motion under discussion for an amendment, suggest it be discussed as a different motion either at this meeting or at a more appropriate time.