[ibis-macro] Re: What does "Tabled" Mean

From: "Mirmak, Michael" <michael.mirmak@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "wkatz@xxxxxxxxxx" <wkatz@xxxxxxxxxx>, IBIS-ATM <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 16:36:17 +0000

As mentioned in the Open Forum, it should be noted that the UK usage of
"tabled" is the exact opposite of the US usage.  In UK English, to "table" is
to bring the motion for consideration and voting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure)

  *   MM

From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Walter Katz
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 11:29 AM
To: IBIS-ATM <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ibis-macro] What does "Tabled" Mean

All,

This is really an Open Forum issue, but I thought it would be good to discuss
it in ATM first. The question is "What does tabled mean". There are two
definitions that I found:

  1.  Postpone consideration of.
  2.  A senator may move to table any pending question. ... The motion is used
to dispose quickly of questions the Senate does not wish to consider further.

In Congress, if a motion is voted on and fails, it is not "Rejected" as we do
in IBIS, it is "Tabled". This is probably a totally academic discussion,
COVID-19 gives us plenty of time to opine about totally academic issues, but
here we are.

At every Open Forum meeting our chair asks if we wish to Un-Table any BIRD.
This is the "Postpone consideration of" interpretation. I think this wastes
about 20 seconds of each IBIS Open Forum. With 20 attendees and an annual
burdened cost of an engineer $150,000. That is 20*150,000/2000=$1500/hour for
IBIS meetings. 20 seconds is 1500/(60*3) ~ $10.

I will defer to the chair if he chooses to ask each week if there is a motion
to un-table any of the tabled BIRDs. At 15 or so Open Forum meetings per year
there is a potential saving of $150.

Walter

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References:
- [ibis-macro] What does "Tabled" Mean
  - From: Walter Katz

[ibis-macro] Re: What does "Tabled" Mean

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