The meeting began 5 minutes late with the standard indigenous statement, an acknowledgement of International Womens’ Day, and a note about the ongoing REDress project. The chair says that in chambers and CLH no audio or visual recordings are allowed as per Senate rules. She also mentions something about social media, even though the rules make no mention of it (ergo my thread is within the rules). Nobody challenged this or breached the rules, save for a student reporter who was chastised by a community member for taking a picture of CLH B.

The chair begins: “Special meetings can only deal with business in a petition. Motions are reviewed [by the SEC, who sets Senate agendas] to ensure they’re ready for consideration. The motion was deemed ‘premature’ due to lack of jurisdictional consideration.”

Immediately after, a Senator (who I understand to be Richard Wellen but cannot confirm) challenges the chair’s decision to rule his motion “out of order.” This is the topic for the next hour.

The senator and the chair argue back and forth about definitions and procedures. While the chair asserts that the motion was deferred and not ruled Out of Order (therefore unacceptable to challenge), the Senator argues that a deferral doesn’t exist as per the rules of Senate: It can be ruled in order or out of order only (and it seems he’s right).

The chair argues that the executive can delay a motion if it’s unclear or lacks rationale, before the senator reveals that information he provided with the motion was ignored and not distributed to the SEC. It’s at this point (15:27) that the chair decides to call a vote to oppose the deferral of the meeting.