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An '''agenda''' is a list of meeting activities in the order in which they are to be taken up, beginning with the call to order and ending with adjournment. It usually includes one or more specific items of [[business]] to be considered. It may, but is not required to, include specific times for one or more activities. An agenda may also be called a docket.
==Etymology==
[[Original]]ly agenda was a plural [[word]], a [[Latin]] term for "[[Work|things]] [needing] to be done". What is now known as an agenda is a list of [[individual]] items, each of which was originally referred to as an ''agendum''. In modern [[English]], however, it is equally acceptable, and more common, to refer to the list as a whole as the agenda for the meeting. This modern English word is singular, and has a plural of agendas.
==Explanation==
In [[business]] meetings of deliberative bodies, the agenda may also be known as the orders of the day. The agenda is usually distributed to a meeting's participants prior to the meeting, so that they will be aware of the subjects to be [[discussed]], and are able to prepare for the meeting accordingly.
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_procedure parliamentary procedure], an agenda is not binding upon an assembly unless its own rules make it so, or unless it has been adopted as the agenda for the meeting by majority vote at the start of the meeting. Otherwise, it is merely for the guidance of the chair.
If an agenda is binding upon an assembly, and a specific [[time]] is listed for an item, that item cannot be taken up before that time, and must be taken up when that time arrives even if other [[business]] is pending. If it is desired to do otherwise, the rules can be suspended for that [[purpose]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
An '''agenda''' is a list of meeting activities in the order in which they are to be taken up, beginning with the call to order and ending with adjournment. It usually includes one or more specific items of [[business]] to be considered. It may, but is not required to, include specific times for one or more activities. An agenda may also be called a docket.
==Etymology==
[[Original]]ly agenda was a plural [[word]], a [[Latin]] term for "[[Work|things]] [needing] to be done". What is now known as an agenda is a list of [[individual]] items, each of which was originally referred to as an ''agendum''. In modern [[English]], however, it is equally acceptable, and more common, to refer to the list as a whole as the agenda for the meeting. This modern English word is singular, and has a plural of agendas.
==Explanation==
In [[business]] meetings of deliberative bodies, the agenda may also be known as the orders of the day. The agenda is usually distributed to a meeting's participants prior to the meeting, so that they will be aware of the subjects to be [[discussed]], and are able to prepare for the meeting accordingly.
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_procedure parliamentary procedure], an agenda is not binding upon an assembly unless its own rules make it so, or unless it has been adopted as the agenda for the meeting by majority vote at the start of the meeting. Otherwise, it is merely for the guidance of the chair.
If an agenda is binding upon an assembly, and a specific [[time]] is listed for an item, that item cannot be taken up before that time, and must be taken up when that time arrives even if other [[business]] is pending. If it is desired to do otherwise, the rules can be suspended for that [[purpose]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
