No, it does mean to put it on the table (as opposed to leaving it in the hands of those discussing it) to be considered later.
In my description of untabling (to coin a word), I should have said the subsequent motion would be to take it back off the table (rather than putting it back on the table). Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: Euric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 20:07 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; U.S. Metric Association >Subject: Re: [USMA:30658] Re: metric signs > > >Maybe the US meaning has something to do with putting it under the table. >That is hide it from view, to forget about it. > >Euric > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, 2004-08-06 20:55 >Subject: [USMA:30658] Re: metric signs > > >> Your U.S. definition of tabling is not entirely accurate. >> >> One tables a motion for later consideration. The motion to table a motion >> may specify that it be brought up at the next meeting, a subsequent >meeting, >> or at a time yet to be determined. >> >> At a subsequent meeting, there may be a motion to place it back on the >> table. >> >> A motion may go away completely, either as a result of the mover >withdrawing >> it or as a result of an adverse vote (i.e., defeat) when someone "calls >for >> the question." ("I call for the question" simply means "Can we >vote now?") >> >> Bill Potts, CMS >> Roseville, CA >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Behalf Of Stephen Gallagher >> >Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:03 >> >To: U.S. Metric Association >> >Subject: [USMA:30650] Re: metric signs >> > >> > >> >(snip) >> > >> >> The issue of metric sinage was tabled >> >> years before the >> >> "official" metric conversion deadline >> > >> >Note to our non-US participants: >> > >> >to say that the issue of metric signage was >> >"tabled" means that it was dismissed or removed >> >from discussion. >> > >> >The reason I mention this is that in most >> >other English speaking countries, when an >> >issue is tabled it means the opposite from >> >the US definition. In other words, it means >> >that the topic is brought out to be discussed. >> > >> >Stephen Gallagher >> >> >
