The Placement Board

Your responsibilities

• Place every resolution the House Resolutions Committee approves on the agenda, under the item where it will be heard.
• Set the order within each item, so the meeting hears related resolutions together and the most pressing in time.
• Keep each part of the agenda within the time it has.
• Place new approvals as they arrive, right up to the meeting.
• Save your placements, so the agenda is ready to publish.

How do I…?

1. Place resolutions on an agenda item
2. Move a resolution to another item
3. Reorder an item, or send a resolution back
4. Save, or undo what I haven't saved

Place resolutions on an agenda item

1. Open Steering › Placement Board.
2. Find the resolutions in the Unplaced pool on the left. Search items narrows it.
3. Tick each one to place, then choose Place selected… at the foot of the pool.
4. Choose the agenda item they belong under.
5. Choose Save at the top.

You can also drag a single resolution from the pool onto an agenda item’s column.

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Move a resolution to another item

1. Point at the placed resolution in its column. Its controls appear at the right.
2. Choose Move to another item, the arrow curving right.
3. Choose the agenda item it should move to.
4. Choose Save.

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Reorder an item, or send a resolution back

1. Point at the placed resolution. Its controls appear at the right, and a grip at the left.
2. To change the order, drag it by the grip to its new place in the column.
3. To take it off the agenda, choose Return to unplaced pool, the arrow curving left. It goes back to the pool.
4. Choose Save.

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Save, or undo what I haven't saved

1. Look at the bar at the top: it counts your unsaved changes.
2. Choose Save to keep them. The bar then reads All changes saved.
3. Or choose Discard to put everything back as it was at the last save.

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The screen, explained

The Board, the pool, and what a placed resolution can do.

Reading a column

Motion

A resolution placed under the item, with its number.

Group

Resolutions placed together, with how many it holds.

Chair · Project

Cues written on the agenda for the item, such as the chair’s words or a slide deck. They aren’t placed from the pool.

Steering › Placement Board

The Board

Placement happens here, and only here: the pool on the left, the agenda on the right.

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The pool and the agenda

The Unplaced pool lists every approved resolution not yet on the agenda. Each agenda item is a column, in running order, showing what is placed under it. The strip above is the day’s timeline, and Jump to item finds a column.

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From the pool

Placing resolutions

A resolution can be dragged onto a column, or several can be ticked and placed together.

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Find it in the pool

Search items narrows the pool by number or title, and All, Resolutions and Discussions by type.

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Tick several

Ticking resolutions gathers them for one placement. The button at the foot of the pool counts them: Place 2 selected…

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Choose the agenda item

The dialog lists the agenda items in order, each with its section. The one chosen is where the resolutions will be heard.

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Placed, not yet saved

The resolutions join the column after what was already there, and leave the pool. The bar at the top counts unsaved changes: Save keeps them, and Discard puts everything back.

On the agenda

A placed resolution

A placed resolution can be reordered, opened, moved or sent back without leaving the Board.

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Its controls

Pointing at a placed resolution shows its controls: drag it to reorder the item, show its full details, move it to another item, or return it to the unplaced pool.

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Full details

Full details show who moved and seconded the resolution, its status and when it was submitted.

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Move to another item

Move to another item lists the agenda in order. Choosing one moves the resolution there, ready to save.

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Save

Save keeps the placements: Placement saved, and the bar reads All changes saved. Delegates see them once the agenda is next published.

Screens from Govo’s test site, 2 November 2026, showing an invented organization and meeting. A live meeting’s Board looks the same, with its own agenda.

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