Robert’s Rules For Dummies

All in favor of improving meeting procedures, say Aye! Trying to keep your in-person and virtual meetings on track and running smoothly? You need Robert's Rules of Order! These rules for conducting meetings have stood the test of time as the gold standard for practical and effective procedure in group settings like corporate and nonprofit boards, councils, and more. And there's no better way to learn the latest version of the rules than with Robert's Rules For Dummies. This handy guide demystifies the Rules and offers readers a practical roadmap to applying efficient procedures to everything from conducting online and in-person meetings to voting by email. It also: Contains brand-new, updated content on the latest 12th Edition of Robert s Rules Offers sample meeting agendas, minutes, scripts, and other material to show you how the pros keep meeting records Walks you through the basic and not so basic ways to nominate and elect officers and directors in organizations Ideal for board members, convention delegates, business owners, nonprofit executives, and anyone else trying to maintain an orderly flow of business online or in person Robert s Rules For Dummies is a need-to-read resource that will make you wonder how you ever survived without it.

All in favor of improving meeting procedures, say Aye!Trying to keep your in-person and virtual meetings on track and running smoothly? You need Robert's Rules of Order! These rules for conducting meetings have stood the test of time as the gold standard for practical and effective procedure in group settings like corporate and nonprofit boards, councils, and more. And there's no better way to learn the latest version of the rules than with Robert's Rules For Dummies.This handy guide demystifies the Rules and offers readers a practical roadmap to applying efficient procedures to everything from conducting online and in-person meetings to voting by email. It also:* Contains brand-new, updated content on the latest 12th Edition of Robert's Rules* Offers sample meeting agendas, minutes, scripts, and other material to show you how the pros keep meeting records* Walks you through the basic--and not so basic--ways to nominate and elect officers and directors in organizationsIdeal for board members, convention delegates, business owners, nonprofit executives, and anyone else trying to maintain an orderly flow of business--online or in person--Robert's Rules For Dummies is a need-to-read resource that will make you wonder how you ever survived without it.

Introduction 1Part 1: It's Parliamentary, My Dear: Participating Effectively in Meetings 9Chapter 1: Following the Rules (Robert's, That Is) 11Chapter 2: Defining the Organization: Bylaws and Other Rules 23Chapter 3: Meetings: Making Group Decisions 47Chapter 4: Notice and a Quorum 69Chapter 5: Ordering Business: The Agenda 83Part 2: Motions: Putting Ideas into Action 97Chapter 6: Main Motions: Proposing Ideas for Group Action 99Chapter 7: Debate: Discussing the Pros and Cons of Ideas 125Chapter 8: Making Group Decisions: Voting on the Motion 147Chapter 9: Subsidiary Motions: Helping to Process the Main Motion 175Chapter 10: Privileged Motions: Getting through the Meeting 211Chapter 11: Incidental Motions: Dealing with Questions of Procedure 229Chapter 12: Looking At Motions That Bring a Question Again Before the Assembly 269Part 3: Getting Involved in Leadership 293Chapter 13: Who's Going to Do the Work? Following Nomination Procedures 295Chapter 14: Holding Elections and Making Appointments 311Chapter 15: Running the Show: Officers and Directors 329Chapter 16: Gearing Up for the Real Action: Committees 351Chapter 17: Reporting to Your Organization 367Chapter 18: Disciplining and Removing Officers or Members 385Chapter 19: Starting a New Association 401Chapter 20: The Convention of Delegates: A Special Kind of Assembly 415Part 4: The Part of Tens 429Chapter 21: Ten (Plus Two) Meeting Procedure Myths 431Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Presiding Officers 441Chapter 23: Ten Motion Mistakes to Avoid 449Chapter 24: Ten Custom Rules to Consider 457Chapter 25: Ten Considerations for Electronic Meetings 467Appendix: Glossary of Parliamentary Terms 475Index 491