Publication Date:December 24, 2004 Shipping:Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability:Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description If you belong to any type of organization—from school board to garden club to bowling league to trade association—chances are this book can save you many boring meeting minutes. Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised is the current authoritative guide for properly conducting everything from sessions of the U.S. Senate or House of Representative to meetings of neighborhood associations. This friendly guide translates Robert’s Rules into principles you can understand and apply the next time Billy Bully tries to dominate the discussion or Debbie Dictator issues another edict. If you’ve ever been frustrated at the way condominium association business was (or wasn’t) conducted or fidgeted while PTA members debated whether to have goldfish or pencils as prizes for the elementary school carnival, this is the book for you. Written by a Professional Registered Parliamentarian, it covers:
The basics of bylaws that establish the real framework of your organization, and nine things that should be covered
The requirements for a legal meeting
How to use an agenda to plan your meeting and keep things on track
Following the standard order of business
How to put ideas into motion and the eight steps to handling a motion
Voting procedure and different methods of voting
The functions and characteristics of seven subsidiary motions, five privileged motions, fifteen incidental motions, and four motions which bring a question again before the assembly
Nomination procedures, holding elections, and making appointments
With Robert’s Rules For Dummies, you’ll not only discover how to hold more effective meetings, you’ll get advice for dealing with malcontents or monopolizers who can disrupt, derail, or prolong meetings. And if you’re in a leadership position, you’ll get great information on:
Running meetings efficiently and fairly
Effectively using standing and special committees
Ensuring proper paperwork, including minutes, treasurer’s reports, committee reports, and more
Handling discipline or removing officers or members
Complete with a glossary of parliamentary terms and sample agendas, reports, and minutes, this guide has everything you need but a gavel. Whether you belong to an elite country club or a civic organization, an investment club or a volunteer fire department, when you use the principles in this book, meetings won’t be dominated by the loudest or pushiest member or go on and on and on and on and on….
Very Helpful to Condo BoardNovember 18, 2008 I bought this book for our new Board of Directors at our Florida Condo Association. Since we are all new at this, your book has been invaluable helping us conduct our meetings "by the book". Thank you for the quick delivery and great price. Ann
A Real GemNovember 6, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As the parliamentarian for a small non-profit corporation, I found Mr. Jennings book a real time saver. Plowing through Robert's Rules of Order can be a real challenge and using Robert's Rules for Dummies is well organized and covers all of the questions I need to work with my Board and our 200+ members. I highly recommend it for novice parliamentarians.
YESAugust 22, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This helped me out of a parliamentarian predicament. Easy to use. Fairly thorough.
GoodAugust 6, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well worth the $$, if you need to know the rules of order for your meetings then start here!
This book is outstandingMay 16, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Alan does a fabulous job making sense of Robert's Rules. I became a new Chairman of a committee with no experience in the Rules. After reading his book I felt confident I could run the meeting in the proper format. I now keep the book with me at all meetings as a handy reference. Thanks for a great resource. Also, I love the way he gives relevant examples of potential circumstances and how to negotiate your way through the parlimentary maze.
