Edition |
Eleventh edition / <[<[new and enlarged edition by Sarah Corbin Robert ... [and others] ; with the assistance of Daniel E. Seabold, Shmuel Gerber. |
Description |
lii, 716, 48 pages ; 17 cm |
Note |
"New and enhanced features of this edition include: clarified procedures for adopting an agenda, preparing and approving the minutes, and conducting board and committee meetings; more fully explained rules for counting ballots and resolving election disputes, plus a new quick-reference guide for tellers; a new subsection on electronic meetings; Important clarifications regarding the powers of an organization's Executive Board in relation to the general membership; detailed guidance for dealing with misconduct by officers and for holding disciplinary trials."--P. [4] of cover. |
Summary |
The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure. |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
The deliberative assembly : its types and their rules -- The conduct of business in a deliberative assembly -- Description of motions in all classifications -- Meeting and session -- The main motion -- Subsidiary motions -- Privileged motions -- Incidental motions -- Motions that bring a question again before the assembly -- Renewal of motions : dilatory and improper motions -- Quorum : order of business and related concepts -- Assignment of the floor : debate -- Voting -- Nominations and elections -- Officers : minutes and officers' reports -- Boards and committees -- Mass meetings : organization of a permanent society -- Bylaws -- Conventions -- Disciplinary procedures -- Charts, tables, and lists |
Subject |
Parliamentary practice.
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Group Processes -- Handbooks.
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Congresses as Topic -- Handbooks.
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Organizations -- organization & administration -- Handbooks.
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Organization and Administration -- Handbooks.
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Added Author |
Robert, Sarah Corbin.
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Seabold, Daniel E.
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Gerber, Shmuel.
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ISBN |
030682020X paperback |
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9780306820205 paperback $18.95 |
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0306820218 hdc. |
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9780306820212 hdc. |
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0306820226 leatherbound |
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9780306820229 leatherbound |
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