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    Before the Motion
  1. Bylaws - Best Advice
  2. The Agenda
  3. Unfinished Business vs Old Business
  4. Entitled to be Heard
  5. Totally Wrong Phrases
  6. Unanimous Consent
  7. Meeting vs Session
  8. Using the 6 Steps to Get Your Way
  9. Notice and the Vote (4/6/11)
    After the Motion
  1. Counting Votes; Voting Results
  2. 2/3 Vote vs Majority
  3. Motions Adopted, Yet Still Not Final
  4. Rescind, Repeal, Annul
    During the Motion
  1. 6 Steps to Each Motion
  2. Some General Exceptions
  3. When the 6 Steps Do Not Apply
  4. 4 Motions Always Out of Order
  5. 5 Ways to Modify a Motion
  6. 3 Ways to Amend a Motion
  7. Unamendable Motions
  8. Undebatable Motions
  9. Do Not Interrupt
  10. Suspend the Rules (4/6/11)
 
Some California Code
California Brown Act CC 54950, et seq.
Davis-Stirling Common Interest Dev. Act CC 1350, et seq.
 
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RONR (Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th Ed., 2011, Da Capo Press, 716 p)

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