Survival Tips on
Robert's Rules of Order

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Some Thoughts
Brown Act Classes for your Organization (3/28/12)
Robert's Rules of Order Superseded? (3/20/12)
    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
    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
 
Some California Code
California Brown Act CC 54950, et seq.
CA Brown Act (my notes).
Davis-Stirling Common Interest Dev. Act CC 1350, et seq.
 
If one is not armed with the fundamentals of parliamentary procedure, one will suffer surprising consequences such as the ones I have seen in various meetings. Read and be prepared.
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