Robert's Rules of Order : The Standard Guide to Parliamentary Procedure - Will Eisner

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Robert's Rules of Order

The Standard Guide to Parliamentary Procedure

By: Will Eisner

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Paperback | 1 October 1986 | Edition Number 1

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This definitive edition of the original "Robert''s" presents rules of order, motions, debate, conduct of business, and adjournment. All problems of conducting a successful meeting smoothly and fairly are resolved.

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Table of Rules Relating to Motions	p. 9
Preface	p. 15
Introduction	p. 18
Parliamentary Law	p. 18
Plan of the Work	p. 21
Definitions and Common Errors	p. 24
Rules of Order
Introduction of Business	p. 26
How Introduced	p. 27
Obtaining the Floor	p. 28
What Precedes Debate on a Question	p. 29
What Motions to be in Writing, and How they shall be Divided	p. 32
Modification of a Motion by Mover	p. 33
General Classification of Motions	p. 36
Principal or Main Motions	p. 36
Subsidiary or Secondary Motions	p. 36
Incidental Motions	p. 37
Privileged Motions	p. 38
Motions and Their Order of Precedence	p. 39
Privileged Motions	p. 39
To Fix the Time to which to Adjourn	p. 39
Adjourn	p. 40
Questions of Privilege	p. 42
Orders of the Day	p. 44
Incidental Motions	p. 48
Appeal [Questions of Order]	p. 48
Objection to the Consideration of a Question	p. 50
Reading Papers	p. 51
Withdrawal of a Motion	p. 52
Suspension of the Rules	p. 52
Subsidiary Motions	p. 53
Lay on the Table	p. 53
Previous Question	p. 55
Postpone to a Certain Day	p. 64
Commit [or Refer]	p. 65
Amend	p. 67
Postpone Indefinitely	p. 72
Miscellaneous Motions	p. 72
Rescind	p. 72
Renewal of a Motion	p. 73
Reconsideration	p. 75
Committees and Informal Action	p. 80
Committees	p. 80
Committees Form of their Reports	p. 83
Committees Reception Reports	p. 85
Committees Adoption Reports	p. 86
Committee of the Whole	p. 90
Informal Consideration of a Question	p. 93
Debate and Decorum	p. 94
Debate	p. 94
Undebatable Questions and those Opening the Main Question to Debate	p. 97
Decorum in Debate	p. 100
Closing Debate, Methods of	p. 102
Vote	p. 103
Voting, Various Modes of	p. 103
Motions Requiring More than a Majority Vote	p. 108
The Officers and the Minutes	p. 112
Chairman or President	p. 112
Clerk, or Secretary, and the Minutes	p. 117
Miscellaneous	p. 121
Session	p. 121
Quorum	p. 124
Order of Business	p. 126
Amendment of the Rules of Order, etc.	p. 127
Organization and Conduct of Business
Organization and Meetings	p. 129
An Occasional or Mass Meeting	p. 129
Organization	p. 129
Adoption of Resolutions	p. 133
Committee on Resolutions	p. 136
Additional Officers	p. 143
A Convention or Assembly of Delegates	p. 143
A Permanent Society	p. 148
First Meeting	p. 148
Secoind Meeting	p. 154
Constitutions, By-Laws, Rules of Order and Standing Rules	p. 161
Officers and Committees	p. 165
President or Chairman	p. 165
Secretary, or Clerk, and the Minutes	p. 170
Treasurer	p. 174
Committees	p. 179
Introduction of Business	p. 183
Introduction of Business	p. 183
Motions	p. 186
Motions Classified According to their Object	p. 186
To Mofidy or Amend	p. 189
Amend	p. 189
Commit or refer	p. 190
To Defer Action	p. 191
Postpone to a certain time	p. 191
Lay on the table	p. 191
To Suppress Debate	p. 192
Previous Question	p. 192
An Order Limiting or Closing Debate	p. 193
To Suppress the Question	p. 194
Objection to its consideration	p. 194
Postpone indefinitely	p. 195
Lay on the Table	p. 195
To Consider a Question the Second Time
Reconsider	p. 196
Orders and Rules	p. 198
Orders of the Day	p. 198
Special Orders	p. 199
Suspension of the Rules	p. 199
Questions of Order	p. 199
Appeal	p. 200
Miscellaneous	p. 201
Reading of Papers	p. 201
Withdrawal of a Motion	p. 201
Questions of Privilege	p. 201
To Close a Meeting	p. 202
Fix the Time to which to Adjourn	p. 202
Adjourn	p. 202
Miscellaneous	p. 203
Debate	p. 203
Forms of Stating and Putting Questions	p. 204
Miscellaneous
Right of an Assembly to Punish its Members	p. 208
Right of an Assembly to Eject anyone from its Place of Meeting	p. 209
Rights of Ecclesiastical Tribunals	p. 210
Trial of Members of Societies	p. 211
Call of the House	p. 213
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