Guide for Meetings and Organisations, Volume 2: Guide for Meetings

by N.E. Renton

About one million formal meetings are held in Australia each year. This book is essential reading for all those participating in such meetings - whether as chairman, as secretary or just as an ordinary member. It shows how to make meetings more effective and how to speed them up.

It covers in logical sequence and explains in plain language the stages of a meeting, chairing a meeting, motions, amendments, procedural motions, points of order, voting methods, notices, minutes, proxies and standing orders.

This book discusses many practical aspects of meetings procedure not covered in Joske. The chapter dealing with shareholders' meetings analyses many matters of interest both to the organisers of such gatherings and to the participants in them.

The book also covers electronic meetings and meetings of family trusts, private companies, local government bodies, retirement village committees and strata title bodies corporate.

With a Foreword by Ian O Spicer and a very comprehensive Index.

344 pages, Paperback

Published May 12, 2005

About the author

Nick Renton is an Australian actuary and the author of nearly 70 books, many on investment, business, taxation and retirement issues. He maintains a web site of over 150 pages. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2004.