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Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules: Fifth Edition
NAMED AN "EDITOR'S PICK" BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AS "A BOOK OF OUTSTANDING QUALITY."
Answers You Need Now about Robert’s Rules of Order!
For organizations that follow Robert’s Rule of Order—including nonprofit associations, unions, HOA and condo associations, houses of worship, and governmental bodies—the new Twelfth Edition published is 2020 is your manual. However, at 714 pages of small print, Robert’s can be intimating and confusing.
Notes and Comments on Robert’s Rules, Fifth Edition, makes Robert’s Rules of Order accessible and an easy-to-use tool.
In this authoritative guide, you’ll find questions and answers covering the most misused and asked-about provisions of Robert’s, including those that apply to larger membership meetings. Other key features include:
✓ Updated page and paragraph references to the latest Robert’s.
✓ Extensive discussion of electronic/virtual/hybrid meetings.
✓ Practical advice from decades of professional experience working with meetings ranging from small community association boards to conventions with 10,000 delegates.
✓ Discussions of why certain provisions are included in Robert’s.
✓ A comparison of Robert’s with other commonly used parliamentary manuals.
✓ Extensive notes exploring parliamentary differences and history, for those who want to know more.
✓ Simplified charts of parliamentary motions for quick reference.
Answers You Need Now about Robert’s Rules of Order!
For organizations that follow Robert’s Rule of Order—including nonprofit associations, unions, HOA and condo associations, houses of worship, and governmental bodies—the new Twelfth Edition published is 2020 is your manual. However, at 714 pages of small print, Robert’s can be intimating and confusing.
Notes and Comments on Robert’s Rules, Fifth Edition, makes Robert’s Rules of Order accessible and an easy-to-use tool.
In this authoritative guide, you’ll find questions and answers covering the most misused and asked-about provisions of Robert’s, including those that apply to larger membership meetings. Other key features include:
✓ Updated page and paragraph references to the latest Robert’s.
✓ Extensive discussion of electronic/virtual/hybrid meetings.
✓ Practical advice from decades of professional experience working with meetings ranging from small community association boards to conventions with 10,000 delegates.
✓ Discussions of why certain provisions are included in Robert’s.
✓ A comparison of Robert’s with other commonly used parliamentary manuals.
✓ Extensive notes exploring parliamentary differences and history, for those who want to know more.
✓ Simplified charts of parliamentary motions for quick reference.
240 pages, Paperback
Published September 13, 2022
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About the author
Jim Slaughter
5 books15 followersJim Slaughter is an attorney, Certified Professional Parliamentarian, Professional Registered Parliamentarian, and past President of the American College of Parliamentary Lawyers. He is author of four books on meeting procedure, including Robert's Rules of Order Fast Track and Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules, Fifth Edition.
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October 30, 2022
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For organizations that follow Robert’s Rule of Order—including nonprofit associations, unions, HOA and condo associations, houses of worship, and governmental bodies—the new Twelfth Edition published in 2020 is your manual. However, at 714 pages, Robert’s can be intimating and confusing.
My other book published this year, "Robert's Rules of Order Fast Track," is a brief go-to guide that provides details on the most used motions, appropriate informal procedures for smaller boards, and general advice for shortening meetings. "Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules, Fifth Edition" complements the Fast Track guide, but is much more thorough and is for those who want to know more.
The format of "Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules, Fifth Edition" is question-and-answer covering the most misused and asked-about provisions of Robert’s, including those that apply to larger membership meetings. Other key features include.
• Updated page and paragraph references to the latest Robert’s.
• Extensive discussion of electronic/virtual/hybrid meetings.
• Practical advice from decades of professional experience working with meetings ranging from small community association boards to conventions with 10,000 delegates.
• Discussions of why certain provisions are included in Robert’s.
• A comparison of Robert’s with other commonly used parliamentary manuals.
• Extensive notes exploring parliamentary differences and history, for those who want to know more.
• Simplified charts of parliamentary motions for quick reference.
Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules has previously received the Phifer Award from the Commission on American Parliamentary Practice, an affiliate of the National Communication Association.
Following proper and legal meeting procedure is more important than ever, particularly in these contentious times. Little gets done in nonprofit board or member meetings without understanding basics of procedure. Whatever your level of of experience, you'll learn something new from "Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules, Fifth Edition."
For organizations that follow Robert’s Rule of Order—including nonprofit associations, unions, HOA and condo associations, houses of worship, and governmental bodies—the new Twelfth Edition published in 2020 is your manual. However, at 714 pages, Robert’s can be intimating and confusing.
My other book published this year, "Robert's Rules of Order Fast Track," is a brief go-to guide that provides details on the most used motions, appropriate informal procedures for smaller boards, and general advice for shortening meetings. "Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules, Fifth Edition" complements the Fast Track guide, but is much more thorough and is for those who want to know more.
The format of "Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules, Fifth Edition" is question-and-answer covering the most misused and asked-about provisions of Robert’s, including those that apply to larger membership meetings. Other key features include.
• Updated page and paragraph references to the latest Robert’s.
• Extensive discussion of electronic/virtual/hybrid meetings.
• Practical advice from decades of professional experience working with meetings ranging from small community association boards to conventions with 10,000 delegates.
• Discussions of why certain provisions are included in Robert’s.
• A comparison of Robert’s with other commonly used parliamentary manuals.
• Extensive notes exploring parliamentary differences and history, for those who want to know more.
• Simplified charts of parliamentary motions for quick reference.
Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules has previously received the Phifer Award from the Commission on American Parliamentary Practice, an affiliate of the National Communication Association.
Following proper and legal meeting procedure is more important than ever, particularly in these contentious times. Little gets done in nonprofit board or member meetings without understanding basics of procedure. Whatever your level of of experience, you'll learn something new from "Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules, Fifth Edition."
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