The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure

by Alice Sturgis

Already the acclaimed choice of thousands of successful organizations including the American Library Association, the Fourth Edition features an all-new chapter that considers the ways the Internet and other state-of-the-art technologies have rewritten the rules of today’s meetings and conventions. This easy-to-use, paperback volume—the popular alternative to Robert’s Rules—is the most comprehensive, understandable, and logical guide to smooth-running, professional meetings. Alice Sturgis was a practicing parliamentarian and consultant to national and international professional and business organizations. She taught at Stanford University and the University of California.

Genres: Reference, Business, Nonfiction

316 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

Reviews

[Jim Slaughter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally by Alice Sturgis, The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure has for years served as a shorter, simpler alternative to Robert's Rules of Order. While not nearly used as much as Robert's Rules, the book is the parliamentary manual for numerous groups, including many organizations of physicians and dentists.

The book is excellent, but I can't give it a higher rating in that this 4th Edition (2001) is getting fairly old and is unlikely to be updated. A separate work that may be worth a look, the American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, was published in 2012. While not a director successor to The Standard Code, the new book is quite similar and based on the principles of Sturgis.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This work contains information on how to conduct meetings and run an organization in an orderly manner. It includes a section on Roberts Rules of Order which has long been the standard.