Assemblies. The basics.

A group of people that come together to conduct business is what is known as a deliberative assembly. It is important to realize that there are different kinds of assembly that can be established in order to conduct business. Mass meetings, organizations, legislative assemblies, boards, and conventions. All of these have some form of members and every member has four rights these are:
1.)The right to attend
2.) The right to vote
3.) The right to debate
4.) The right to make motions
When a group is established they have to choose a parliamentary authority which will be recorded within their by laws. There are many types of parliamentary authorities to choose from, the most popular one being Roberts Rules of order newly revised (RONR).

The rules of whatever authority the assembly chooses is what they will base their rules off of. This can be changed however if they choose to have special rules of order which is usually something adopted from a different authority rather than the one being used. You can find what authority is being used in the by laws of the assembly.

When a meeting is being conducted there are four main principles that keep the meeting orderly and increases efficiency.
1.) focus on one item at a time

• It’s important to keep conversations germane, so that what you are trying to accomplish does not get confused in the mix with other items of business.

2.) extend courtesy to everyone
3.)observe the rule of majority
4.) protect the rights of the minority.

There are also 10 basic rules of parliamentary procedure these are:

1.  The rights of an organizations supersede the rights of an individual members
2.  All members are equal and their rates are equal 
3.  A quorum must be present to do business 
4.  The majority rules 
5.  Silence is consent 
6.  2/3rds vote rule
7.  One question at a time; one speaker at a time 
8.  Debatable motions must receive full debate
9.  Once a question is decided, it is not in order to bring up the same motion or one essentially like it at the same meeting 
10.  Personal remarks in debate are always out of order 

  There is a lot to learn about Conducting business, however  if you learn this basic content you have a good foundation to further your exploration in the wonderful world we know as parliamentary procedure .