The Nuts and Bolts of Parliamentary Procedure

You made it through the first 2 weeks of Practical Parliamentary Procedure! Here is a recap to what we discussed in the past 2 weeks!

Terminology Tuesday Words:
-Parliamentary Authority- A book of rules used to help an organization run
-Deliberative Assembly- A group of people who gather for a meeting and need rules
-Quorum- The amount of members present needed to conduct business(found in bylaws)

4 rights of members:
1. To attend Meetings
2. To make motions
3. To Debate
4. To vote

4 Principles of Parliamentary Procedure
1. Extend Courtesy to everyone
2.Respect the rights of the minority
3. Majority Rules
4. One item of business at a time

7 Types of Meetings
1.Regular Meeting- weekly, monthly or quarterly meetings as described in bylaws
2. Special or called meeting- A meeting called to discuss something that occurs before the next regular meeting
3.Adjourn meeting- A meeting that is called with the motion fix the time to which to adjourn at the previous meeting. This meeting is to finish the agenda.
4.Executive Meeting- A meeting in private with the executive board and is not on the record for the rest of the membership.
5.Public Meeting- A meeting open to everyone not just your membership
6.Annual Meeting- A meeting that occurs once a year to deal with business related to the facial year
7. Electronic Meeting-  A meeting that occurs online that each member can attend and respond simultaneously

Standard Order of Business:

1. Reading and Approval of Minutes
2. Reports of officers, boards, and standing committee 
3. Report of Special committee
4. Special orders
5. Unfinished Business and General Orders
6. New Business

That's a wrap for the first two weeks! Now that we have a base we can dive deeper into what Bob says about Bylaws Next week!