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RECORD NUMBER: 10 OF 14Main Title | Robert's rules of order, revised | |||||||||||
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Author | Robert, Henry M. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Scott, Foresman | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1951 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 14647648 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Parliamentary practice--Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Rules of Order | |||||||||||
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Edition | Seventy-fifth anniversary ed. ... | |||||||||||
Collation | 326 pages | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Notes | The definitive work on parliamentary law, organizing and conducting the business of societies, coventions and other groups. I. The deliberative assembly : its types and their rules -- 1. The deliberative assembly -- 2. Rules of an assembly or organization -- II. The conduct of business in a deliberative assembly -- 3. Basic provisions and procedures -- 4. The handling of a motion -- III. Description of motions in all classifications -- 5. Basic classifications; order of precedence of motions -- 6. Description of classes and individual motions -- 7. Standard descriptive characteristics of motions -- IV. Meeting and session -- 8. Meeting, session, recess, adjournment -- 9. Particular types of business meetings -- V. The main motion -- 10. The main motion -- VI. Subsidiary motions -- 11. Postpone indefinitely -- 12. Amend -- 13. Commit or refer -- 14. Postpone to a certain time (or definitely) -- 15. Limit or extend limits of debate -- 16. Previous question -- 17. Lay on the table -- VII. Privileged motions -- 18. Call for the orders of the day -- 19. Raise a question of privilege -- 20. Recess -- 21. Adjourn -- 22. Fix the time to which to adjourn -- VIII. Incidental motions -- 23. Point of order -- 24. Appeal -- 25. Suspend the rules -- 26. Objection to the consideration of a question -- 27. Division of a question -- 28. Consideration by paragraph or seriatim -- 29. Division of the assembly -- 30. Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls -- 31. Motions relating to nominations -- 32. Request to be excused from a duty -- 33. Requests and inquiries -- IX. Motions that bring a question again before the assembly -- 34. Take from the table -- 35. Rescind; amend something previously adopted -- 36. Discharge a committee -- 37. Reconsider -- X. Renewal of motions : dilatory and improper motions -- 38. Renewal of motions -- 39. Dilatory and improper motions -- XI. Quorum : order of business and related concepts -- 40. Quorum -- 41. Order of business; orders of the day; agenda or program -- XII. Assignment of the floor : debate -- 42. Rules governing assignment of the floor -- 43. Rules governing debate -- XIII. Voting -- 44. Bases for determining a voting result -- 45. Voting procedure -- XIV. Nominations and elections -- 46. Nominations and elections -- XV. Officers : minutes and officers' reports -- 47. Officers -- 48. Minutes and reports of officers -- XVI. Boards and committees -- 49. Boards -- 50. Committees -- 51. Reports of boards and committees -- 52. Committee of the whole and its alternate forms -- XVII. Mass meetings : organization of a permanent society -- 53. Mass meetings -- 54. Organization of a permanent society -- 55. Merger, consolidation, and dissolution of societies -- XVIII. Bylaws -- 56. Content and composition of bylaws -- 57. Amendment of bylaws -- XIX. Conventions -- 58. Conventions of delegates -- 59. Organization of a convention of an established society -- 60. Conventions not of a permanent society -- XX. Disciplinary procedures -- 61. Discipline of members and guests -- 62. Removal from office and other remedies for dereliction of duty in office or misconduct -- 63. Investigation and trial. |