On Nov 6, 2007, at 09:14, Ben Scott wrote: > "Robert's Rules of Order" is a book which documents a full system of > parliamentary procedure. Note that it's not the only such book. RROR > spells out quite a few things (including something like 12 different > kinds of motions) which I believe would be overkill for us. On the > other hand, I believe a total lack of formal procedure isn't good > either.
IIRC, RROR can run well into the 300 page mark, depending on typesetting. Most groups of which I'm a member use the "short-short version" (apologies to Mel Brooks), consisting of: calling the meeting to order old/new business, including: officer reports reading of minutes accepting the above using the motion/second/additional discussion/all those in favor method for discussion/resolutions moving to adjourn the meeting The primary benefit is that nobody feels they didn't have a chance to speak, and there's a clear log of accountability in the minutes. The process among friendly crowds feels pretty democratic. We did some of this at the Board meeting, and I think it worked out just fine. -Bill ----- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/ Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
