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Title:
Robert's rules of order newly revised / Henry M. Robert.
Author:
Robert, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1837-1923.

Robert, Sarah Corbin.

Seabold, Daniel E.

Gerber, Shmuel.
Publication Information:
Philadelphia : Da Capo Press, 2011.
Call Number:
JF515 .R692 2011
Abstract:
The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure.
Edition:
11th ed. / new and enlarged ed. by Sarah Corbin Robert ... [et al.] ; with the assistance of Daniel E. Seabold, Shmuel Gerber.
ISBN:
9780306820205
Physical Description:
lii, 716, 48 p. ; 17 cm.
General Note:
"New and enhanced features of this edition include: clarified procedures for adopting an agenda, preparing and approving the minutes, and conducting board and committee meetings; more fully explained rules for counting ballots and resolving election disputes, plus a new quick-reference guide for tellers; a new subsection on electronic meetings; Important clarifications regarding the powers of an organization's Executive Board in relation to the general membership; detailed guidance for dealing with misconduct by officers and for holding disciplinary trials."--P. [4] of cover.

Includes index.
Contents:
The deliberative assembly : its types and their rules -- The conduct of business in a deliberative assembly -- Description of motions in all classifications -- Meeting and session -- The main motion -- Subsidiary motions -- Privileged motions -- Incidental motions -- Motions that bring a question again before the assembly -- Renewal of motions : dilatory and improper motions -- Quorum : order of business and related concepts -- Assignment of the floor : debate -- Voting -- Nominations and elections -- Officers : minutes and officers' reports -- Boards and committees -- Mass meetings : organization of a permanent society -- Bylaws -- Conventions -- Disciplinary procedures -- Charts, tables, and lists
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