Sturgis, Alice
Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure Alice Sturgis - Third Ed. (new and revised) - New York McGraw-Hill 1988 - 275 p.
revised by the American institute of parliamentarians
Contents
The the reader introduction
Chapter 1. The significance of parliamentary law
Chapter 2. Fundamental principles of parliamentary law
Chapter 3. Presentation of motions
Chapter 4. Classification of motions
Chapter 5. Precedence of motions
Chapter 6. Rules Governing motions
Chapter 7. Main motions
Chapter 8. Subsidiary motions
Chapter 9. Privileged motions
Chapter 10. Incidental motions
Chapter 11. Notice of meetings and proposals
Chapter 12. Meetings
Chapter 13. Quorum
Chapter 14. Order of business
Chapter 15. Debate
Chapter 16. Votes required for valid actions
Chapter 17. Methods of voting
Chapter 18, Nominations and Elections
Chapter 19. Officers
Chapter 20. Committees and boards
Chapter 21 Committee reports and recommendations
Chapter 22. Conventions and their committees
Chapter 23. Minutes
Chapter 24. Charters, bylaws and rules
Chapter 25. Finances
Chapter 26. Legal classifications of organizations
Chapter 27. Rights of members and of organizations
Chapter 28. Staff and consultants
Chapter 29. Dealing with disapproved or obsolete motions
Chapter 30. Often-asked questions
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Notes
Definitions of Parliamentary terms
Principal rules Governing motions
Incidental motions
The chief purposes of motions
Index
Already the acclaimed choice of thousands of successful organizations including the American Library Association, the Fourth Edition features an all-new chapter that considers the ways the Internet and other state-of-the-art technologies have rewritten the rules of today’s meetings and conventions. This easy-to-use, paperback volume—the popular alternative to Robert’s Rules—is the most comprehensive, understandable, and logical guide to smooth-running, professional meetings. Alice Sturgis was a practicing parliamentarian and consultant to national and international professional and business organizations. She taught at Stanford University and the University of California.
0070625220
Parliamentary practice
American Institute of Parliamentarians
Committee
060.42 Stu 6
Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure Alice Sturgis - Third Ed. (new and revised) - New York McGraw-Hill 1988 - 275 p.
revised by the American institute of parliamentarians
Contents
The the reader introduction
Chapter 1. The significance of parliamentary law
Chapter 2. Fundamental principles of parliamentary law
Chapter 3. Presentation of motions
Chapter 4. Classification of motions
Chapter 5. Precedence of motions
Chapter 6. Rules Governing motions
Chapter 7. Main motions
Chapter 8. Subsidiary motions
Chapter 9. Privileged motions
Chapter 10. Incidental motions
Chapter 11. Notice of meetings and proposals
Chapter 12. Meetings
Chapter 13. Quorum
Chapter 14. Order of business
Chapter 15. Debate
Chapter 16. Votes required for valid actions
Chapter 17. Methods of voting
Chapter 18, Nominations and Elections
Chapter 19. Officers
Chapter 20. Committees and boards
Chapter 21 Committee reports and recommendations
Chapter 22. Conventions and their committees
Chapter 23. Minutes
Chapter 24. Charters, bylaws and rules
Chapter 25. Finances
Chapter 26. Legal classifications of organizations
Chapter 27. Rights of members and of organizations
Chapter 28. Staff and consultants
Chapter 29. Dealing with disapproved or obsolete motions
Chapter 30. Often-asked questions
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Notes
Definitions of Parliamentary terms
Principal rules Governing motions
Incidental motions
The chief purposes of motions
Index
Already the acclaimed choice of thousands of successful organizations including the American Library Association, the Fourth Edition features an all-new chapter that considers the ways the Internet and other state-of-the-art technologies have rewritten the rules of today’s meetings and conventions. This easy-to-use, paperback volume—the popular alternative to Robert’s Rules—is the most comprehensive, understandable, and logical guide to smooth-running, professional meetings. Alice Sturgis was a practicing parliamentarian and consultant to national and international professional and business organizations. She taught at Stanford University and the University of California.
0070625220
Parliamentary practice
American Institute of Parliamentarians
Committee
060.42 Stu 6