02219cam a2200277 i 4500 409572508 TxAuBib 20200108120000.0 110919s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780306820205 030682020X TxAuBib rda Robert, Henry M, 1837-1923. Robert's rules of order, newly revised / Henry M. Robert. Eleventh edition, A new and enlarged edition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : De Capo Press, [2011] ℗2011. liii, 716 pages, 48 pages of plates ; 17 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. The deliberative assembly: its types and their rules -- The conductof 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. This updated authorized edition of this classic manual for meetings and communication processes provides a detailed description of parliamentary procedures used in organizations of all types around the world. The work covers all aspects of organizational convention including rules for quorums, mass meetings, the proposal and consideration of motions within proceedings, as well as all aspects of election procedures, balloting and other voting styles, and discipline and the redress of grievances within set procedural forms. This new volume is presented in a small handbook format and includes a new preface. Annotation ℗♭2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com.) 20200108.