Robert's rules of order / Henry M. Robert

Includes index.

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, lists -- Appendix: Sample rules for electronic meetings.

Robert's Rules of Order is the recognized guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings. This 12th edition is the only current manual to have been maintained and updated since 1876 under the continuing program established by General Henry M. Robert himself. As indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is the acknowledged 'gold standard' for meeting rules.