Yes, you can conduct a well-organized, well-structured, and totally effective meeting! Whether you belong to a committee, a club a caucus; whether you are a community affairs activist, sit on the board of directors, are a stockholder, a shareholder, or the president of the local PTA - this simplified book of parliamentary procedure will guide you through the rigors of meetings with clarity and ease. Parliamentary procedure is the key to the power plays in any meeting. Whatever your politics, it is essential to lean these rules of order, not only for your own convenience in conducting business or community meetings, but to help you watch your legislators - are they following the "letter of the law" while in session? Or, are they bypassing certain procedural rules? in this book you will find out! You will lean these simple and basic rules: - How to open your meeting - How to chair your meeting - How to make a motion - How to second a motion - How to amend a motion - How to nominate a candidate - How to pass a resolution - How to reconsider and rescind your vote - How to enact and adjournment

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