Robert's Rules of Order: The Standard Guide to Parliamentary Procedure

by Will Eisner

Overview

This definitive edition of the original "Robert's" presents rules of order, motions, debate, conduct of business, and adjournment. All problems of conducting a successful meeting smoothly and fairly are resolved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553225983
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/01/1986
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	4.16(w) x 6.74(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Born in New York City, Will Eisner (1917–2005) was the author of the legendary comic strip The Spirit, as well as 15 graphic novels and three influential instructional textbooks. The comic industry’s top awards, the Eisner Awards, are named in his honor.

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Table of Contents

	Table of Rules Relating to Motions	9
	Preface	15
	Introduction	18
	Parliamentary Law	18
	Plan of the Work	21
	Definitions and Common Errors	24
Part I.	Rules of Order
Article I	Introduction of Business	26
1.	How Introduced	27
2.	Obtaining the Floor	28
3.	What Precedes Debate on a Question	29
4.	What Motions to be in Writing, and How they shall be Divided	32
5.	Modification of a Motion by Mover	33
Article II	General Classification of Motions	36
6.	Principal or Main Motions	36
7.	Subsidiary or Secondary Motions	36
8.	Incidental Motions	37
9.	Privileged Motions	38
Article III	Motions and Their Order of Precedence	39
	Privileged Motions	39
10.	To Fix the Time to which to Adjourn	39
11.	Adjourn	40
12.	Questions of Privilege	42
13.	Orders of the Day	44
	Incidental Motions	48
14.	Appeal [Questions of Order]	48
15.	Objection to the Consideration of a Question	50
16.	Reading Papers	51
17.	Withdrawal of a Motion	52
18.	Suspension of the Rules	52
	Subsidiary Motions	53
19.	Lay on the Table	53
20.	Previous Question	55
21.	Postpone to a Certain Day	64
22.	Commit [or Refer]	65
23.	Amend	67
24.	Postpone Indefinitely	72
	Miscellaneous Motions	72
25.	Rescind	72
26.	Renewal of a Motion	73
27.	Reconsideration	75
Article IV	Committees and Informal Action	80
28.	Committees	80
29.	Committees Form of their Reports	83
30.	Committees Reception Reports	85
31.	Committees Adoption Reports	86
32.	Committee of the Whole	90
33.	Informal Consideration of a Question	93
Article V	Debate and Decorum	94
34.	Debate	94
35.	Undebatable Questions and those Opening the Main Question to Debate	97
36.	Decorum in Debate	100
37.	Closing Debate, Methods of	102
Article VI	Vote	103
38.	Voting, Various Modes of	103
39.	Motions Requiring More than a Majority Vote	108
Article VII	The Officers and the Minutes	112
40.	Chairman or President	112
41.	Clerk, or Secretary, and the Minutes	117
Article VIII	Miscellaneous	121
42.	Session	121
43.	Quorum	124
44.	Order of Business	126
45.	Amendment of the Rules of Order, etc.	127
Part II.	Organization and Conduct of Business
Article IX	Organization and Meetings	129
46.	An Occasional or Mass Meeting	129
(a)	Organization	129
(b)	Adoption of Resolutions	133
(c)	Committee on Resolutions	136
(d)	Additional Officers	143
47.	A Convention or Assembly of Delegates	143
48.	A Permanent Society	148
(a)	First Meeting	148
(b)	Secoind Meeting	154
49.	Constitutions, By-Laws, Rules of Order and Standing Rules	161
Article X	Officers and Committees	165
50.	President or Chairman	165
51.	Secretary, or Clerk, and the Minutes	170
52.	Treasurer	174
53.	Committees	179
Article XI	Introduction of Business	183
54.	Introduction of Business	183
Article XII	Motions	186
55.	Motions Classified According to their Object	186
56.	To Mofidy or Amend	189
(a)	Amend	189
(b)	Commit or refer	190
57.	To Defer Action	191
(a)	Postpone to a certain time	191
(b)	Lay on the table	191
58.	To Suppress Debate	192
(a)	Previous Question	192
(b)	An Order Limiting or Closing Debate	193
59.	To Suppress the Question	194
(a)	Objection to its consideration	194
(b)	Postpone indefinitely	195
(c)	Lay on the Table	195
60.	To Consider a Question the Second Time
(a)	Reconsider	196
61.	Orders and Rules	198
(a)	Orders of the Day	198
(b)	Special Orders	199
(c)	Suspension of the Rules	199
(d)	Questions of Order	199
(e)	Appeal	200
62.	Miscellaneous	201
(a)	Reading of Papers	201
(b)	Withdrawal of a Motion	201
(c)	Questions of Privilege	201
63.	To Close a Meeting	202
(a)	Fix the Time to which to Adjourn	202
(b)	Adjourn	202
Article XIII	Miscellaneous	203
64.	Debate	203
65.	Forms of Stating and Putting Questions	204
Part III.	Miscellaneous
66.	Right of an Assembly to Punish its Members	208
67.	Right of an Assembly to Eject anyone from its Place of Meeting	209
68.	Rights of Ecclesiastical Tribunals	210
69.	Trial of Members of Societies	211
70.	Call of the House	213