Improper Motions When a motion is made, the chair must listen very carefully to the words and determine whether the motion is in order. This process seems very complicated – how can anyone keep track of all those picky rules? But careful listening and following the...
Bayou Brief (New Orleans, Louisiana) By Sue Lincoln “Mr. Attorney General, you can’t rewrite parliamentary procedure!” – Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne Lately, it appears that state politics is a live-action version of the old Warner Brothers cartoons we...
New York Times By KATHLEEN HUGHES Buying an apartment in a New York co-op building can seem like such a great idea — at first. But just wait. There is often a steep learning curve that runs from happy optimism to weary cynicism. This is one such story, as I remember...
The Missourian (Washington, MO) The Franklin County Planning and Zoning Commission may do away with Robert’s Rules of Order. At last Tuesday’s meeting, County Counselor Mark Vincent said the board may need to adapt its own meeting procedures instead of relying on...
