This clear, easy-to-use guide makes parliamentary procedure simple to understand and apply. Participate effectively in a meeting learning how to assemble a quorum, establish an agenda to making motions and setting up committees.

"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" --Amazon.

Written by the same authorship team behind the officially sanctioned Robert's Rules of Order, this short and user-friendly edition takes readers through the rules most often needed at meetings--from debates to amendments to nominations. With sample dialogues and a guide to using the complete edition, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief is the essential handbook for parliamentary proceedings.

An update of the classic parliamentary rules of order presents the protocol behind the orderly conduct of meetings in clear, concise fashion, offering readers easy access to the most important rules.

Laws and regulations affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives: the food we buy, the homes and apartments we live in, the roads we drive on, and even the ways we use our smartphones. Yet for many Americans, the process of how laws are made remains a mystery--something that happens far off in Washington D.C., behind closed doors and away from the public. This book helps clarify that process by taking you on the journey of a law from its introduction...