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According to Robert’s Rules of Order, parliamentary procedure is based on the consideration of the rights: of the majority, of the minority (especially a large minority greater than one-third), of individual members, of absentee members, of all of these groups taken together.
"The application of parliamentary law is the best method yet devised to enable assemblies of any size, with due regard for every member’s opinion, to arrive at the general will on the maximum number of questions of varying complexity in a minimum amount of time and under all kinds of internal climate ranging from total harmony to hardened or impassioned division of opinion."
[Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised [RONR (11th ed.), Introduction, p. liii]
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- Simple and concise, user-friendly easy-to-read guide covers the basics of the rules most frequently used in conducting and participating in meetings of any size
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- Invaluable tips for keeping meetings orderly and on track
- A chapter answering the most Frequently Asked Questions
- Handy tables at the back of the book tell you just what to say
- Appointed to a committee? Elected an officer or board member? Chosen as a convention delegate? Chapters on each clearly explain your duties
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