Robert's Rules in Plain English 2e: A Readable, Authoritative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Running Meetings

Each such governance item is discussed in turn and brought to resolution with the following process: Present proposal: The proposer states his proposal and the issue this proposal is attempting to resolve. Clarifying questions: Anybody can ask clarifying questions to seek information or understanding. This point is not yet the moment for reactions,

To Lyndon Johnson, S.J. Res. 1 was, as he said to Bobby Baker, “the worst bill I can think of,” for reasons that included not only the political (it was, after all, a slap at Democratic presidents, and its passage would be a major Republican victory) but the philosophical (if there was a single tenet he held consistently throughout his political ca

The main advantage of the O’Mahoney Amendment was not that it in itself got Johnson the votes he needed—it didn’t—but that it provided a base from which to fight for those votes. While before the new version, no ground for a compromise had existed, there was new ground now, ground too narrow but nonetheless more than had existed before.

48:5 Additional rules and practices relating to the content of the minutes are the following: 1) The name of the maker of a main motion should be entered in the minutes, but the name of the seconder should not be entered unless ordered by the assembly.

Senators would also be armored against the popular will by the length of their terms, the Framers decided. Frequent elections mean frequent changes in the membership of a body, and, Madison said, from a “change of men must proceed a change of opinions; and from a change of opinions, a change of measures. But a continual change even of good measures