by W. Craig Henry | Dec 29, 2016
Question: I’ve often wondered what a parliamentarian does at a meeting. Could you explain? Answer. A parliamentarian is a meeting expert. Parliamentarians are trained understand the procedural authorities such as Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised or The Standard...
by W. Craig Henry | Dec 19, 2016
Question: I’ve always heard that a majority vote was 50% plus one vote. Is this correct? Answer: No. A majority is simply “more than half.” For instance a majority of 22 is 12 (more than 22 divided by 2; greater than 11) but a a majority of 21 is 11 (more than 21...
by W. Craig Henry | Dec 18, 2016
Question: A vote is taken on a motion and after it is counted it is discovered that the vote is 16 for and 16 against. Now what? Answer: When a tie vote occurs on a motion that requires a majority vote for adoption, the motion is defeated. If the presiding officer is...
by W. Craig Henry | Nov 29, 2016
What is an agenda? An agenda is the “road map” of where the meeting is going: What the order will be; what topics will be covered; and roughly how long the meeting will take. A typical meeting agenda would be as follows: Call to Order Reading & Approval of Minutes...
by W. Craig Henry | Nov 20, 2016
Question. What is the term/acronym “RONR11” you used in your previous post? Answer. Whoops! You get used to using abbreviations for different areas and I got caught on this one. RONR11 is my shorthand for Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th Edition,...
by W. Craig Henry | Nov 18, 2016
Pre-planning for a meeting is the best thing that an organization can do to keep their meeting on track. Whether you have a formal agenda sent to each member (which I personally think is the best way to plan) or you poll them members to find out what (if anything )...
