Introduction

Authorship team and contributors

Enabling language

Citing this parliamentary authority

Introduction to parliamentary law. Parliamentary law ; Fundamental principles of parliamentary law ; Rights and responsibilities of members and organizations ; Governing documents: charters, bylaws, and rules

Voting. Votes required for valid actions ; Methods of voting

Motions. Classification of motions ; Ranking of motions ; Rules governing motions ; Processing motions ; Debate ; Main motions ; Specific-purpose main motions ; Subsidiary motions ; Privileged motions ; Incidental motions

Meetings of organizations. Types of organizations ; Types of meetings ; Electronic meetings ; Notice of meetings and proposals ; Order of business and agenda ; Quorum ; Minutes ; Conventions and their committees ; Reference committees

Organization leadership. Nominations and elections ; Officers ; The skill and art of presiding ; The professional parliamentarian ; Boards ; Committees and committee reports ; Finances ; Discipline of members and officers ; Glossary of parliamentary terms

Appendices. Appendix A. Bylaws checklist ; Appendix B. Sample emergency bylaws ; Appendix C. Sample proxy form ; Appendix D. Sample convention rules for a hybrid meeting ; Appendix E. Model minutes

example ; Appendix F. Minutes template

subject format ; Appendix G. Useful tools for preparing minutes ; Appendix H. Tellers' report

elections ; Appendix I. Adopt in lieu of flowchart ; Appendix J. Notes and citations

Index.

Introduction

Parliamentary law

Fundamental principles of parliamentary law

Classification of motions

Ranking of motions

Rules governing motions

Processing of motions

Main motions

Specific main motions

Subsidiary motions

Privileged motions

Incidental motions

Types of meetings

Notice of meetings and proposals

Order of business and agenda

Quorum

Debate

Votes required for valid actions

Methods of voting

Nominations and elections

Officers

Committees and boards

Committee reports and recommendations

Conventions and their committees

Reference (or resolutions) committees

Minutes

Governing documents: charters, bylaws, and rules

Finances

Types of organizations

Rights of members and of organizations

Staff and consultants

Frequently asked questions

Appendix A: flag etiquette

Appendix B: protocol at conventions

Appendix C: sample proxy form

Appendix D: tellers report

elections

Appendix E: model minutes

Appendix F: minutes template: column format

Appendix G: minutes template

subject format

Appendix H: sample action log

Appendix I: bylaws template for organizations

Definitions of parliamentary terms.