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Posts Tagged ‘generous authority’

Getting your board to buy in to Robert’s Rules

By Ann Macfarlane | January 31, 2019 | 8

A reader writes, “The city council has never used much parliamentary procedure in our meetings. People speak when they want and sidebar discussions are common. How to ease the council…

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