Posts Tagged ‘meeting ground rules’
The chair is not in charge of your meeting
It is a little-known fact that ultimately it is the board that is in charge of your meeting, not the chair.
Read MoreThey threw him out of Parliament. You can sanction too.
High drama in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament expelled for the day.
Read MorePut away your cell phone on the dais
Jurassic Parliament strongly recommends that local governments establish a policy requiring elected officials to put away their cell phones while on the dais.
Read MoreDon’t get chummy
City councilmembers and nonprofit board leaders should not get chummy—too familiar—with their constituents or regular members. Here’s why.
Read MoreMake better decisions using Exploratory Round Robin
You can make better decisions about complicated proposals by using the Exploratory Round Robin.
Read MoreEssential Guidelines for Small Casual Groups
Many small casual groups spend too much time in discussion. Seeking consensus, time can be wasted and little progress made.
Read MoreWhat are the duties of the chair?
Under Robert’s Rules of Order, the chair of a meeting has 11 duties.
Read MoreChoosing citizens by lottery: recipe for disaster?
The Washington Citizen’s Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials chooses half its 20 members by lottery.
Read MoreThe board booted me out – but can they?
A reader writes that he was voted off the board of directors of his neighborhood association. On investigation, it turned out that the board didn’t have the right to remove him.
Read MoreMeeting minutes record what is DONE, not what is said
The Town of Groton, Connecticut had an interesting kerfuffle this winter, when the Town Council voted to remove a statement from the November 14, 2017 meeting minutes.
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