Meeting Tip Archive
A new Meeting Tip and Meeting Myth, written by Paul McClintock, is distributed by email once or twice per month as a free public service on behalf of the Point of Order Parliamentary Law Unit (a unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians which meets monthly on the 4th Saturday in Seattle, Washington; see www.PointOfOrder.org).
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2005-10-13 -- Meeting Tip 1 -- Unanimous Consent
2005-11-18 -- Meeting Tip 2 -- Agendas
2005-12-04 -- Meeting Tip 3 -- Bending Bylaws
2005-12-22 -- Meeting Tip 4 -- Handling Urgent Business
2006-01-11 -- Meeting Tip 5 -- Perfecting Proposals
2006-01-22 -- Meeting Tip 6 -- Undoing Done Deals
2006-02-03 -- Meeting Tip 7 -- Minutes Matter
2006-02-18 -- Meeting Tip 8 -- Resolving Ambiguous or Conflicting Rules
2006-03-04 -- Meeting Tip 9 -- Medicine for Meandering Meetings
2006-03-19 -- Meeting Tip 10 -- Voting Vexations
2006-04-09 -- Meeting Tip 11 -- Quorum Questions
2006-05-04 -- Meeting Tip 12 -- Small Boards and Committees
2006-07-16 -- Meeting Tip 13 -- What to Bring to Meetings
2006-09-23 -- Meeting Tip 14 -- Postponing a Motion
2006-10-12 -- Meeting Tip 15 -- Members' Rights
2006-10-23 -- Meeting Tip 16 -- Deterring Disorderly Discussion
2006-11-21 -- Meeting Tip 17 -- Format of a Resolution
2007-01-25 -- Meeting Tip 18 -- Role of the Parliamentarian
2007-02-20 -- Meeting Tip 19 -- When In Doubt, Ask
2007-04-07 -- Meeting Tip 20 -- When Robert's Rules Don't Matter
2007-06-05 -- Meeting Tip 21 -- Preferential Voting
2007-07-10 -- Meeting Tip 22 -- Efficient Meetings
2007-07-31 -- Meeting Tip 23 -- Nominating No-Nos
2007-09-20 -- Meeting Tip 24 -- Five Fatal Fumbles
2007-10-06 -- Meeting Tip 25 -- Debate, Discuss, Deliberate