Category: Educational

                By Lucy H. Anderson, Esq., PRP, CP-T District Six Director In making the motion to Suspend the Rules, the mover does not mention the rule which is to be suspended.  The...

By Dr. Lynell Tippen Wright District Six Facilitator, Parliamentary Education You arrive at a regularly scheduled meeting ready to conduct business. The assembly is set for success: The presiding officer and secretary are...

By Sheryl C. Womble, PRP District 6 Director’s Assistant For organizations that have adopted Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised 12th Edition as their parliamentary authority and have not adopted a special order of...

By Lucy H. Anderson, Esq., PRP, CP-T District Six Director Is the subsidiary motion debatable or not?  Following is a logical key for answering this question. Find this key in RONR (12th ed.) 43:37. Postpone Indefinitely (D) The...

Do you have a particular interest in parliamentary procedure that you’d like to write about? We are eager to publish articles on our new District Six website. The goal is to have at least one new educational piece each month,...

Submitted by Donna Mitchell, PRP   Donna Mitchell, PRP   Interruption is sometimes needed to help facilitate the meeting and ensure the assembly is equipped with the proper information required to make an informed...