Roberts Rules of Order for School Board Members

If you’ve ever thought of Parliamentary Procedure Training as simply a required training to endure, you’ve never taken the interactive, entertaining, and often humorous certification courses taught by Shirley Selman and Deborah Faithrose.

Here’s a bit of trivia to get you started with a little fun:

Q: Why is the presiding officer, called the “Chair?”
A: Keep reading and you’ll find the answer!

Deborah Faithrose   Instructor

Parliamentary Procedure “Roberts Rules of Order appreciates guidelines and procedures, yet still allows flexibility within structure.” Shirley Selman, Parliamentarian, NAP

Shirley Selman Instructor

Passing the Primary Principals
Basic Business Certification Course

Six Hour Training Course 

The Structure of Your Organization

• Bylaws
• How to Create Bylaws
• Changing/Amending Bylaws
• Notifying the General Membership of Amendments or Changes
• Standing Rules
• Governing Authority
• Officers – Responsibilities and Accountabilities

How to Conducting a Successful Meeting

• Flag Protocol
• Agenda:  Mapping the Meeting
• Script for Presiding Officer
• Officers’ Reports
• Mind Your Minutes
• Dollars and Sense
• Committee Commitments
• Motions Requiring Minimal Procedure
• How a Motion is Made and Acted Upon through the Voting Process
• Amending the Question
• Who can speak to the question first?
• Who can debate or discuss?
• Who can vote?
• After the vote…It’s not over, yet!

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Getting Down to Business
Professional Certification Course

Six Hour Training Course

Subsidiary Motions

• Amend
• Commit
• Postpone
• Limit Debate
• Previous Question
• Conclusion of Subsidiary Motions
• Postpone Indefinitely and Lay on the Table

Privileged Motions

• Questions of Privilege
• Recess
• Adjourn

Incidental or Unranked Motions

• Point of Order
• Appeal
• Point of Information
• Parliamentary Inquiry
• Division
• Division of a Question
• Objection to the consideration of a Question
• Permission to Withdraw a Motion 

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Leader of the Pack
Advanced Professional Certification Course

Seven Hour Training Course

Restorative Motions

• Rescind
• Reconsider
• Resolutions
• Voting

Board of Directors

• Differences in a General Membership Meeting and a Board Meeting
• What Powers do Board Members Hold?
• How Board Members Work in Harmony with the General Membership
• What About the “Sunshine Law?”
• What if a Member Wants to Attend a Confidential Board Meeting?
• The Expanded Privileges of a Chairman in the Board Meeting
• Parliamentary Requirements of Board Meetings

Specific Parliamentary Requirements for Conventions

• The Convention Agenda
• The Three Required Procedures (after the opening ceremonies)
• Credential Committee Report
• Adoption of the Convention Rules
• Adoption of the Agenda/Program
• Special Convention Rules for Motions, Resolutions and Announcements
• Convention Rules for Debating/Discussing and Voting

Specific Parliamentary Requirements and Etiquette for Installations

Specific Parliamentary Requirements and Etiquette for Invocations

Specific Parliamentary Requirements and Etiquette for Memorials

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