Parliamentarian Corner

Term Limits can be controversial. This podcast gives a quick look at what they are and how they can be established. It also covers arguments for and against them.

What is a courtesy resolution and how is it processed? This podcast looks at these issues and gives you a foundation for processing them.

A book to help you learn all about how to use the current Parliamentary Authorities. This edition looks at the current manuals. To bad it is not in an ebook format.

The agenda is the society's plan for the order in which items will appear. The basic agenda is based on an officer board type of society working to get things done.

Vacancies often occur in organizations. How they are filled depends upon the rules of the organization. This podcast takes a brief look at what those rules might be.

The gavel is the symbol of authority for the presiding officer.It is a simple device that can be easily abused.

Dicipline for something done outside of a meeting is much more difficult. The steps have to be carefully followed to prevent both the society and the member from being wrongly disciplined. This podcast is only an introduction to the process.

This podcast looks at handling disciplinary actions within a meeting. The non-member is easy as that person has no rights. With members, there is an escalating scale of what can be done.

This podcast looks at when the parliamentarian has to look at the laws governing organizations, especially when a change in law affects changes in procedure. This podcast is not about practicing law but is about seeing how the law and changes in the law affect procedure.

Education in parliamentary procedure can be obtained from a variety of places. My site, www.parliamentariancorner.com has a lot of material especially if you go to www.parliamentariancorner.com/moodle. If you go to the American Institute of Parliamentarians site at aipparl.org you can also find material -- that produced by AIP and material produced by parliamentarians having references to their web pages. The National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) at www.parliamentarians.org also has a lot of educational material. This podcast is just a rough introducation to this area.

The Membership Chair (or Officer or Committee) is responsible for keeping track of the membership of the organization. Many organizations do not realize the importance of this position.

The role of Treasurer is not required but it is a very important role in most societies. The Treasurer is responsible for the money that an organization has. This podcast looks at that responsibility.

This podcast looks at the Secretary who is the second officer needed for a meeting. This officer has many important duties before, during, and after the meeting.

This podcast looks at the responsibilities of the vice president and how that office is handled in RONR and AIPSC.

This podcast looks at the office of the President first from the point of view of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised and then from AIPSC.

This podcast gives an overview of the officers that a society may have. Two of them are required and others can be used as the society needs.

This podcast looks at the use of modal verbs in parliamentary authorities. It is a very different approach from the other podcasts in this series.

This podcast looks at the Resolutions Committee. It is a committee designed to look at the main motions that will be coming before the assembly. It is very common for conventions but not all organizations make use of one. Listen and learn about this committee.

This podcast looks at Conventions and what needs to be done to get them started. The three committees are explained along with the variances in adopting standing rules for the Convention.

This podcast talks mainly about the motion to postpone under AIPSC. An important point is to remember what parliamentary authority you are using.