Robert's Rules & Parliamentary Procedure Webinar

The MDP Director of Party Affairs Hayley Alderman ran a Robert's Rules and Parliamentary Procedure webinar, and you can find the slideshow that she presented by clicking here.

Additional resources compiled by 11th District Parliamentarian, Murray Gorchow

Our 11th District Parliamentarian, Murray Gorchow, has put together some Robert's Rules resources. You don't have to be an expert on Robert's Rules to participate in our meetings, but we hope that this information helps our meetings to run smoothly and to help everyone get more comfortable with the basics of Robert's Rules.

Click here for a Robert's Rules of Order Cheat Sheet, and here for a Summary of Motions. There are many others available online.
 
Here is a link to a YouTube video summary of the basics of Robert's Rules called "Robert's Rules of Order in a Nutshell": https://youtu.be/RwCeE9_xaR4. Parliamentary Procedure Basics is an excellent simple demonstration video of the application of Robert's Rules of Order in practice: https://youtu.be/FfnBGolKmbM?si=nk-jPKHSg6I1TiB5. 

For those who are interested, you can also purchase Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th Edition, through the National Association of Parliamentarians, or Amazon.com. We highly recommend Robert's Rules of Order - Newly Revised IN BRIEF, 3rd Edition, as a more user-friendly, less expensive concise guide, as compared to the rather dense complete Robert's Rules. In either case, we recommend the spiral-bound versions.

Michigan State Association of Parliamentarians (MSAP) Better Meetings, Happier Members education series: Click on the links for presentations from the series

1/19/21 - Gretchen Denton, PRP: "It's Elementary My Dear Watson: Parliamentary Basics"
1/19/21 - Barbara Bonsignore, PRP: "Making and Amending Motions"
3/16/21 - Julie Pioch, PRP: "There is a Motion for That!"