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Robert’s Rules of Order (RRoO)
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Created by Dr. Kyra Caldwell Templeton
August 2023
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Agenda
Key Motions & Other Elements (7 min)
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Q & A (3 min)
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Who is Robert? (5 min)
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The Basics of RRoO (5 min)
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Let’s Practice! (5 min)
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Who is Robert?
…And why do we need rules of order?
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Who is Robert?
General Henry Martyn Robert was an engineering officer in the United States Army. Without warning he was asked to preside over a public meeting being held in a church in his community and realized that he did not know how.
He tried anyway and his embarrassment was supreme. This event, which may seem familiar to many readers, left him determined never to attend another meeting until he knew something of parliamentary law.
Ultimately, he discovered and studied the few books then available on the subject. From time to time, due to his military duties, he was transferred to various parts of the United States, where he found virtual parliamentary anarchy, since each member from a different part of the country had differing ideas of correct procedure. To bring order out of chaos, he decided to write Robert’s Rules of Order, as it came to be called.
From www.robertsrules.com
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The Basics: Why do we need RRoO?
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Key Motions
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Key Motions
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Other Elements of RRoO
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Word Wall
Parliamentary procedure
Motion
Amend
Agenda
Minutes
Adjourn
Point of Order
Quorum
The Floor
Chair
Aye
Nay
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Dr. Kyra Caldwell Templeton
Program Director of Student Engagement
Office of Student and Employee Engagement
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