Parliamentary Procedure
For the Good of the Order column published in the League’s The Municipality
Download 20 Basic Parliamentary Motions (PDF), a chart created by the League based on Robert’s Rules of Order 11th Edition.
Making a Motion (PDF) April 2018
Motions: Amendment (PDF) May 2018
Presiding Officers and Agendas (PDF) June 2018
Discussion Rules for Chairpersons (PDF) July 2018
Discussion Rules for Members (PDF) August 2018
"Ownership" of Motions (PDF) September 2018
To Table or Postpone: What’s the Difference? (PDF) October 2018
On Second Thought: Seconding the Motion (PDF) November 2018
Moving the Previous Question (Closing Debate) (PDF) December 2018
Limiting Debate (PDF) January 2019
Why Robert’s? (PDF) February 2019
Denying Requests and Applications: Do We Always Need a Motion? (PDF) March 2019
Conducting Debate: The Chair’s Role (PDF) April 2019
Majority or Supermajority? Of What? (PDF) May 2019
Rescind and Reconsider: When the Body Might Change its Mind (PDF) June 2019
Bad Meeting Behavior: Painting the Shed Red (PDF) June 2019 article
Taking from the Table and Changing the Agenda (PDF) July 2019
A Few Fundamentals (PDF) August 2019
20 Basic Parliamentary Motions (PDF) September 2019
Why Parliamentary Procedure for My Meeting? (PDF) October 2019
Parliamentary Procedure - Inclusivity (PDF) November 2019
Getting to Good Meetings - the Chair’s Role (PDF) December 2019
Preparation and Techniques to Avoid Meeting Chaos (PDF) January 2020
Nominations (PDF) March 2020
(We did not publish a For the Good of the Order in February 2020)
How to Preside - Preparation and Techniques to Avoid Meeting Chaos and Discord (PDF) April 2020
Preparation and Techniques to Avoid Meeting Chaos – The Body’s Duties (PDF) May 2020
Robert’s Rules, Chapters 49-50, Rules for Small Boards (PDF) June 2020
The Main Motion and Secondary Motions Relating to it (PDF) July 2020
Privileged Motions (PDF) August 2020
RONR 12th Edition – Changes from 11th Edition & Subsidiary Motions (PDF) September 2020
Subsidiary Motions Continued (PDF) October 2020
Incidental Motions (PDF) November 2020
When a Governing Body Wants to Change Its Mind (PDF) December 2020
Robert’s New Rules Are Here! (PDF) February 2021
Electronic Meetings Under the New Robert’s Rules of Order (PDF) April 2021
Consent Agenda (PDF) June 2021
Download 20 Basic Parliamentary Motions (PDF) August 2021
Use and Misuse of Substitute Amendments (PDF) October 2021
Presiding Officers and Agendas (PDF) December 2021
Making a Motion (PDF) February 2022
Considering a Main Motion – Debate (PDF) April 2022
Considering a Main Motion – Putting the Question and Announcing the Vote (PDF) June 2022
The Roll Call Vote (PDF) August 2022
Other Methods of Voting (PDF) October 2022
Bad Meeting Behavior: Painting the Shed Red (PDF) December 2022