Chairing successful meetings : Lesperance Code / Michel Lesperance ; translated by Tanina Drvar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lespérance, Michel, 1944- author.

Contributor:

Drvar, Tanina, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parliamentary practice--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Parliamentary practice.

Meetings--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Meetings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa, Ontario : The University of Ottawa Press, [2021]

Summary:

This manual of deliberative meeting procedures is adapted to the reality of contemporary governance and is easy to use. It contains some one hundred rules organized according to the chronological order of meetings.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

Section 1 Meeting Preparation

Section 2 Meeting Opening

Section 3 Meeting Proceedings

GENERAL RULES

1. Assembly Characteristics

2. Rules Relating to Participants

3. Rules Relating to the Agenda

SPECIFIC RULES

1. Motions

1.1 Main Principles

1.2 Motion Classification and Order of Precedence

1.3. Rules Relating to Each Motion Class

2. The Plenary Committee

3. Nomination and Election of Committee Members

4. Voting

5. The Chair's Supplementary Powers

Section 4 Meeting Adjournment

Appendix A Meeting Kit

Appendix B Writing and Presentation of Minutes

Rule Nomenclature

Index

Table of Motion Rules.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780776636863

0776636863

9780776636849

0776636847

OCLC:

1224302370