Robert's Rules for Dummies

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Summary: Excellent coverage of Robert's Rules
Review: The author describes this book as a book about a book of rules: Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR). Why do you need a book like this? The reason is that RONR is not easy to digest. Only rules geeks like me enjoy reading RONR! If you are not a rules geek, then you might choose this book (you will still need RONR as the official reference) which is much more fun to read! This Dummies book is also very complete: almost every motion is covered, as are disciplinary procedures, elections, etc: This book will teach you what you need to know from RONR without skipping any important details. (Other books you might consider include RONR in Brief, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Robert's Rules, and Robert's Rules in Plain English.)

Rating:
Summary: Robert's Rules for Dummies
Review: This is both an excellent "starter's book" and a good intermediate book for someone studying Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised.

The section on discipline is expectionally good and the description of the society's rules, i.e. bylaws and rules of order, is probably the the most lucid explanation I've ever read.

If you are NOT an expert parliamentarian, this is good book to start with.

Jonathan M. Jacobs, Professional Registered Parliamentarian, Certified Parliamentarian