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Bourinot's Rules of Order is a Canadian parliamentary authority originally published in 1894 by (the younger) Sir John George Bourinot, Clerk of the House of Commons of Canada under the title A Canadian Manual on the Procedure at Meetings of Shareholders and Directors of Companies, Conventions, Societies, and Public Assemblies generally.
In April 2012, a new book, entitled American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (AIPSC) was released, followed by a second edition in 2023. The Standard Code ( TSC ) omits several of the motions and sometimes-confusing terminology used in Robert's Rules of Order (RONR).
A group may create its own parliamentary rules and then adopt an authority to cover meeting procedure not covered in its rules [2] [3] [4] or vice versa. Rules in a parliamentary authority can be superseded by the group's constitution or bylaws or by adopted procedural rules (with a few exceptions).
The decisions made by members present at a meeting are the official acts in the name of the organization. [2] [6] According to RONR, this rule is considered to be a "fundamental principle of parliamentary law". [11] Exceptions for absentee voting would have to be expressly provided for in the organization's rules. [14]
Parliamentary procedures are the accepted rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings of an assembly or organization. Their object is to allow orderly deliberation upon questions of interest to the organization and thus to arrive at the sense or the will of the majority of the assembly upon these questions. [ 1 ]
[2] The book attempts to include everything a presiding officer might need to know, including public courtesies and ceremonies; sample prayers for opening a meeting; organizing a new lodge, chapter or post; times of fraction and discord; acquisition of new members; installation of officers; and adjournment. Chapter 16 contains an "entire ...
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