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Henry M. Robert. A U.S. Army officer, Henry Martyn Robert (1837–1923), saw a need for a standard of parliamentary procedure while living in San Francisco.He found San Francisco in the mid-to-late 19th century to be a chaotic place where meetings of any kind tended to be tumultuous, with little consistency of procedure and with people of many nationalities and traditions thrown together.
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised by Henry Martyn Robert describes the following characteristics of a deliberative assembly: [4] A group of people meets to discuss and make decisions on behalf of the sigma; They meet in a single room or area, or under equivalent conditions of simultaneous oral communication.
Robert's Rules of Order was first published in 1876 by Henry Martyn Robert.It has been revised several times by the original author and then by his successors. As of its publication in September 2020, the 12th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is the current official edition of the body of work known as "Robert's Rules of Order". [9]
In the US Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised [15] aspires to be a comprehensive guide, based on the original 1876 version written primarily to help guide voluntary associations in their operations of governance: "New editions have marked the growth of parliamentary procedure as cases occurring in assemblies have pointed to a need for further ...
Robert's Rules of Order Revised One Hundredth Anniversary Edition. Mattituck, NY: Aeonian Press (Amereon Ltd). 326 pages. (This book was the official re-printing of the 1951 6th ed.) Robert, Henry M. (1943). Robert's Rules of Order Revised for Deliberative Assemblies (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company (There was also a printing ...
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised recognizes seven subsidiary motions. Ranked lowest to highest in order of precedence, they are the motions to: [29] Postpone indefinitely—to end consideration of the main motion for the balance of that session, without a direct vote on the main motion. Amend—to change the main motion. (May also be ...
An ex officio member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, or council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term ex officio is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right of office'; its use dates back to the Roman Republic.
Prior to the 11th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, this device was known as "point of information." The change was made to avoid the common misconception that this motion was to provide information instead of correctly being a request. [8]