Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Problems with Voting [was Something faster and easier than> consensus?]

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 8/09/2003 4:58 PM, "Matt Lawrence" <matt [at] technoronin.com> wrote:

> And, yes, I do know Robert's Rules fairly well, I just refuse to use them
> to railroad things through a meeting.

The ethics of parliamentarians (there are lot of websites) are that the
procedures are meant to be used to "order" discussion, not to influence the
discussion in any direction. Including overriding people who do not
understand all the rules. The chair can suggest a procedure to a member who
is trying to make a point and does not know the procedure. The
parliamentarian is there (among other reasons) to make such suggestions to
the chair.

I thank Bella Absug, among others, for my understanding that parliamentary
procedure can be useful for something other than one upping the opposition.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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