Chairing Successful Meetings

Lespérance Code

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2021
University of Ottawa Press (Verlag)
978-0-7766-3683-2 (ISBN)

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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.

The purpose of this guide is to provide an easy-to-use consultation manual on deliberative meeting procedures that is adapted to the new requirements of the field. It consists of about one hundred rules grouped according to the chronology of a meeting: preparation, beginning, middle and end.

These rules are presented in the form of articles numbered consecutively and include supplementary comments, an index and a summary table of the rules. This guide also includes two appendices: a method for filing documents related to deliberative meetings and a description of the functions and structure of meeting minutes.

Michel Lespérance is a lawyer and was a member of the Barreau du Québec from 1967 to 2005. He worked at Université de Montréal as Assistant Secretary General, Assistant to the Vice-Rector of Administration and Secretary General before retiring in September 2005. He was appointed Secretary General Emeritus of the university in April 2008.

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

1.3.1 Privileged Motions

1.3.2 Incidental Motions

1.3.3 Dilatory Motions

1.3.4 Ordinary Motions

1.3.5 Special Motions

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

1. The Notice

2. The Meeting Agenda

3. The Minutes of the Previous Meeting

4. Documents Distributed for Information Purposes

5. Working Documents

6. Correspondence Received

7. Follow-Up Correspondence Regarding the Debates

Appendix B

Writing and Presentation of Minutes

1. The Role of the Minutes

2. Page Numbering

3. Header

4. Identification of Participants

5. The Deliberations

Rule Nomenclature

Index

Table of Motion Rules

Erscheinungsdatum	09.06.2021
Co-Autor	Jean-Pierre Bernier, Jacques Boucher, Bernard Charles, Jean Martucci
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
ISBN-10	0-7766-3683-9 / 0776636839
ISBN-13	978-0-7766-3683-2 / 9780776636832
Zustand	Neuware