Term Limits can be controversial. This podcast gives a quick look at what they are and how they can be established. It also covers arguments for and against them.

Parliamentarian Corner

Term Limits

What is a courtesy resolution and how is it processed? This podcast looks at these issues and gives you a foundation for processing them.

Courtesy Resolutions

A book to help you learn all about how to use the current Parliamentary Authorities. This edition looks at the current manuals. To bad it is not in an ebook format.

Review: Fundamentals 4th Edition

The agenda is the society's plan for the order in which items will appear. The basic agenda is based on an officer board type of society working to get things done.

Agenda

Vacancies often occur in organizations. How they are filled depends upon the rules of the organization. This podcast takes a brief look at what those rules might be.

Filling Vacancies

The gavel is the symbol of authority for the presiding officer.It is a simple device that can be easily abused.

The Gavel

Dicipline for something done outside of a meeting is much more difficult. The steps have to be carefully followed to prevent both the society and the member from being wrongly disciplined. This podcast is only an introduction to the process.

Disciplinary Action II

This podcast looks at handling disciplinary actions within a meeting. The non-member is easy as that person has no rights. With members, there is an escalating scale of what can be done.

Disciplinary Action 1

This podcast looks at when the parliamentarian has to look at the laws governing organizations, especially when a change in law affects changes in procedure. This podcast is not about practicing law but is about seeing how the law and changes in the law affect procedure.

Changes in Law

Education in parliamentary procedure can be obtained from a variety of places. My site, www.parliamentariancorner.com has a lot of material especially if you go to www.parliamentariancorner.com/moodle. If you go to the American Institute of Parliamentarians site at aipparl.org you can also find material -- that produced by AIP and material produced by parliamentarians having references to their web pages. The National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) at www.parliamentarians.org also has a lot of educational material. This podcast is just a rough introducation to this area.

Education

The Membership Chair (or Officer or Committee) is responsible for keeping track of the membership of the organization. Many organizations do not realize the importance of this position.

Membership Chair

The role of Treasurer is not required but it is a very important role in most societies. The Treasurer is responsible for the money that an organization has. This podcast looks at that responsibility.

Treasurer

This podcast looks at the Secretary who is the second officer needed for a meeting. This officer has many important duties before, during, and after the meeting.

Secretary

This podcast looks at the responsibilities of the vice president and how that office is handled in RONR and AIPSC.

Vice President

This podcast looks at the office of the President first from the point of view of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised and then from AIPSC.

Duties of the President

A way to learn about parliamentary procedure through listening.

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Parliamentarian Corner

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