Robert's Rules Simplified

Foreword iii Acknowledgments iv Reasons Before Rules 1(4) How to Organize 5(4) What and Why Are By-Laws? 9(4) The Whole Is Greater Than Its Parts 13(4) What Is a Main Motion---and When? 17(4) The Parliamentary ``Kit of Tools'' 21(3) To Postpone Action---Right and Wrong Ways 24(4) Amend and Substitute---A Troublesome Pair 28(3) Delegating Duties 31(3) Speech May Be Silver---But Avoid Inflation 34(4) When the Whistle Blows 38(5) Keeping on the Right Road 43(3) Some Incidental and Miscellaneous Motions 46(4) A Second Opportunity---Reconsider and Rescind 50(5) ``All Those in Favor'' 55(5) Uses and Duties of Committees 60(4) Committee of Whole, and Boards 64(5) Practice Makes Perfect 69(4) Index 73