Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief, 2nd edition (Roberts Rules of Order in Brief)

This book is a surprisingly concise, practical, and well written overview of the most essential points of Robert's Rules of Order. It's particularly well suited for small organizations, especially those that have been run relatively informally and would like to add more predictability and structure to their meetings, but would find adoption of the full Robert's Rules of Order to be too burdensome. It's also a good introduction for people newly elected/appointed to positions of leadership or responsibility (officers and board members, for example), but who don't have a lot of practical experience with meeting procedures. You won't become a parliamentarian by reading this book, but if you are looking for guidelines (as opposed to detailed rules) for simple meetings and organizations, this is an excellent primer. Also, the reference tables of motions and other procedures at the back of the book is very handy.

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This book is readable--even enjoyable reading!! I'm stunned. I dreaded having to read it--was prepared to be bored to tears BUT I am delighted to say that the clarity of thought, and thorough explanations of why we need each rule are given in simple, clear language. We don't need to be college graduates to lead our Civic Associations and Groups--It's all here in average-citizen language. Thank you Mr. Robert. You've made it possible for any group to do good work--and remain friends! I'm gradually purchasing a copy for each Officer and Board member, having just been given presidency of an potentially dynamic force in our neighborhood. Thank you for the effort, and for using your considerable intelligence to give important information that just about anyone can understand and use--understanding of why it's needed. Every officer of every group will become better at what he-she is doing by getting familiar with this book. Thank you! (Ariel I.)

An excellent quick reference for beginners and occasional meeting participants . One gripe. I own a physical copy of this book, published in 2011, as well as the first edition, pubished several years earier. I would like to have a kindle version for quick regular reference (and searchable). However the kindle edition isn't going to be available until the middle of 2020!!! Why the further delay? TAKE MY MONEY!!! It's bad enough the full edition on Robert's Rules Newly Revised is only digitally available via CD-ROM (!!!), and only on Windows at that. Welcome to the 21st Century already.

Good reference

Use in conjunction with full version of Roberts Rules. Contains a summary of the basics but the most helpful portions are the Tables at the end of the book on Handling Motions, Conducting a Meeting, Table of Rules and Words to use as a Member. Great for explaining common errors such as "Calling the Question" instead of the actual process for "Previous Question" and more importantly why you should care. Demonstrates how the rules should be properly applied using examples of simulated motions etc. As a summary, you still need the full version to drill down on specifics but I refer to this most often and it covers 90% of what's needed at most meetings.

If you have joined a small organization or committee that runs it's meetings using Robert's Rules, this book is absolutely 100% worth the money and time to read it. It's a quick read, concise, gives a good overview for most small organizations to effectively run meetings, vote appropriately, and keep accurate records. If you have need of more detail regarding by-laws, meeting minutes and records, etc, then the full RRNR might be better for you; but even then this book is a great reference to have on hand.

Robert's Rules of Order: Newly Revised in Brief is an excellent pocket resource providing equitable guidance in business conduct. While the rules may be delicately adapted to various organizations, it provides a sound foundation & superlative springboard for appropriate handling of people and business affairs in a quick reference sort of way. Neither intimidating nor cumbersome in verbiage, or legality; rather light for reading and application; enlightening resource.

I bought it to teach a course on formal meetings at university. It worked very well. Some cultural differences between US and European meeting styles though. More consensus building here.

This is the way to go. Well written and concise. I was surprised at the changes in the Newly Revised version. Friends, who chair meetings, were surprised. This is a great handy we to review the basics and get up to speed. If you are chairing a formal or large board / meeting, I doubt very much that it has the level of detail you'll need. But for the basics, this is simply great.

I found it very informative and useful.The illustrations in simple language deserve appreciation.

It is a very nice reading for people who conduct meetings.

At meeting this edition is a quick way to get to the right issues with a minimum of confusion .