Members List:

President:
Michael Brown
Vice-President:
Nathan Tarler
Secretary:
Carol Cotton
Treasurer:
Pat McDougle, PRP
Member:
June Cox
Lorraine Fletcher
Sylvia Friedman
Dorothy Jackson
Barbara Proctor, PRP
Pat Sawilowsky
Eric Shaw
Connie Skidmore, RP
Scott Whitney, RP

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	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
	NAP DISTRICT 3
	FLORIDA STATE ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
	OFFICIAL ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER

The Plantation Unit of Parliamentarians is the Broward County (Florida) group of parliamentarians.

We are a group of people who practice and learn parliamentary procedure. Some of our members are Professional Registered Parliamentarians, while others are just starting their study of parliamentary law. PUP members are active in the community and assist many local organizations with their parliamentary issues. PUP also holds parliamentary seminars. PUP members are actively involved with the Florida State Association of Parliamentarians (FSAP), and we are a local unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP).

Our Bylaws were updated on Oct 6, 2009. You can access PUP's current Bylaws (in PDF) here: HERE (Adobe Acrobat REQUIRED).

Parliamentary Procedure (sometimes called parliamentary law) is a set of rules or procedures that defines how a democratic organization works—how its members make decisions, how its leaders run the organization to meet the needs of its members, and the rights of members and non-members.

Many organizations use (or try to use) parliamentary procedure. This include government bodies, student organizations, home-owner and condo-owner associations, fraternal organizations, clubs and societies, churches, and many others.

By being knowledgable in parliamentary procedures, officers and members may be more productive.

PUP has monthly meetings the first Tuesday of each month from 7PM to 9PM. At this meetings we have a regular education session. Topics that we have covered have included Meeting Minutes, Bylaws, How to Preside, Basic and Advanced Motions, and more.

Our meetings are open to the public, and we welcome those who may wish to attend and join us as new members.

We meet at the Plantation Community Center
5555 Palm Tree Rd.
Plantation, FL 33317-2600

Education Program

PUP holds occasional educational seminars for the community at large. These can run from an hour to four hours or more. We can also tailor a seminar for your organization and its needs.

We are currently considering another seminar in the near future. Time/location has not been determined, as we are considering locations. Most likely the topic will be Bylaws and Standing Rules.

Our most recent seminars were an Officer Training Seminar given at the Plantation Library and a Parliamentary Workshop given for FFA Chapters from a dozen Miami-Dade Schools in the Fall of 2008. Previous workshops include a NAP Membership exam review session at the Plantation Library in Spring of 2008, and a training seminar in Spring 2007 at Florida Atlantic University for the SGA and student club officers.

Groups that we or our members have held workshops or seminars for in the past include: FFA, Business Professionals of America, South Florida Student Leadership Conference, Florida Atlantic University Student Government, Nova Southeastern University, Boy Scouts of America and others.

RECOMMENDED READING:

• Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 10th edition. (aka RONR)
• Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief by Henry M. Robert III et al (aka RONR In Brief or just In Brief)
• Robert’s Rules for Dummies by C. Alan Jennings
• Complete Idiot’s Guide to Robert’s Rules by Nancy Sylvester

1. Main Motion. A main motion is a formal proposal that the group take a certain action. A main motion is the only motion which brings business before the group.
2. Subsidiary Motions. Subsidiary motions help the group in treating and disposiing of the main motion (and sometimes other motions). Each is in order while a main motion is pending. These motions ranks above the main motion and below the privileged motions.
3. Priveleged Motions.These motions do not relate to pending business, but deal with speical matters requiring immediate attention. Without debate, they are allowed to interrupt pending business. They have rank.
4. Incidental MotionsIncidental motions related to the pending business in different ways or to other business at hand. These motions deal with questions of procedure arising out of other matters. They are mostly non-debatable. They have no rank or order of precedence.
5. "Bring back Motions"These motions brings matters again before the group that had been set aside temporarily or permanently. These motions allow a group for good reason to re-open a complete question during the same session, or take up a matter temporarily disposed of, or change something previously adopted and in force.