Originally posted by mykidsmom: now where the heck are their shoes..........
Between the library and the book store, could you please just swing by my house and find my 2yo's other tennie? It's white with pink stitched roses, kind of a cross between a ked and a mary jane, with a single velcro strap and just cute as h-e-double hockey sticks. Miss Spitfire went to the babysitter's this morning in the shoes I was saving for easter, cuz her black winter boots just didn't go with her spring dress and it's still too chilly for sandals. {heavy sigh} I asked her to take them and put them in the shoe cubby last night, and apparently, only one made it. The other is MIA.
Edited to add: The book actually specifically addresses concensus, and how it can become 'rule by minority.' One of the examples used is a hypothetical church scenario that could easily happen IRL.
Our church recently starting redoing our committees and this sounds like a perfect guide to help our chair! The staff member (Assoc. Pastor) doesn't want us to vote but have a general agreement about concerns....I'm a voting kind of gal.
Looks like the little ones and I need to go to the library to find the Tima and Newsweek articles and the bookstore for this book!
No problem, and I'd recommend it, especially if you can find it for less than I paid (about $26). I'm enjoying it, although reading is slow go since I only have a few minutes here and there. I'm not familiar with Robert's Rules, but hers are very common sense and seem as if they can be implemented without as much confusion. My only complaint is that she tries much to hard to compare everything to a ship. She's got a love of water craft she's taking a little too far
I honestly thought your topic title was a typo! I'm so sorry!!!
So that pretty much tells ya I haven't heard of this new book but sounds great! I will admit, having been a parlimentarian(sp ) I HAD to know the formal Roberts Rules! I say if it works for your group GO FOR IT!! The other book is so hard to use and understand and I do love the website, they have a Q+A forum that is a great help but this book sounds great!!!!
I am a three day old Pres of a defunct for the last 3-5 years PTSO with no experience with PTA/O at any level and no practical meeting facilitator experience. I went to Barnes & Noble to pick up Robert's Rules of Order today. They didn't have it on the shelf, but they did have Roberta's Rules of Order... Sail Through Meetings for Stellar Results Without the Gavel: A Guide for Nonprofits & Other Teams. The preface piqued my interest and I think this might work a little better for my PTSO meetings. We are a very low income school with most of our parents having low education levels. I'd guess that the vast majority of the parents have never been to any kind of formal business meeting. At this point, a full 50% of the parents who want to participate speak almost no English. I was already concerned that parliamentary procedure would be very intimidating. At the same time, I know that we need some structure or the PTSO I envision to become positive and proactive will wind up being a greivance committee
The book appears to have just been released last year, and I'm wondering if anyone else has it, read it, heard of it, and can share some feedback.
) I HAD to know the formal Roberts Rules! I say if it works for your group GO FOR IT!! The other book is so hard to use and understand and I do love the website, they have a Q+A forum that is a great help but this book sounds great!!!!
