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[[File:Book cover - robert's rules of order orig 1876 edition.jpg|thumb|right|150px|First edition, 1876]]
 
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'''''Robert's Rules of Order''''', often simply referred to as '''''Robert's Rules''''', is a manual of [[parliamentary procedure]] by U.S. Army officer [[Henry Martyn Robert]]. "The object of Rules of Order is to assist an assembly to accomplish the work for which it was designed [...] Where there is no law [...] there is the least of real liberty".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Robert's Rules of Order |last=Robert |first=Henry |year=1986 |publisher=Bantam Books |isbn=0-553-22598-7 |location= |pages=16}}</ref> The term "Robert's Rules of Order" is also used more generically to refer to any of the more recent editions, by various editors and authors, based on any of Robert's original editions, and the term is used more generically in the United States to refer to parliamentary procedure.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bliss |first1=Edwin |title=The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure |date=1993 |publisher=McGraw-Hill, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=0-07-062522-0 |page=xx |edition=Third |quote = The term 'Robert's Rules of Order' is commonly used today as a synonym for parliamentary procedure.}}</ref>
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'''''Robert's Rules of Order''''', often simply referred to as '''''Robert's Rules''''', is a manual of [[parliamentary procedure]] by U.S. Army officer [[Henry Martyn Robert]]. "The object of Rules of Order is to assist an assembly to accomplish the work for which it was designed [...] Where there is no law [...] there is the least of real liberty".  The term "Robert's Rules of Order" is also used more generically to refer to any of the more recent editions, by various editors and authors, based on any of Robert's original editions, and the term is used more generically in the United States to refer to parliamentary procedure.
  
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Robert's manual was first published in 1876 as an adaptation of the rules and practice of the [[United States Congress]] to the needs of non-legislative societies. ''Robert's Rules'' is the most widely used manual of [[parliamentary procedure]] in the United States.<ref name="Notes and Comments">{{Cite book|title = Notes and Comments on Robert's Rules|last1 = Slaughter|first1 = Jim|publisher = Southern Illinois University Press|year = 2012|isbn = 978-0-8093-3215-1|location = Carbondale and Edwardsville|page = 160|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5THFbCnDdbIC&pg=PA160|last2 = Ragsdale|first2 = Gaut|last3 = Ericson|first3 = Jon L.|edition = Fourth}}</ref> It governs the meetings of a diverse range of organizations—including church groups, county commissions, homeowners associations, nonprofit associations, professional societies, school boards, and trade unions—that have adopted it as their [[parliamentary authority]].<ref name=":8" /> Robert published four editions of the manual before his death in 1923, the last being the thoroughly revised and expanded Fourth Edition published as '''''Robert's Rules of Order Revised''''' in May 1915.
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Robert's manual was first published in '''1876''' as an adaptation of the rules and practice of the [[United States Congress]] to the needs of non-legislative societies. ''Robert's Rules'' is the most widely used manual of [[parliamentary procedure]] in the United States. It governs the meetings of a diverse range of organizations—including church groups, county commissions, homeowners associations, nonprofit associations, professional societies, school boards, and trade unions—that have adopted it as their [[parliamentary authority]]. Robert published four editions of the manual before his death in 1923, the last being the thoroughly revised and expanded Fourth Edition published as '''''Robert's Rules of Order Revised''''' in May '''1915'''.
  
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Source : [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert's_Rules_of_Order Wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert's_Rules_of_Order]
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: Source : [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert's_Rules_of_Order Wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert's_Rules_of_Order]
  
 
== Critiques ==
 
== Critiques ==
  
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* [https://PublicDisputes.MIT.edu/whats-wrong-roberts-rules What's Wrong With Robert's Rules?]
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* [https://PublicDisputes.MIT.edu/whats-wrong-roberts-rules '''What's Wrong With Robert's Rules?''']
 
*: from [https://PublicDisputes.MIT.edu PublicDisputes.MIT.edu]
 
*: from [https://PublicDisputes.MIT.edu PublicDisputes.MIT.edu]
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A better alternative?
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* Download : [http://Web.MIT.edu/publicdisputes/practice/shortguide.pdf ShortGuide.pdf] : '''A Short Guide to Consensus Building'''
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*: from [http://Web.MIT.edu Web.MIT.edu]
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*: DuckDuckGo : [https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=A+Short+Guide+to+Consensus+Building A Short Guide to Consensus Building]
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Possibly as good as but not to be confused with...
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* [https://www.CBI.org/book/consensus-building-handbook/ '''The Consensus Building Handbook''' (1999) by Lawrence Susskind, Sarah McKearnan, and Jennifer Thomas-Larme]  ('''for sale''')
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*: from [https://www.CBI.org CBI.org]
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*: DuckDuckGo : [https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=The+Consensus+Building+Handbook The Consensus Building Handbook]
  
 
== Download ==
 
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== Search ==
 
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* DuckDuckGo: [https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=Robert's+Rules+of+Order Robert's Rules of Order]
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* DuckDuckGo : [https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=Robert's+Rules+of+Order Robert's Rules of Order]
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* YouTube: [https://www.YouTube.com/results?search_query=Robert's+Rules+of+Order Robert's Rules of Order]
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* YouTube : [https://www.YouTube.com/results?search_query=Robert's+Rules+of+Order Robert's Rules of Order]
  
 
== Websites ==
 
== Websites ==
  
 
* [https://RobertsRules.org RobertsRules.'''org''']
 
* [https://RobertsRules.org RobertsRules.'''org''']
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* [https://www.RobertsRules.org/index.html RobertsRules.'''org'''/index.html], Quick Reference and Tools for Meetings
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* [https://www.RobertsRules.org/index.html RobertsRules.'''org'''/index.html], '''Quick Reference''' and Tools for Meetings
 
*: For fair and orderly meetings and conventions.
 
*: For fair and orderly meetings and conventions.
 
* [https://www.iBABS.com/en/roberts-rules-of-order/complete-guide iBABS.com/en/roberts-rules-of-order/complete-guide] : Robert’s Rules of Order: '''Simplified Beginner’s Guide'''
 
* [https://www.iBABS.com/en/roberts-rules-of-order/complete-guide iBABS.com/en/roberts-rules-of-order/complete-guide] : Robert’s Rules of Order: '''Simplified Beginner’s Guide'''

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First edition, 1876

Robert's Rules of Order, often simply referred to as Robert's Rules, is a manual of parliamentary procedure by U.S. Army officer Henry Martyn Robert. "The object of Rules of Order is to assist an assembly to accomplish the work for which it was designed [...] Where there is no law [...] there is the least of real liberty". The term "Robert's Rules of Order" is also used more generically to refer to any of the more recent editions, by various editors and authors, based on any of Robert's original editions, and the term is used more generically in the United States to refer to parliamentary procedure.

Robert's manual was first published in 1876 as an adaptation of the rules and practice of the United States Congress to the needs of non-legislative societies. Robert's Rules is the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure in the United States. It governs the meetings of a diverse range of organizations—including church groups, county commissions, homeowners associations, nonprofit associations, professional societies, school boards, and trade unions—that have adopted it as their parliamentary authority. Robert published four editions of the manual before his death in 1923, the last being the thoroughly revised and expanded Fourth Edition published as Robert's Rules of Order Revised in May 1915.

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