"Robert's Rules of Order Revised", by General Henry M. Robert, 1915 Version (4th Edition), Public Domain
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Here is a neat little reference for your HPLX.  I have provided a slightly modified ZIP archive [rror_htm.zip] to make it easy to load and use on the Palmtop.  There are three (3) versions of "Robert's Rules of Order Revised", 4th Edition *.TXT, *.WPD, and *.HTM, I recommend the HTML version for the HPLX.  To view these files you will need to load an HTML viewer, I recommend HV, freeware from Andreas Garzotto via http://www.dasoft.com.

Create a subdirectory (sd) e.g., \rror\ and open up the zip file into this new sd.  If you loaded HV and it is in your path then just double click the index.htm file.

[Editor's Note: The copyright on the original 1915 version has expired.  However, the modifications and enhancements to this work are Copyright
(c) 1996 Constitution Society. Permission is hereby granted to any person to copy and use this material on a non-profit basis with attribution, and in particular, with the retention of links to the site of the Constitution Society or its successors on the World Wide Web. One of the modifications made to the original document is the substitution for page numbers of section and paragraph numbers, using the format mm:nn, where mm is the section number and nn the paragraph number.  Footnotes have been numbered and moved to the end of sections. The Order of Precedence of Motions and the Table of Rules Relating to Motions have also been reformatted and revised to adapt them to the needs of an online document.]

Henry Martyn Robert was an engineering officer in the regular US Army. Without warning he was asked to preside over a church meeting and realized that he did not know how. He tried anyway and his embarrassment was supreme. This event, which may seem familiar to many readers, left him determined never to attend another meeting until he knew something of parliamentary law.  He published the 1st Edition "Pocket Manual of Rules of Order For Deliberative Assemblies", Febrary 1876.

The Constitution Society is a private non-profit organization dedicated to research and public education on the principles of constitutional republican government. It publishes documentation, engages in litigation, and organizes local citizens groups to work for reform.  They have provided numerous references including Robert's Rules of Order Revised  Online version of 1915 edition. Essential manual for parliamentarians of deliberative assemblies:

http://www.constitution.org
http://www.constitution.org/rror/
http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror--00.htm

or

http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror_txt.zip
http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror_wpd.zip

The latest version of Robert's Rules is "Robert's Rules of Order (Newly Revised, 10th Edition)", Henry M. Robert III, et al; this HTML version is the 4th Edition (published in 1915) and is nice to have when you are in need of a quick review of Robert's Rules.  However, I recommend if you attend or plan to attend deliberative assemblies I recommend purchasing the 10th Edition:

http://www.robertsrules.com/
http://www.perseuspublishing.com/

More info:

History:
http://www.robertsrules.com/history.html

American Institute of Parliamentarians:
http://www.parliamentaryprocedure.org/

National Association of Parliamentarians:
http://www.parliamentarians.org/

-Ian
22Dec02, Boston, MA USA

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Ian Gifford
giffordi@world.std.com