Parliamentary Procedure

PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING PARLIAMENTARY LAW

The rules of parliamentary law in Roberts Rules of Order are constructed upon a careful balance of the rights of persons, subgroups, and an assembly’s total membership. That is, these rules are based on the rights:

• of the majority, to rule
• of the minority, to be heard
• of individual members
• of absentees
• of all these together

The Assembly of Representatives held every fall is governed by parliamentary procedure in Robert's Rules of Order. It is important to understand the basics in order to participate with the FPTA Assembly. Lessons are given prior to Assembly to educate first time Representatives with parliamentary procedure. If you are a new Representative print out the documents below in PDF (adobe acrobat) format and attend the short course at conference. Ask a FPTA chapter staff member at conference regarding parliamentary procedure lessons.

Board of Director meetings also are governed by parliamentary procedure.

Parlimentary Procedure Educational Document by Cheryl Hill (9 pages)

Parlimentary Procedure Chart (2 pages)

Parlimentary Procedure Test