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21st Century Robert's Rules of Order (21st Century Reference)

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Readers should be aware that this is not the official Robert's Rules of Order. Also, its accuracy leaves something to be desired. For example, a direct quote from page 84: "Definition: A majority means more than half the votes cast. As a result, majority means that more than half the people entitled to vote must approve the motion for it to pass." Not only does this statement contradict itself, it is contradicted elsewhere in the book.

Beware: This book, besides having typographical errors and no index, does not conform at all (!) to the current edition of Robert's Rules (namely "Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised" tenth edtion, the edition recognized by parliamentarians). The editor or author has added too much mis-information and has mis-defined too many terms for this book to be considered a "condensation" or "summary" of the motions, procedures and terminology of Robert's Rules of Order, of any edition. If your bylaws say that its official parliamentary authority is (some edition of) Robert's Rules of Order, then be aware that "21st Century..." is way too different from Robert's Rules to be useful as a gentle introduction. Instead, the book will lead you to practices that contradict the procedures in Robert's Rules of Order. I would not have minded a book that condenses the older (public domain) editions, and thus LEAVES OUT detail too rarely used, but to ADD new rules and new procedures that contradict Robert's Rules of Order is deceptive, and serves to fool the innocent reader who thinks he is reading a simple introductory text to the real thing. So, beware that the procedures in "21st Century" are the author's or editor's opinions, and not parliamentary law as described in any edition of Robert's Rules. In closing, in my opinion, there are too many bad definitions and too many new (i.e., unsupported) procedures to use the name "Robert's Rules" in its title. If you are looking for an easy-reading paperback that truly conforms to Robert's Rules, without including other non-Robert (contradictory) procedures, "This ain't it, folks!"

This is more conprehensive than 'Roberts Rules in Plain English' and easier to read than the classic. It is the only one I found that addressed procedures for small Board meetings with less than 12 people. It did have some typos in it, which I hope will be corrected in the next edition.

A reference book without an index is like a car without a steering wheel: all the other parts can be there and in working order, but you just can't make it take you where you want to go.

I bought this book because it purported to discuss the application of parliamentary procedures to e-mail and electronic discourse. Without an index, the only way to find that information is to read the book from cover to cover. Not a useful option.

I advise a large, successful student government in Florida. I bought a copy of this book for each of my officers without really reading it, and wish I had. While it is good and helpful for explaining the standard rules of order, it doesn't always apply to a setting such as ours. Instead, it is much more useful for board meetings, and corporate business events. It takes a lot of interpretation and ignoring of some items for our use of the book.

Still, it does explain many things of use for all organizations, so if you need something to use, it will work, just be cautious about who you order it for.

Great book to understand Robert's rules of order. Easy to follow and comprend. Written clearly.

This book was very helpful for me. It kept the meetings in order when in the past the meetings would get out of order. Other People in the meeting now understand the importance of keeping the meetings in order.

New to the Rules of Order I found the book helpful and useful as a quick reference.