I decided today to update the website description of three of my services: meeting parliamentarian, professional presiding officer, and written parliamentary opinions. Hopefully this will give my prospective clients a better understanding of the services I offer, and how helpful I can be to their organizations.

A few years ago, a rash of articles were published in the National Parliamentarian and the Parliamentary Journal concerning how parliamentary procedure could be applied to electronic meetings. In particular, the focus was on asynchronous electronic meetings, wherein the participants would make, debate, and vote on motions via e-mail over a period of days and [...]

I’ve published a new article on my website called Forms of primary and secondary amendment. This article discusses the surprisingly complex question of how to amend an amendable motion, and the even more complex question of how to amend and amendment.
This article will be of interest to anyone who wants to be a more effective [...]

I’ve published a new article on my website called Actions that can be taken without quorum. This article discusses the actions that can be taken even if a meeting does not have quorum. Many people are surprised to learn there are any such actions at all!
This article will be of interest to anyone who wants [...]

I’ve published a new article on my website called Finding the correct parliamentary authority. This article answers the important question of how to determine the correct parliamentary book to buy and follow for the meetings of any particular organization. The answer is not always as simple as it seems, because most associations do a [...]

I’ve published a new article on my website called You snooze, you lose! It discusses an important rule of parliamentary procedure that protects the assembly from its own minor mistakes, but unfortunately can also disenfranchise members who are not aware of it. I recommend that everyone read this article, as it contains essential advice [...]

I’ve published a new article on my website called Learning the basics of parliamentary procedure. It provides an introduction to the sort of learning resources available to the novice. This article will be updated as more learning opportunities become available; I am currently in the process of developing a course that I hope [...]

Effective immediately, my website has been re-arranged. That is to say, the root of the domain is no longer pointing at the WordPress blog, but is instead displaying information about my small business as a parliamentarian (a.k.a. meeting procedure consultant). The new URI for the blog is now http://www.dglynch.com/weblog/, which conveniently enough is [...]

Most of the work of a deliberative assembly takes place between when the chair first states a motion and when he or she puts the question for voting. This period of time is known as “debate”, and gives an opportunity for every member to consider the merits of the question at hand, to speak, [...]

Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised is one of the most popular parliamentary authorities in the English-speaking world, and is the latest manifestation of of a book that has been around for more than 130 years. Since the beginning, the authors have received questions from readers about circumstances not quite covered in the book, [...]