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== Frequently Asked Questions ==
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
Q: Why use formal procedure?
:A: When a group is larger than just a handful, and when the issues become contentious, rules of procedure make it easier to handle the disputes in an orderly way. Also, procedure and motions are needed to make things binding as a matter of law, as opposed to just discussing issues. Even a board of directors, if larger than a half-dozen, should operate by rules of procedure to ensure clarity in what was formally achieved and is binding on an organization. One of the worst things that can happen to any group is for it to split up over a dispute about what a meeting actually decided.
Q: Which takes precedence, the parliamentary authority or the organization's bylaws?
Q: Which takes precedence, the parliamentary authority or the organization's bylaws?
A: The organization's bylaws take precedence. Hence it is important to know your group's bylaws. Ask an officer of the group for a copy so you can read them and have them handy.
:A: The organization's bylaws take precedence. Hence it is important to know your group's bylaws. Ask an officer of the group for a copy so you can read them and have them handy.
Q: Can the customs or traditions of an organization's procedures be binding?
:A: Yes. The Chairman can handle procedural disputes by observing how things have always been done by the group.
Q: How does one know later what happened at a meeting?
:A: The Secretary of the organization has the responsibility for transcribing "minutes" of motions introduced, and whether they passed or not. Those minutes are then considered and adopted at the next meeting as the formal record of an organization.
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