The job of the Parliamentarian is to make your meetings better, faster, and more enjoyable.
Certified as a Professional Registered Parliamentarian, Kirby Glad offers these services:
- Advise the chair during a meeting
- Training of officers and members in Robert’s Rules of Order
- Supervise elections
- Parliamentary written opinions
- Preparation of meeting scripts
- Processing mailing of ballots and counting of mail in votes as a qualified third party company
- Assist organizations in preparing and planning for successful meetings
- Advise on writing and interpreting bylaws
- Advising your organizations bylaws committee
- Advise members on proper procedure to accomplish their objectives
- Be on hand to assist members during a meeting
- Review of resolutions or other formal motions submitted in advance of the meeting to ensure they are in order.
- Expert witness for legal proceedings
- Resolve contentious meetings or non-functional boards
Parliamentary Motions At A Glance
A little bit of knowledge can go a long way in helping you be effective in your meetings and in understanding what is going on. Use this document to make your self familiar with the most commonly used motions. Click on the image below to download a pdf version
Club Schism Repaired with the help of Parliamentarian
What do you do when you have two competing factions and club politics are making the meetings unpleasant? A professional parliamentarian such as Kirby Glad can help. One Utah club was newly created by the merger of two small struggling clubs. The members of the...