2024 MSAP Annual Seminar

• When:  January 27, 2024, via Zoom  

• Who:  Anyone interested in parliamentary procedure 

• Theme:  "Let’s Get Practical"

• Each session includes small breakout rooms with a Parliamentarian facilitator

• • Session 1:  Governing Documents, by Jeanette Williams, PRP, CP-T

  • Session 2:  Nominations & Elections, by Pat Reymann, PRP

  • Session 3:  Presiding, by Josh Martin, PRP

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2023 MSAP Annual Seminar

• When:  January 28, 2023, via Zoom

• Sessions were recorded and posted on YouTube

• Theme:  "Meetings: A Sprint or A Marathon"

  • Session 1:  Stay on Track (Agenda, Script, Rules of Debate), by Pat Reymann, PRP

  • Session 2:  Fitness Training (Main Motions and Amendments), by Miriam Simmons, PRP

  • Session 3:  Shortcuts (Unanimous Consent, Consent Calendars, Previous Question, Refer to Committee), by David Staehlin

  • Session 4:  Wear Good Shoes (Minutes and Bylaws), by Robert Vokes

  • Session 5:  Remember to Stretch (Learn and teach your group Parli Pro), by Lucy Johnson, PRP

2022 MSAP Annual Seminar

• When:  January 29, 2022, via Zoom

• Theme:  "Meetings Without Misery: Robert's Rules for Efficient Meetings"

  • Session 1:  Efficient, Effective and Elegant Meetings, by Jan Strand, PRP-R

  • Session 2:  Short and Sweet, by Josh Martin, PRP

  • Session 3:  Avoiding Board-dom: Committees, by Miriam Simmons, PRP

  • Session 4:  Parliamentary Myths, by Kevin Wendt, PRP

2021 MSAP Annual Seminar

• When:  January 29-30, 2021, via Zoom

• Theme:  "Have A More Effective Board Meeting: Get Home Before Midnight"

  • Session 1:  Order or chaos?  Rules?  What Rules? by Miriam Simmons, PRP

  • Session 2:   Rights and Responsibilities of Board Members, by Jeanette N: Williams, PRP, CP-T

  • Session 3:  Managing a Marvelous Meeting: Maps, Minutes, $ Money $, Mutiny and Miscellany, by Patricia Reymann, PRP and Ginny Altman, PRP

  • Session 4:   Who Let the Dogs Out--What is a Parliamentarian and Why Would You Need One? by Lucy Johnson, PRP