CCM Workshop: Effective Meetings and Parliamentary Procedure; Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Workshop:

Effective Meetings and Parliamentary Procedure

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
ITBD, 185 Main St., 3rd Floor, New Britain, CT
9 a.m. - 12 noon, registration 8:30 a.m.

DESCRIPTION

CCM's Effective Meetings and Parliamentary Procedure Workshop will help bring order to your public meetings.

Effective local government requires well-run public meetings. And wellrun meetings are dependent on having board, committee, and commission members knowledgeable in the ways of managing meetings and schooled in the rules of order and parliamentary procedure. Attend CCM’s Effective Meetings workshop and learn these keys to success and more:

Legal requirements for meetings
8 Steps to Motions
Roberts Rules of Order
Managing debate
Practical steps to meeting management

Be certain all elected and appointed officials know the nuts & bolts of effective public meetings.

PROGRAM Effective Meetings

Overview of legal requirements for meetings
How to write an agenda
Role of the Presiding Officer
Audience of Citizens
How to properly call a meeting to order
Conducting the meeting and managing the agenda
Tips for maintaining order and public decorum

Robert’s Rules of Order

The easy, logical, and practical way to run a meeting
Making motions and amendments, and how to consider actions
Rules for Debate
Definitions of parliamentary terms

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

First Selectmen/Mayors
City/Town Managers
Board, Commission, and Committee Members
Town Clerks
Department Heads
Staffs to Boards and Commissions

WHY ATTEND

Government officials and committee members need to know the rules of procedure for effective meetings
You need to ensure that public business is conducted properly, as well as efficiently and effectively
You need to understand the rules and customs

SPEAKERS

Thomas P. O’Dea, Esq.
Halloran & Sage, LLP

Duncan Forsyth, Esq.
Halloran & Sage, LLP

WHERE Institute for Technology & Business Development (ITBD)
185 Main St., 3rd Floor
New Britain, CT COST per attendee CCM Member Municipalities $50, Non-member Municipalities $100

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For more information, or to register, call the CCM Training hotlines at (203) 498-3018 at any time or call (203) 498-3000 during business hours.

DIRECTIONS

DIRECTIONS Institute of Technology and Business Development (ITBD) [formerly IIET] of Central CT State University 185 Main Street, New Britain

From the West: Take I-84 East to Exit 35 (left exit) to Route 72 East. Take the third exit, marked “Main Street.” At the end of the exit, turn right onto Elm Street. At the next light, turn right onto Chestnut Street. Municipal Parking garage is located on the right. Sign indicates parking here for ITBD.

From the East: Take I-84 West to Exit 39A, Route 9 South. Take Exit 27 (left exit) and at end of exit turn right onto Chestnut Street. After second light, Municipal Parking is located on right, with sign indicating parking here for ITBD.

From the South: Take 1-91 North to Exit 22N to Route 9 North. Follow Route 9 to Exit 26, marked “Downtown New Britain.” Go straight to the end of the exit and turn left at the second traffic light onto Chestnut Street. Go through one traffic light. Municipal Parking garage is located on the right, with sign indicating parking here for ITBD.

Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
900 Chapel Street, 9th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: (203) 498-3000
Fax: (203) 562-6314