CCM Workshop: Effective Meetings and Parliamentary Procedure; April 28, 2009

Workshop:

Effective Meetings and Parliamentary Procedure

April 28, 2009
Westport Town Hall, Westport, CT
9:00AM to 12Noon, Registration begins at 8:30AM

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 Duncan Forsyth, Esq. Halloran & Sage LLP

Tom O'Dea, Esq. Halloran & Sage LLP

WHERE Westport Town Hall
110 Myrtle Avenue
Westport, CT 06880
Telephone: 203-341-1040 COST per attendee CCM Members: FREE, Non-members: $120

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By submitting your on-line registration, you will be immediately registered. Payment is expected prior to workshop date. You will automatically be sent a registration confirmation form.

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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

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