Hosting Effective Member Meetings

Member meetings are critical to ensuring that your organization addresses the key strategic and business matters of a 21st century sport organization. In the course of conducting these meetings, members have several rights that must be maintained, which includes the right to an efficient meeting.  Organizations are generally required (and advised) to follow a recognized parliamentary procedure and they must also ensure that their meetings are compliant with their Bylaws and other governing documents. In this session, Certified Parliamentarian Jason Robinson provides insights into how to host effective member meetings which include how to properly prepare for member meetings, basic principles and rules that must be applied to member meetings, how to apply these rules and parliamentary procedures, and how to run fair elections. Jason also shares tips for navigating different types of meetings (annual vs special) and different formats (in-person versus virtual).