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The Point Of Order Parliamentary Law Unit is a local study group of the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP). This Seattle Area unit consists of members with a variety of interests and experience.

Would you like to learn more about holding effective meetings, serving as an officer, improving your group's bylaws, running elections, or other areas of parliamentary procedure? If so, visit us at one of our meetings and consider joining our group.  Find us also on Facebook.

Annual dues are $10 and membership is open to any NAP member or anyone preparing for NAP membership.  Download our membership application form.

Public Services

The Point Of Order Unit has prepared, as a community service, a simple one-page Meeting Procedures Reference Sheet based on the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised. To obtain a copy of the reference sheet by e-mail, please e-mail your request.

The Point Of Order Unit periodically presents free public workshops on parliamentary procedure as a community service. To get information about our next workshop series by e-mail, please e-mail your request.

The Point Of Order Unit periodically e-mails a free Meeting Tip as a community service. To see a sample, subscribe by e-mail, or to request archived tips, go to http://tips.pointoforder.org.

Meetings

Regular meetings are held monthly at 10:00 a.m. on the fourth Saturday, except in the months of June, July, and December unless otherwise ordered by a majority vote of the membership or by a 2/3rd vote of the board.  Hybrid in-person & Zoom meetings are held quarterly in Feb., May, August and November at the NewHolly Branch of the Seattle Public Library; see the meeting schedule below. (Meeting dates, times and locations are subject to change.)  Various meeting locations:

• • NewHolly Branch Library, 7058 32nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118.

  • Bellevue Library of the King County Library System, 1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004.

  • Southwest Branch Library, 9010 35th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98126.

  • High Point Branch Library, 3411 SW Raymond St, Seattle, WA 98126.

  • Delridge Branch Library, 5423 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106.

Each meeting follows the standard order of business in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) for unit business, and includes an educational program from RONR. This format provides each member with opportunity to both learn and practice parliamentary procedure.  As of November 2023, most educational programs are approved by NAP for Continuing Education Units for renewing RP and PRP credentials.

The meeting schedule, subject to change, is:

=== 2023 ===

* Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Bellevue Library)

* Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 10:00am, unit annual meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Apr 22, 2023, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, May 27, 2023, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Aug 26, 2023, 12:00noon, unit regular meeting, Bellevue Library (Zoom)

* Sat, Sept 23, 2023, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Oct 28, 2023, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Nov 25, 2023, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, NewHolly Branch (Zoom) "Excused from a Duty" by Kevin Connelly, PRP, Approved for 0.5 CEU credit  

=== 2024 ===

* Sat, Jan 27, 2024, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, NewHolly Branch (Zoom)

* Sat, Mar 23, 2024, 10:00am, unit annual meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, May 25, 2024, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, NewHolly Branch (Zoom)

* Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, NewHolly Branch (Zoom)

* Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, (Zoom)

* Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 10:00am, unit regular meeting, NewHolly Branch (Zoom)