[mairdie]

I always gave this book the credit for why U of Chicago didn’t go up in flames in the 60’s. Our students were too busy running their meetings by Robert’s Rules of Order to actually do much anti-war activity.

[Mogger]

Years ago, after Harold Burns had become the moderator of our district school meetings, I noticed he was not running the meeting by Robert's Rules. It was going much better than by Robert's.

I asked him what rules he was using. He said Mason's Rules, the same as he used in the NH legislature. He got me a copy of the book. Very interesting. When you compare the two, Mason's corrects some problems Robert's has. For instance, under Mason's rules, only the winning side of a vote can move to re-consider an earlier vote.

In the past the school teachers hung around until after the old folks left and then reconsidered the votes they didn't like and magically won.

Mason's rules has nothing to do with the Masonic order, just the author's name.