I am forwarding a message about a seminar on "Parliamentary Law in Real-Life
Meetings" that I am teaching next month for the Hennepin County Bar Association (for
the fourth consecutive year). The seminar is geared toward nonlawyers as well as
lawyers, and will cover topics relevant to procedure in public bodies and political
organizations, for example. The normal cost is $110, but I have asked that the bar
offer a special rate for nonlawyers; the Association has agreed to a rate of $25,
which covers the materials and a small fraction of the program's overhead.
BRM
Brian Melendez
Lowry Hill (Ward 7)
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Have you ever felt at a disadvantage in a meeting because you didn't know
parliamentary procedure? ever chaired a meeting where you wished that you were more
comfortable with the skills, tricks, and traps of presiding? ever gotten frustrated by
a "rules geek" who singlehandedly tied a meeting in knots, regardless of what the
majority wanted?
You probably already know more parliamentary procedure than you realize and,
by mastering a few common-sense fundamentals, you can be comfortable in almost any
real-life meeting. The Hennepin County Bar Association is sponsoring a seminar on
"Parliamentary Law in Real-Life Meetings" that covers these fundamentals. The seminar
is a continuing-legal-education seminar, but is geared toward lawyers and nonlawyers
who are interested in running and participating in effective real-life meetings. The
instructor is Brian Melendez, past president of the Hennepin County Bar Association
and a member of the American Institute of Parliamentarians and National Association of
Parliamentarians, who has served as parliamentarian for more than a dozen
organizations. Last year's participants ranged from attorneys representing public
bodies to volunteers active in nonprofit, political, and religious organizations.
The seminar will be held on Friday 22 October 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45
a.m. at the Hennepin County Bar Association, 390 Minnesota Law Center, 600 Nicollet
Mall, Minneapolis (ph. 612.752.6600). The Association has applied for 3.0 hours of
continuing-legal-education credit. The cost is $110 for bar members, $135 for lawyer
nonmembers. (A special rate of $25 is available for nonlawyers.) To register, or for
more information, please contact Carol Berg (e/m [EMAIL PROTECTED], ph. 612.752.6612)
or Brian Melendez (e/m [EMAIL PROTECTED], ph. 612.766.7309).
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