I am forwarding a message about a seminar on "Parliamentary Law
in Real-Life Meetings" that I am teaching later this month for the
Hennepin County Bar Association (for the fifth 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 $115, 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 28 October 2005 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 $115 for bar members, $140 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).
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