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Martha's Rules is a simple parliamentary procedure which originated in the 1970s at a housing cooperative in Madison, Wisconsin.[1] Martha's was at the time the name of a house for students and low-income people in the Madison Community Cooperative.
The initial version was a paper titled "Suggestions for Harmonious Meetings".[1] The Madison Community Cooperative also has a more complicated recent published version for its own use.[2][3]
Generally the process is:[1][4]
- Proposals are drafted before the meeting in a standard format, distributed to participants and read before the meeting.
- Proponents introduce the proposal.
- A sense of the group is taken with thumbs up as "like", thumbs down representing "uncomfortable", and thumbs to the side representing "could live with".
- The sense determines whether a formal vote happens immediately (mostly likes), the proposal is sent back to be reworked (uncomfortable), or if it's discussed for 10 minutes (some uncomfortable).
- The majority can decide to overrule the objections of the minority.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Andrea Drennen (April 17, 2015). "Is Robert's Rules too Restrictive? Consider Martha's Rules of Order for Meetings". Archived from the original on 2018-08-08.
- ↑ Madison Community Cooperative (July 19, 2014). "Board, Committee, and GMM Meeting Process". Archived from the original on 2017-11-08.
- ↑ Madison Community Cooperative: Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Policy Manual (see policies 1 and 2)
- ↑ Martha’s Rules: Advancing collective-decision making in nonprofits
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