The stated clerk is the chief ecclesial officer and serves as the presbytery's executive secretary and parliamentarian in accordance with the church Constitution and Robert's Rules of Order.

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised describes certain characteristics of a deliberative assembly, such as each member having an equal vote and the fact that the group meets to determine actions to be taken in the name of the entire group.

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised identifies several types of deliberative assemblies, including:

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised ( 10th ed .).

Robert's Rules of Order is the short title of a book, written by Brig.

Currently in its eleventh edition and published under the name Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised ( and often referred to using the initialism RONR ) it is the most widely used parliamentary authority in the United States, according to the National Association of Parliamentarians, a professional association of approximately 4, 000 members which provides education and accreditation certifications for parliamentarians.

Cover of the original 1876 EditionThe first edition of the book, whose full title was Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies, was published in February 1876 by then U. S. Army Colonel Henry Martyn Robert ( 1837 – 1923 ) with the short title Robert's Rules of Order placed on its cover.

As Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies ( cover short title: Robert's Rules of Order )

As Robert's Rules of Order Revised

As Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised

Robert himself published the first four editions before his death in 1923, the last being the thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition published as Robert's Rules of Order Revised in May 1915.

Through a family trust, and later through the Robert's Rules Association, several subsequent editions of Robert's work have been published, including another major revision of the work.

The seventh edition, published in February 1970 on the 94th anniversary of the publication of the first edition, was the first under the title Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised.

The current edition of the series became effective on September 23, 2011, and entitled Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, Eleventh Edition ( 2011 ) ( hardback ISBN 978-0-306-82021-2 ; paperback ISBN 978-0-306-82020-5 ; leatherbound ISBN 978-0-306-82022-9 ).

In addition, since the Tenth Edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, a shorter reference guide, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief, has been published to coincide with the main edition.

The most recent edition of this shorter guide, the Second Edition, coincides with the current Eleventh Edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised.

Since the copyrights for several of the original editions have expired, numerous other books and manuals have been published incorporating " Robert's Rules of Order " as part of their titles, some of them based on those earlier editions.

The existence of multiple editions and other variations all published as " Robert's Rules of Order " can sometimes cause confusion, as the various publications may differ in some details.

* Robert's Rules of Poker by Bob Ciaffone are a widely referenced set of poker rules.

Of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States ( two for each state except Nebraska, which has a unicameral legislature ), Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure governs parliamentary procedures in 70 ; Jefferson's Manual governs 13, and Robert's Rules of Order governs five.

According to the NCSL, one of the many reasons that most state legislatures use Mason's Manual instead of Robert's Rules of Order is because Robert's Rules applies best to private organizations and civic groups that do not meet in daily public sessions.

Eusebius of Caesarea, including the Praeparatio evangelica and the Demonstratio evangelica as well as the Historia ecclesiastica ( 1544-1546 ), Manuel Moschopulus ( 1545 ), Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( February 1547 ), Alexander of Tralles ( January 1548 ), Dio Cassius ( January 1548 ), Justin Martyr ( 1551 ), Xiphilinus ( 1551 ), Appian ( 1551 ), the last being completed, after Robert's departure from Paris, by his brother Charles, and appearing under his name.

Also, the quick-reaction soldiers reported fighters wearing Robert's gear and finding " a helmet with a bullet hole in it, which it was clear the last person to wear it had been shot in the head.

The last record we have of Robert's career is that in 1157 he became a canon of Tudela.

Harold ( Hal ) Dobbs: one of Robert's last Ph. D. students during the one year his idol and mentor's illness went into remission, at least enabling Robert to teach, if not continue his own creative mathematical work

King Robert's last descendant through legitimate line was Queen Joan II of Naples.

Kopechne reportedly left the party at 11: 15 p. m. with Robert's brother Ted, after he — according to his own account — offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to Edgartown, where she was staying.

Henry I took a year compiling charges against Robert and his brothers and Robert's unlicensed castle building and specifically Bridgnorth Castle may have been the last straw for Henry.

Sadly this would become Sergio's, Rubén's, Robert's and Rawy's last album recorded as members of the group.

The secret was finally revealed at last in 1884 when Alexander Ireland issued a new 12th edition with Robert's name and an introduction explaining the circumstances behind its publication.

The last straw for Robert's mother is when he kicks a rather large woman's bagged pork chops, which she had just bought at the local butcher's shop.

Robert's Rules provides that " in the absence of a quorum, any business transacted is null and void ," except for actions which can be legally taken: To fix the time to which to adjourn, adjourn, recess, or take measures to obtain a quorum.

At Robert's Lounge Burke told Remo, " Let's take a ride.

The pair met Remo at Robert's Lounge and said to him " Lets take a ride.

Fifteen years before the events of the series, Cersei married King Robert Baratheon and became Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, but did not take on the Baratheon name after becoming Robert's queen.

Nobody knows that Patrick has allied with Robert's bitter ex-wife, Véronique, to take revenge on Robert ; he is hiding from the police in order to make them think Robert killed him.

According to Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, Tenth Edition, the " requirement for a quorum is protection against totally unrepresentative action in the name of the body by an unduly small number of persons.

The popular parliamentary manual, Robert's Rules of Order, does not require it for any action.

( A story was later circulated that, to prevent further escapes, Henry had Robert's eyes burnt out: this is not accepted by Henry's recent biographer, Judith Green.

In Robert's account, as in Geoffrey's Historia, Merlin is begotten by a demon on a virgin as an intended Antichrist.

It was originally attached to a cycle of prose versions of Robert's poems, which tells the story of the Holy Grail: brought from the Middle East to Britain by followers of Joseph of Arimathea, the Grail is eventually recovered by Arthur's knight Percival.

Niue has a sea port, Sir Robert's Wharf in Alofi, which can be used only by flat-bottomed smaller vessels.

Robert's first appearance in history is on a witness list of a charter issued by Alexander Og MacDonald, Lord of Islay.

In 1106 he invaded and captured the Duchy of Normandy, controlled by his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, defeating Robert's army at the battle of Tinchebray.

Finally, he was overwhelmed by Robert's men and taken away from the field in custody.

Even after the younger William's death in 1100 and the succession of his youngest brother Henry as king, Normandy and England remained contested between the brothers until Robert's capture by Henry at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106.

After Henri's death in 1520 the printing establishment was maintained by his former partner Simon de Colines who also married Robert's mother, the widow Estienne.

If an organization that has adopted " Robert's Rules of Order " does not wish RONR to be considered its reference authority, it should adopt another version explicitly, as RONR is generally considered by parliamentarians to be the definitive source on the subject.

The Robert's Rules method for voting on motions and amendments is also a Condorcet method even though the voters do not vote by expressing their orders of preference.

Since a Condorcet winner will win by majority rule in each of its pairings, it will never be eliminated by Robert's Rules.

Robert's ideas were cited repeatedly by Freud in his Die Traumdeutung.

Octavius cries out that it is unjust, and Henrietta triumphantly drives the final blow ; " In her letter to me Ba writes that she has taken Flush with her ..." The film closes with a brief scene of Elizabeth's and Robert's marriage, with Wilson as a witness and Flush waiting patiently by the church door.

* Peter Robert's radio play Holy Fool is about William Marshal ( played by William Chubb ) narrated by his squire ( played by Michael Williams ).

However, the father was largely suspected by the Court to be her alleged lover, Sir Thomas Uvedale ( from the alleged prompting of William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Robert's brother-in-law who leased part of Essex House in London, and expected to inherit if Robert had no issue ).