Professional Registered Parliamentarian
CurrentProvided professional parliamentary services to organizations for board meetings, annual meetings and conventions. Served as a professional parliamentarian and provided meeting scripts and training to the presiding officers.Provided written professional parliamentary opinions on questions of procedure and bylaws to individuals and organizations. Topics and inquiries included irregularities and procedure for nominations, elections, and balloting; procedures and instructions for grievances and disciplinary actions; and handling officer vacancies and conflict of interests.Provided consulting and assistance with writing, amending, and revising bylaws and other governing documents to comply with changes in procedure, technology, and association’s best practices.Provided consulting and assistance with creating and organizing a new society or association using a mass meeting of interested parties. Assisted the new organization develop governing documents including Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Association, Bylaws, Special Rules of Order, Standing Rules and special rules for electronic meetings. Assisted organizations comply with government requirements and obtain government recognition such as taxpayer identification numbers, non-profit status as a 501 c entity as appropriate, and appropriate filings to be made periodically to both the federal government and state and local offices.Provided training and seminars for leadership development, parliamentary procedure, effective meetings, electronic meetings, parliamentary persuasion and practices for skills in presiding and debate.