Page 2 - The Law of Difficult Meetings

Contents

Part 1 – Introduction 01

1. General introductory remarks 01

2. The purpose of this paper 01

Part 2 – Preparations for meeting 02

3. The time, date and location of the meeting 02

4. The venue 02

5. Attendance at meetings: power to exclude 05

6. Information booths 05

7. Preparations for class meetings 06

Part 3 – Commencement and conduct of meeting 08

8. Order of business 08

9. Starting the meeting 09

10. Chairman’s duties and powers at the meeting and handling of the meeting 09

11. Who can speak? 11

12. Debate and discussion 11

13. Defamation 13

14. Points of order 14

15. Disruptions and demonstrations 15

16. Reducing the length of the meeting 17