Henry M. III Robert - Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th edition

with page and line numbers as in the following example:

RONR (11th ed.), p. 449, ll. 1214

This Eleventh Edition supersedes all previous editions and is intended automatically to become the parliamentary authority in organizations whose bylaws prescribe Roberts Rules of Order, Roberts Rules of Order Revised, Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised, or the current edition of any of these titles, or the like, without specifying a particular edition. If the bylaws specifically identify one of the ten previous editions of the work as parliamentary authority, the bylaws should be amended to prescribe the current edition of Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (see p. 588).

Also see pages 11920, Notes on Example Format Throughout the Book.

11Postpone Indefinitely
(To drop the main motion without a direct vote on it)

18Call for the Orders of the Day
(To demand to take up the proper business in order)

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to the Eleventh Edition

This Eleventh Edition of Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) is issued one hundred thirty-five years after the 1876 publication, by then-Major (later Brigadier General) Henry M. Robert, of the first in the series of books familiarly known as Roberts Rules of Order. A complete list of the editions is shown on page vi, and their history is told in the Introduction.

This Eleventh Edition in the entire series is the fifth edition of the second complete reworking of the subject matter first published in 1970. It is the only book in print containing the completely developed body of rules understood as Roberts Rules of Order.

In the decade since the publication of the Tenth Edition at the turn of the millennium, three important resources have been added to supplement RONR.

First, for some time there has been a felt tension between the need for a parliamentary manual lengthy enough to provide rules as comprehensive and unambiguous as possible so as to cover the great number and variety of parliamentary issues that may arise in a deliberative assembly, on the one hand, and the desirability of a book simple and straightforward enough to allow the ordinary meeting-goer easily to learn and use the basic rules that are sufficient for most meetings, on the other hand.

When this book last underwent complete revision in 1970, a concerted effort was made to enhance the value of the work for the study of parliamentary lawto the extent consistent with its primary purpose as a reference manual. For those who will brave it, it is written to serve as a self-explanatory text that can be read through, with topics presented in an order that will best convey an overall understanding of the subject matter. Nevertheless, it is recognized that this project may be a bigger challenge than many newcomers to parliamentary procedure will find themselves at first able or willing to take on.

In 2005, to meet the need for a simple and short book, Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief was first published. A new edition of In Brief, updated and revised so as to mesh with this Eleventh Edition, has now been published. This Eleventh Edition of RONR, the complete rule book, now contains 669 pages of text, plus tables and index. All of its content has to be included because it may be needed and has at some time come up as a question of procedure somewhere. This book is designed as a reference providing, as nearly as possible, an answer to any question of parliamentary procedure that may arise.