I have just been elected to preside over the newly formed PTA of "my" girls' school at La Mulata Sosua.
As the president it will be my "distinct pleasure" to moderate it's meetings. The board has been conformed of 7 parents of which 3 including me are foreigners and the remaining 4 locals. Meetings will obviously be held in Spanish.
I used to organize and work with HOA's in the States and Spain. In the States, Robert's Rules Of Order were the parliamentary procedure of choice by default. In Spain it initially always was disorganization until I forced the concept of Robert's Rules Order upon every HOA which wanted me to work with them... not that difficult, as many or the residents in new developments were British or German (demographic mix, which by itself called for some rules :bunny.
Well, to make a long story short, I would like to see some expert opinion to find out if something similar to Robert's Rules Of Order (Reglas de procedimiento parlamentario de Roberts) are a known concept here or if there is anything similar to substitute them.
I truly intend to have civilized and productive meetings. Yes, we can!
Thanks! ... J-D.
As the president it will be my "distinct pleasure" to moderate it's meetings. The board has been conformed of 7 parents of which 3 including me are foreigners and the remaining 4 locals. Meetings will obviously be held in Spanish.
I used to organize and work with HOA's in the States and Spain. In the States, Robert's Rules Of Order were the parliamentary procedure of choice by default. In Spain it initially always was disorganization until I forced the concept of Robert's Rules Order upon every HOA which wanted me to work with them... not that difficult, as many or the residents in new developments were British or German (demographic mix, which by itself called for some rules :bunny.
Well, to make a long story short, I would like to see some expert opinion to find out if something similar to Robert's Rules Of Order (Reglas de procedimiento parlamentario de Roberts) are a known concept here or if there is anything similar to substitute them.
I truly intend to have civilized and productive meetings. Yes, we can!
Thanks! ... J-D.