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The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure
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<h2 id="roberts-rules-of-orderversus-the-standard-code"><i>Robert's Rules of Order</i> versus <i>The Standard Code</i></h2> Differences between RONR and TSC<table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Robert's Rules of Order</th><th>The Standard Code</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">Motions in RONRbut not in TSC</td><td><a href="/facts/Call_for_the_orders_of_the_day/WYQQIUP6">Call for the orders of the day</a></td><td>Use informal request or <a href="/facts/Point_of_order/gc8Wb02H">point of order</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fix_the_time_to_which_to_adjourn/6BN4p3J3">Fix the time to which to adjourn</a></td><td>Instead <a href="/facts/Amend_(motion)/3dGG51fp">amend</a> the <a href="/facts/Privileged_motion/CNLYWl4I">privileged motion</a> to <a href="/facts/Adjourn/6BN4p3J3">adjourn</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Objection_to_the_consideration_of_a_question/DUCa4ct6">Objection to the consideration of a question</a></td><td>Accomplished by different motions depending on circumstances.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Postpone_indefinitely/KvkWxD1v">Postpone indefinitely</a></td><td>Use form of table (requiring a two-thirds vote)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Motions withdifferent names</td><td><a href="/facts/Previous_question/hHurcgHR">Previous question</a></td><td>Close debate and vote immediately (or other variations)</td></tr><tr><td>Concepts in RONR but not TSC</td><td><a href="/facts/Committee_of_the_Whole/xwFqRdy3">Committee of the Whole</a> and quasi-committee of the whole</td><td>Use informal consideration</td></tr><tr><td>Terminology differences</td><td>"Adjourned meeting"resumption of a meeting following an adjournment</td><td>"Continued meeting"</td></tr><tr><td>Other differences</td><td colspan="2">major differences in the treatment of the motions to <a href="/facts/Reconsider/Rwhy4yfc">reconsider</a> and <a href="/facts/Table_(parliamentary_procedure)/CxmcsLhb">table</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alice_Sturgis/eljUej9p">Sturgis, Alice</a> (1950). <a href="https://archive.org/details/standardcodeparl00stur"><i>Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</i></a> (First ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. <a href="/facts/ASIN_(identifier)/twP2MtLk">ASIN</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000EAC3AQ">B000EAC3AQ</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alice_Sturgis/eljUej9p">Sturgis, Alice</a> (1966). <i>Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</i> (Second ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-07-062272-2.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alice_Sturgis/eljUej9p">Sturgis, Alice</a>; <a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Parliamentarians/8n84esRE">American Institute of Parliamentarians</a> (1988). <a href="https://archive.org/details/standardcodeofpa00stur"><i>Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</i></a> (Third ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-07-062399-6.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alice_Sturgis/eljUej9p">Sturgis, Alice</a>; <a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Parliamentarians/8n84esRE">American Institute of Parliamentarians</a> (2001). <i>The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</i> (Fourth ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-07-136513-0.</li> <li><a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Parliamentarians/8n84esRE">American Institute of Parliamentarians</a> (2012). <i>American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</i>. New York: McGraw-Hill. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-07-177864-0.</li> <li>Education Department, American Institute of Parliamentarians (2014). <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/americinsti0a-20/detail/0942736362"><i>AIP Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure Workbook: A workbook for users of American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</i></a>. American Institute of Parliamentarians.</li> <li>Glazer, Barry; Education Department, American Institute of Parliamentarians (2015). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310174936/http://astore.amazon.com/americinsti0a-20/detail/0942736419"><i>Differences Between AIPSC and RONR</i></a>. American Institute of Parliamentarians. Archived from <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/americinsti0a-20/detail/0942736419">the original</a> on 2016-03-10.</li> <li>Education Department, American Institute of Parliamentarians (2015). <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/americinsti0a-20/detail/0942736427"><i>Here is the Answer! What is the Question?: Book 6, Covering American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure</i></a>. American Institute of Parliamentarians.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Slaughter, Jim (2000). Parliamentary Journal (AIP) – A survey of Certified Professional Parliamentarians showed 8% of their clients used TSC <a href="/wiki/American_Institute_of_Parliamentarians" target="_blank">/wiki/American_Institute_of_Parliamentarians</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Sturgis, Alice (2001). The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 4th ed., p. 233–34 (TSC) <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>TSC, p. 234 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>