Reddit reviews Breaking Robert's Rules: The New Way to Run Your Meeting, Build Consensus, and Get Results

I'll be brutal here: Robert's Rules of Order are a severely outdated method that creates divisiveness and polarization through majoritarian voting -- the same types of problems we see in politics today. It made sense as a big improvement in the 1800's -- it doesn't in 2019. Key quote:

"Its arcane rituals of parliamentary procedure and majority rule usually produce a victorious majority and a very dissatisfied minority that expects to raise its concerns, again, at the next possible meeting."

Anyone considering Robert's Rules should read this first: "Breaking Robert's Rules: The New Way to Run Your Meeting, Build Consensus, and Get Results" [1] by Lawrence Susskind -- an MIT and Harvard professor. [2]

That book is a "popular" condensed version of the ideas behind practical consensus-building. If you want to implement it in your organization, see his full-length "The Consensus Building Handbook". [3] It's textbook-priced unfortunately (for organizations to purchase, not curious individuals), but many academic institutions will have direct access to it online. [4]

[1] Breaking Robert's Rules

[2] Lawrence_Susskind

[3] Consensus-Building-Handbook-Comprehensive Agreement

[4] Consensus Building Handbook

source: Ongoing Discussion Thread

I don't know if this is anything near what you're looking for but a few days ago, just for kicks and giggles, I wrote down a short list of models to conduct meetings

From Wiki: > Of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States (two for each state except Nebraska, which has a unicameral legislature),

Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure governs parliamentary procedures in 70;


Jefferson's Manual governs 13,


and Robert's Rules of Order governs four.

The United States Senate follows the Standing Rules of the United States Senate, while the United States House of Representatives follows Jefferson's Manual.

Mason's Manual, originally written by constitutional scholar and former California Senate staff member Paul Mason in 1935, and since his death revised and published by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), governs legislative procedures in instances where the state constitution, state statutes, and the chamber's rules are silent.


According to the NCSL, one of the many reasons that most state legislatures use Mason's Manual instead of Robert's Rules of Order is because Robert's Rules applies best to private organizations and civic groups that do not meet in daily public sessions. Mason's Manual, however, is geared specifically toward state legislative bodies.

Martha's rule of order
Good for small meetings like HOA

http://camblog.topssoft.com/coming-to-consensus-marthas-rules-of-order

Bourinot's Rules of Order
Used in the Canadian parliament

Democratic Rules of Order
http://democraticrules.com/compare.html

GuideStar Consensus Rules of Order
Model:

1. Someone presents an idea. It could be a formal proposal, but most of the time it's just an idea, not yet fully formed.
   
   
2. The idea is passed around and the pros and cons are discussed.
   
   
3. As a result of the discussion—the more input, the better—the idea is often modified.
   
   
4. If a general agreement seems to be emerging (this is where good listening and facilitation skills are helpful), you can test for consensus by restating the latest version of the idea or proposal to see if everybody agrees.
   
   
5. If anyone dissents, you return to the discussion to see if you can modify the idea further to make it acceptable to everyone.
   
   https://www.guidestar.org/Articles.aspx?path=/rxa/news/articles/2008/going-for-consensus-not-roberts-rules.aspx
   
   DEMOCRACY 2.0 by C.D. Madson
   Intended for small organizations/meetings
   
   lightweight version of Roberts rules of order
   
   https://solonacademy.com/democracy20/
   
   Modern Parliamentary Procedure by Ray Keesey
   http://www.apadivisions.org/division-31/publications/parliamentary-procedure.pdf
   
   The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure by Alice Sturgis
   https://www2.humboldt.edu/senate/sites/default/files/SturgisSummary.pdf
   
   Larry Susskind Consensus Building
   Outlined in his book, “Breaking Robert's rules” (https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Roberts-Rules-Meeting-Consensus/dp/0195308360
   
   http://spectrum.mit.edu/summer-2007/breaking-roberts-rules/
   
   Dynamic Facilitation by Jim Rough
   http://www.tobe.net/
   
   Roberts' Rules of Order
   http://www.dummies.com/careers/business-skills/roberts-rules-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/
   
   Erskine May
   Used in Westminster
   
   Edit: formatting