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From the Editor

How does the new Code of Professional Responsibility influence a decision to sell or buy a parliamentary practice? Read the article by Jason Morgan to find out. Are you up to date on current benefits and drawbacks to using the Zoom platform for meetings? Get a Zoom review, offered by Justin Schmid. Think you know how to search the index of RONR (12th ed.)? Check in and compare your knowledge of terms used in the 12th edition of RONR as you read David Mezzera’s article! And don’t miss the report on the PowerPoint lessons for RP credential candidates, their teachers, and their mentors, brought to you by the new NAP Special Committee on RP Education.

We hope you enjoy the variety of topics provided this quarter by your fellow NAP members.