From the Editor

Upon the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic approximately two years ago, in-person meetings of various types of organizations were canceled due to health guidelines governing public gatherings . This resulted in a surge of electronic meetings of all sizes with parliamentarians having to adapt to the many options for holding electronic meetings in order to effectively advise their clients . In this issue of National Parliamentarian® Jim Slaughter shares the lessons he learned serving as parliamentarian for large virtual meetings .

Two articles focus on motions . Carl Nohr writes about the various circumstances that allow the chair to assume a motion and Lorenzo Cuesta addresses the life span of a motion . Pat Knoll gives an account of a strategy that can be used to de-escalate a potentially contentious meeting .

As you read, take note of the Book Review section that includes reviews of three books of interest to parliamentarians published in 2022 .

We hope you enjoy this issue .

Rosalie H . Stroman, PRP

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