CHAPTER II. 



HOW TO ORGANIZE A CHAPTER AND CONDUCT A 

 MEETING PARLIAMENTARY LAW BY-LAWS. 



WE will now proceed to answer the most important 

 and constant questions that come to us from day to 

 day. Naturally, the first inquiry is, " How can I form 

 a chapter of the A. A. ? ' 



As four is the smallest number of persons recognized 

 as a chapter, the first thing to do is to find at least three 

 persons besides yourself who are interested in the 

 plan. Call a meeting and appoint a temporary chair- 

 man. Explain to your friends the purpose for which 

 you have called them together, and make a motion to 

 the effect that a chapter of the A. A. be organized. 

 If this motion prevails, it will be well to have a com- 

 mittee appointed to draft your by-laws, or the rules by 

 which your chapter is to be guided. After choosing 

 this committee you may adjourn. 



At the next meeting, hear and act upon the report 

 of your committee, and elect your permanent officers. 

 It will prove of great service to you to conduct your 

 meetings, as far as may be, in accordance with parlia- 

 mentary law. Your by-laws should contain an article 

 stating what authority shall control you in this regard. 

 You will find ' Roberts' Rules of Order ' an excellent 

 and intelligent guide. .If you have no book of rules, 

 the following will be found to cover the principal 

 points which may perplex you : 



RULES OF ORDER. 



i. A quorum of members is always required for 

 the transaction of business, and in the absence of a 



