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 chairman. Ex- 

 plain 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 w r ell to have a committee 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 meet- 

 ings, as far as may be, in accordance with parliamentary 

 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 intelli- 

 gent 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. 



1. A quorum of members is always required for the 

 transaction of business, and in the absence of a special 

 law a majority of the members constitutes a quorum. 



