[EM] Comments re Robert's Rules of Order

[Abd ulRahman Lomax]

At 10:56 PM 8/5/2005, RLSuter at aol.com wrote:
>[...] since amending RONR requires
>not only familiarity with it but understanding it "well enough,"
>Suter doesn't have the qualifications needed to propose
>revisions and be taken seriously. He should shut up until
>he has acquired an adequate understanding.

I disagree. One of the best ways to learn is to make mistakes in public. 
Not everyone, however, seems to be capable of taking advantage of what ensues.

"O, wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An' foolish notion...." --Robert Burns

To write for the Election Methods list requires no expertise or credential, 
but, should we venture to write here, we can expect to find others who will 
criticize what we write, and sometimes us as well. It is an opportunity.

In my opinion, however, Robert's Rules is only of peripheral interest on 
this list.