Robert's Rules of Order (1876)

Re:Robert's Rules of Order (1876) by gorgoiler on Saturday August 27, 2022 @04:54PM (#32623090)

Fans of The Wire will of course be reminded of this classic scene where an early 2000s West Baltimore crack gang adopts Rules of Order to lend a professional approach to their meetings:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xO1zxPRRf4g

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Re:Robert's Rules of Order (1876) by kwijybo on Saturday August 27, 2022 @06:53PM (#32624054)

The Wire also showed the importance of modifying Roberts Rules to meet the needs of a particular organization. In this case, not taking minutes, because they were discussing a criminal conspiracy to buy and sell large quantities of drugs.

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Re:Robert's Rules of Order (1876) by gorgoiler on Saturday August 27, 2022 @10:29PM (#32625220)

STRINGER: Yo, what is that?

SHAMROCK: [scribbling on a legal pad] The Roberts Rules say we gotta have minutes for the meeting right? These the minutes.

STRINGER: Is you takin’ notes on a criminal f*** conspiracy?! What the ** is you thinking man?!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hGo5bxWy21g

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