Grandma Girl here, I'm in Yon Fog Fog, and today we're going to talk about words related to meetings.

And I'm here with Jim Slaughter who is the president of law firm

Carolinas and a big deal parliamentarian. He is a professional registered

parliamentarian, past president of the American College of

parliamentary lawyers, and a parliamentarian to many of the largest trade and

professional associations in the country. He's written four books on Roberts Rules of Order

and running proper meetings, including two recent books updated for the

latest Roberts, Roberts Rules of Order Fast Track, and notes and comments on Roberts Rules of Order of Fast Track and notes and comments on Robert's Rules Fifth Edition.

Jim Slaughter, welcome to the Grammar Girl podcast.

Thank you, Mignon.

Yeah, so you are really into meetings and we're going to talk about the words related to meetings, but you know why why is this also important?

When you think about all the meetings in the United States, you've got unions, you've got religious institutions, you have nonprofits, you have charities, homeowner associations.

There really are millions of meetings in the United States every year.

And by knowing the words that get used in those meetings,

because it's almost like a trade language,

by knowing the right words in those meetings,

people that go to the meetings can

can look like they know what they are doing and they are more likely to get

done what they want accomplished at the meeting. Right, so I feel like the last time

I thought about parliamentary procedure was probably in high school and maybe

some group I was in. Where does this get used in the adult world today?

Lots of people are introduced to in high school,

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