Robert's Rules of Order - Funeral Announcement

Henry Robert was a US Army Major who wrote a book in 1876 intended to provide clear rules of order to be used in "deliberative assemblies".

What the heck is a deliberative assembly?

A "deliberative assembly" is a governing body of people who come together for the purpose of unhurried consideration and discussion. It is a place for extensive deliberation and discussion and examination. Their purpose is to "govern".  An example is the US House of Representatives  or the Senate. 

An Assembly of people gathered for"unhurried consideration and discussion" is a far cry from what we need in our business meetings today! Yet the shadow of Henry Robert is still in our meetings and that needs to change. 

We should have had a funeral for Robert's Rules and moved on a long time ago. When Robert came up with his rules, it was a really different time for human beings. We had not yet invented telephones, electric lights, cars, airplanes, or computers. Today's meeting needs and business environments are results and time focused.  We urgently need a goal-driven, time sensitive, technologically savvy way to meet and make decisions that can be used in our global business world in virtual as well as face to face meetings. We need to leave behind these outmoded practices and stop wasting time for convention.