Robert's Rules of Order, by Major Henry Robert, Part 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Let’s relax with one of the most boring reads I’ve ever encountered, a minutely detailed guide to the internal workings of legislative assemblies. Why, one might wonder how anything ever gets done at all. Motion to sleep, seconded!
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:09.4 | I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
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| 1:42.6 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:46.8 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:51.1 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:56.9 | Let it out slowly. |
| 2:01.6 | And off we go. |
| 2:05.8 | Tonight, we're relaxing with the classic Roberts Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies. |
| 2:16.0 | In two parts, Part 1, Rules of Order, a compendium of parliamentary |
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