“Minding Your P’s and Q’s: Parliamentary Procedure for the 21st Century,” a session on conducting more efficient and effective meetings, will be held March 6 in the conference room of the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service, 500 Idaho St.
Activities will get underway at 5:30 p.m., with an informal supper. The program will begin at 6 p.m.
The presenter will be James R. “Bobby” Hall, program associate in the Community and Economic Development Department of the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service at Little Rock. He specializes in leadership development and parliamentary procedure and is president of the Arkansas Association of Parliamentarians.
Hall said that during the presentation he will use a combination of teaching methods and talk about some basic information, such as the proper way to make a motion and how the motion gets to the floor with the emphasis on how to conduct effective meetings. At all times, he said, he will welcome interaction from the group.
This event, sponsored by the Jefferson County Extension Homemakers Council, is a gift to the community in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Extension Homemakers/Home Demonstration work in Arkansas.
There is no admission fee, but preregistration is required. This can be completed by calling the Extension office at 870-534-1033 or e-mailing mkizer@uaex.edu. The deadline for registering is Feb. 27, according to Nancy Rosen, county council president, and Mary Ann Kizer, county council adviser and county Extension agent – family and consumer sciences.
This activity is open to all eligible persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (large print, audiotapes, etc.) should notify the county Extension office as soon as possible prior to the activity.