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WHEREAS, the birth month of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of
the United States of America and author of the first American manual of
parliamentary practice, is an appropriate time to celebrate the use of
parliamentary procedure; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting to honor Henry Martyn Robert, author of Pocket
Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies, familiarly known as
Robert's Rules of Order; and
WHEREAS, Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised is the most widely
used parliamentary authority in private and public organizations; and
WHEREAS, The National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) exists
for to further the educational interests of Parliamentary Procedure, and that
the State Associations assist in that purpose; and
WHEREAS, the correct use of parliamentary procedure protects the
rights of individual members, the majority, the minority, absentees, and all of
those together, all the while fostering orderly deliberation; and
WHEREAS, the NAP has, by adoption of a standing rule, designated
April as Parliamentary Law Month; and
WHEREAS, the NAP and the Florida State Parliamentary Association is
a society dedicated to educating leaders anywhere in effective meeting
management through the use of Parliamentary procedure; and
WHEREAS, the vision of NAP is to provide parliamentary leadership to
the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Wes Morrison, Mayor of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, do hereby declare April 2023 as
PARLIAMENTARY LAW MONTH
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