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Survey Results: Rules of Order for Board Meetings & Annual Meetings


1. At our company, we: (Total responses: n=33)
(select only one)
n=1 (3.03%) Have formally adopted Robert's Rules of Order for all Board and Board committee meetings
n=2 (6.06%) Sometimes use Robert's Rules of Order for Board and Board committee meetings
n=6 (18.18%) Reject the idea of adopting Robert's Rules of Order for Board and Board committee meetings
n=24 (72.73%) Have not considered adopting Robert's Rules of Order for Board and Board committee meetings

2. At our company, we: (Total responses: n=32)
(select only one)
n=1 (3.13%) Have formally adopted Robert's Rules of Order for all annual shareholder meetings
n=4 (12.50%) Sometimes use Robert's Rules of Order for annual shareholder meetings
n=5 (15.63%) Reject the idea of adopting Robert's Rules of Order for annual shareholder meetings
n=22 (68.75%) Have not considered adopting Robert's Rules of Order for annual shareholder meetings

3. When we use Robert's Rules of Order for a shareholder meeting, our parliamentarian typically is:(Total responses: n=12)
(select only one)
n=3 (25.00%) Board Chair
n=7 (58.33%) General Counsel
n=1 (8.33%) Other in-house lawyer
n=0 (0.00%) Corporate Secretary (if different than above)
n=1 (8.33%) Someone else within the company
n=0 (0.00%) Someone else outside the company