I recommend Rusty's Rules of Order as a slimmed down, well-explained version. The rules (both Rusty's and Robert's) are basically a state machine that helps pe

I recommend Rusty's Rules of Order as a slimmed down, well-explained version. The rules (both Rusty's and Robert's) are basically a state machine that helps people to run the kind of meetings that create top-down rules and directives for an organization with common ownership (so, a fraternity, sorority, union group, city council, or Parliament) (Google brings up several PDFs if you search for Rusty's Rules of Order)