deliberative assembly

A deliberative assembly is an organization, comprising of members, that uses a parliamentary procedure for making decisions.

The following are common types of deliberative assemblies:

• The Mass Meeting
• The Local Assembly of an Organized Society
• The Convention
• The Legislative Body
• The Board

A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is subordinate to another deliberative assembly.

A deliberative assembly may have different classes of members. Common classes are voting members (also known as regular members), who have the right to vote, ex-officio members, and honorary members.

A deliberative assembly may, or may not be, representative. For example, a board is composed of elected representatives; but there are no representatives in a mass meeting of members.

See also

• American Institute of Parliamentarians
• National Association of Parliamentarians
• Rules of order
• Parliamentary authority

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