DELIBERATIVE ASSEMBLY

A 'deliberative assembly' is an organization, comprising 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.

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See also

★ American Institute of Parliamentarians

★ National Association of Parliamentarians

★ Rules of order

★ Parliamentary authority