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The National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP), is the largest non-profit association of professional parliamentarians in the world. A parliamentarian is a specialist in parliamentary procedure. ...
NAP was organized in 1930. Today, NAP has a membership of more than 4,000 parliamentarians in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, and internationally. Among NAP's members are more than 700 individuals who are certified as Professional Registered Parliamentarians, the highest level of proficiency.
The goals of NAP are:
Foster educational, scientific, literary and professional purposes of studying, teaching, promoting and disseminating the philosophy and principles underlying the rules of deliberative assemblies;
Further the growing interest in parliamentary rules in both public and private schools on all levels;
Create closer cooperation among parliamentarians;
Inculcate and uphold the general principles of obedience to law and lend moral aid and strength to the parliamentary activities of its members; and
Award such certification of proficiency as appropriate.
Levels
NAP members- all members of NAP must past a test to join. This test is on 100 questions on parliamentary procedure, taken from a battery of 300. This battery is available for free from the group's website.
Registered Parliamentarian (RP)- must past a further examination which includes answering questions on Robert's Rules and passing a larger test taken from a battery of 1200 questions.
Professional Registered Parliamentarian (PRP)- are RPs who have done further work and completed a Professional Development Course. PRP's that do not take (or teach) the Professional Development Course once during a six year period revert to RP status.
PRP's and RP's who decide to no longer practice may apply retired status, and retain the title "retired PRP" and "retired RP," respectivelyly.
Publications
National Parliamentarian- quarterly publication of NAP, including articles on parliamentary procedure and news/information on NAP.
NAP publishes a variety of other works on parliamentary procedure. These include Pointers on Parliamentary Procedure, the Pathways to Profeciency series, the Spotlight series, and more.
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