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Parliamentary services


Dr. P. Troy White is a Professional Registered Parliamentarian (PRP), credentialed by the National Association of Parliamentarians, and a Certified Parliamentarian–Teacher (CP-T), credentialed by the American Institute of Parliamentarians.

What we do

Engagements run from a single meeting to a year-long relationship with a board.

On the floor

Meeting parliamentarian

Serving as parliamentarian for conventions, annual meetings, delegate assemblies, and board meetings.

  • Pre-meeting consultation with the chair and staff
  • Scripts for the presiding officer, and agenda review
  • On-the-floor advice during the meeting, in person or virtual
  • Handling of amendments, appeals, and points of order as they arise

On paper

Bylaws review and drafting

Reading your governing documents the way a member will read them in a dispute, and fixing what will not hold.

  • Full review with a written report of conflicts, gaps, and ambiguities
  • Revision drafting and complete rewrites
  • Standing rules, policies, and special rules of order
  • Guidance on the amendment process itself, including notice

Training

Workshops and officer training

Practical training built around your organization’s own bylaws and its real agenda, not a generic slide deck.

  • Presiding officer and executive board training
  • Member workshops on motions, debate, and voting
  • Secretary and minutes training
  • Coaching for competitive parliamentary procedure teams

Elections

Elections and credentials

Running an election so that the result is clean and the process is defensible afterward.

  • Election administration and ballot design
  • Teller services and the tellers’ report
  • Credentials and registration for delegate bodies
  • Nominations procedure, including nominations from the floor

FFA and youth competition

Writing event materials

Written materials for the Parliamentary Procedure and Conduct of Chapter Meetings events, from someone who has written, judged, and superintended them.

Contest materials

  • Contest scenarios and problem sets for Parliamentary Procedure LDE
  • Conduct of Chapter Meetings presentation sets and ability question sets
  • Written test question banks with verified RONR citations
  • Scoring-ready judge packets and rubrics
  • Contest official and judge orientation

Dr. White has served as Interim National Superintendent of the National FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings event (2022 and 2025), sits on its national committee, and judges parliamentary procedure and CCM at the district, state, and national level.

Free companion tools: the FFA LDE Presentation Set Card Generator, the Parliamentary Procedure Interactive Notebook, and The Parliamentary Procedure Game.

Illustration of an FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings LDE: officers in FFA jackets standing at wooden stations with gavels and a copy of Robert's Rules of Order, beneath the FFA emblem and a banner reading “Striving for a more perfect use of parliamentary procedure.”

Classroom

Curriculum and teaching resources

Parliamentary procedure taught as a skill students practice, not a vocabulary list they memorize.

  • Parliamentary Procedure Interactive Notebook — over 120 pages, open access, teacher and student editions with cut-outs and foldables
  • Unit and course design keyed to RONR and the AIP Standard Code
  • Credentialing crosswalks for RP and PRP preparation
  • Classroom rollout of the Digital Assistant and the tabletop game

Who we work with

Associations and societies

Annual meetings, conventions, delegate assemblies, and the bylaws underneath them.

Boards and nonprofits

Board meetings, committee structure, officer transitions, and governance documents.

Schools and youth organizations

FFA chapters and districts, student councils, and advisors preparing contest teams.

How an engagement usually starts. A short conversation about the meeting or the document, a written scope and fee, and then the work. Rates depend on the length of the meeting, travel, and how much preparation the documents require.

Ask about a meeting or a document