Robert's rules of procedure are published in 1876. Its content is very detailed and all-encompassing. There are the rules of the chairman who presides over the meeting, the rules of the secretary of the meeting, and of course there are many rules of ordinary participants, the rules of the statement and expression of different opinions, the rules of debate, and the voting rules that are very important in different situations.
The basic principles of Robert's rules of procedure are:
Balance: protect the rights of all kinds of people and groups, including those with majority opinions, those with minority opinions, even all of them, even those who did not attend the meeting, so as to finally protect the rights of all these people as a whole. It is the unremitting pursuit of this balance for hundreds of years that has led to the development of today's rules of procedure.
Constraints on leaders' power: All members of the collective elect leaders according to their own wishes and hand over some power to the leaders, but at the same time, the collective must retain some power, so that it can still directly control its own affairs, and avoid the excessive power of the leaders and the imposition of their will on the collective.
Majority principle: the will of the majority will become the will of all.
Debate principle: All decisions must be made after full and free debate and consultation. Everyone has the right to persuade others to accept their will through debate, even until this will becomes universal.
Freedom of collective will: protect the collective itself to the maximum extent, protect and balance the rights of its members to the maximum extent, and then act freely according to their own wishes.