Editing Robert's Rules of Order (section)

== Concise editions ==
Since the [[copyright]]s for several of the original editions (1915 or earlier) have expired, numerous other books and manuals have been published incorporating "Robert's Rules of Order" as part of their titles, with some of them based on those earlier editions (see [[List of books with Robert's Rules in the title]]). Some examples are<ref>{{cite web |title=RRO Versions |url=https://robertsrules.org/versions.php |website=robertsrules.org |access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref>
*''Robert's Rules of Order'' (1989) by Darwin Patnode, PhD, past President of the American Institute of Parliamentarians. Simplified and updated based on the original 1876 edition, [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]], {{isbn|978-0840771995}}
*''[[The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure]]''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bliss |first1=Edwin |title=The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure |date=1988 |publisher=McGraw-Hill, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=0-07-062522-0 |page=xx |edition=Third |quote=This book has been described as 'Robert's rules of order without the deadwood.' It's an apt description.}}</ref>
*''Robert's Rules in Plain English, Second Edition'' (2005) by Doris P. Zimmerman, [[HarperCollins]], {{isbn|978-0060787790}}
*''Robert's Rules Simplified'' (2006), by Arthur T. Lewis and Henry M. Robert, [[Dover Publications]], {{isbn|978-0486450964}}
*''In Brief''
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| name              = Robert's Rules of Order <br/> Newly Revised In Brief
| title_orig        = Robert's Rules of Order
| translator        = 
| image             = RONR_In_Brief_cover.jpg
| image_size        = 200px
| caption           = Cover of 2020 (3rd) edition
| author            = {{plainlist|
* [[Henry Martyn Robert|General Henry M. Robert]]
* Sarah Corbin Robert
* Henry M. Robert III
* William J. Evans
* Daniel H. Honemann
* Thomas J. Balch
* Daniel E. Seabold
* Shmuel Gerber
}}
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| subject           = [[Parliamentary procedure]]
| genre             = Reference
| publisher         = [[Da Capo Press]]
| pub_date          = 2020
| english_pub_date  = 
| media_type        = 
| pages             = 214
| isbn              = 978-1-5417-9770-3
| isbn_note         = (paperback)
| dewey             = 060.42 ROB
| congress          = JF515 .R692 2011
| oclc              = 
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}}
Henry M. Robert III, grandson of the original author and Trustee for the Robert's Rules Association, had acknowledged that "there has been controversy among parliamentarians concerning the length of ''Robert's Rules'' in its various editions and the complexity of the rules it describes."<ref name=":3" /> As a result, a supplemental book was developed.

In 2005, a shorter reference guide, ''Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief'' (abbreviated RONRIB), was published by the same authorship team and publisher as the Tenth Edition of ''Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised'' (RONR) and was made to be in accord with that edition of RONR. A third edition of this shorter guide was published in 2020 to conform with the current Twelfth Edition of ''Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised''.

The ''In Brief'' book is the only concise guide for ''Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised'' authorized by the Roberts Rules Association, and is intended as an introductory book for those unfamiliar with [[parliamentary procedure]].<ref name=":7">{{cite web|title=Newly Revised 3rd In Brief Edition|url=https://robertsrules.com/books/newly-revised-3rd-in-brief-edition/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=The Robert’s Rules Association}}</ref> The authors say, "In only thirty minutes, the average reader can learn the bare essentials, and with about ninety minutes' reading can cover all the basics."<ref name="Robert 2011 xxiv">{{Harvnb|Robert|2020|p=xxiv}}</ref> It is meant to be an introductory supplement to the current edition of ''Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised'' and is not suitable for adoption as a [[parliamentary authority]] in itself.