American Institute of Parliamentarians

The American Institute of Parliamentarians (AIP), is a not-for-profit educational organization founded in 1958 for the advancement of parliamentary procedure. From a first-year membership of only 48 members, AlP has grown into a progressive association with active chapters and regions. More than 1,200 members reside in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Puerto Rico, and throughout the world.

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AIP is unique in its use of many parliamentary authorities in its education programs. This diversity allows members and students to be aware of what the common parliamentary procedures are, but also understand the history and theory of why certain procedures exist, and optional procedures that are available to organizations. AIP was involved in the revision of The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure and Modern Parliamentary Procedure following the deaths of their authors.

Related Topics:
The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure - Modern Parliamentary Procedure

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Some say that AIP was formed by members of the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) unhappy with how that organization was run. Today, many members of AIP are also members of NAP, and the two organization do work together. There are join NAP/AIP Chapters, they collaborated on a Code of Ethics for Parliamentarians, and have joint conferences.

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The objectives of AIP are:

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• Promote use of effective, democratic, parliamentary practices
• Promote preparation and use of parliamentary literature
• Promote teaching of Parliamentary procedure
• Promote the training and certification of Parliamentarians
• Promote wider use of Parliamentarians
• Maintain a representative, democratic organization
 
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