Our GSA president has managed to swirl up a bit of controversy, and now several members of the class refuse to participate in anything we sponsor at all. Including the professional conference in the fall. You may need a book on interpersonal communication or group discussion more than a book on parliamentary procedure. Maybe you need a chaplain. All I want is to be sure we do everything correctly and by the book, except we don't have a book.
Nobody knows where our procedures are.
I am taking it upon myself to either find them or write new ones. Maybe you could find a congenial professor in your department to help you through this period of reorganization and renewal. I was my department's chair for 12 years, and I did that sort of thing a lot. Questions about Setting Up an Organization I want to know the preferred way of setting up an organization. Normally the answer is yes.