…the members of the assembly should unitedly elect a
chairman and lay down guide-lines and by-laws for their meetings and
discussions. The chairman should have charge of such rules and regulations and
protect and enforce them; the other members should be submissive, and refrain
from conversing on superfluous and extraneous matters.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
