who are we?

The Oil Capital Unit is a parliamentary procedure study group chartered by the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP). The Unit is also affiliated with the Oklahoma State Association of Parliamentarians (OSAP). At our monthly meetings, members present programs on different parliamentary procedure topics based on Robert's Rules of Order. Members are available to help other organizations with procedural problems. We also periodically present seminars on parliamentary procedure which are open to the public.

our history

In the 1950s, a group of interested individuals formed a parliamentary procedure study club in Tulsa. The club was chartered by the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) in 1957 as the Oil Capital Unit. In the early days, meetings were held in members' homes, but for over thirty years the Unit has met at the Tulsa Garden Center.

Over the years, besides the monthly meetings, the Unit has presented workshops, institutes and seminars for the public as well as to other groups when requested. Unit members have served as parliamentarians for other organizations and have been called upon to provide expert testimony in legal cases.