Ted Weisgal

### Ted Weisgal Ted Weisgal is a Houston-based entrepreneur, educator, and community organizer best known as the co-founder of **Leisure Learning Unlimited (LLU)**, one of Houston's most beloved non-credit adult education institutions. #### Founding Leisure Learning Unlimited Established in 1979 alongside co-founder Kathy Kamin, Leisure Learning Unlimited offered non-credit courses for people interested in taking up new hobbies, getting exercise and recreation, enhancing their careers, and socializing. Under Weisgal's leadership, LLU grew to over 500 different classes in its schedule. #### Early Life & Education Born in California to a union organizer father and a women's rights supporter mother, Ted pursued a degree in Journalism at San Jose State during the turbulent 1960s. While his basketball career was short-lived, his passion for parliamentary procedure was sparked by watching Student Government meetings. #### Community Roots in Houston After college, Weisgal was instrumental in founding the University of Houston's lifelong learning program — Sundry School. At the same time, he co-founded the Houston Food Co-op, from which the StreetFarmer's Food Co-op was born. These early organizational experiences — and the challenges that came from running groups without clear structure — shaped his lifelong commitment to democratic process and orderly governance. #### Champion of Robert's Rules of Order Since founding LLU, Ted has taught a free class in the basics of Robert's Rules of Order to a wide range of students, including members of the Houston City Council, both the Houston and Pearland Independent School Districts' Boards and Superintendents, student governments at the University of Houston-Downtown and Texas Southern University, the Student Bar Association at Texas Southern University's Law School, homeowner associations (HOAs), LULAC, labor unions, community organizers, and many Rotary Clubs. #### Author Ted is the author of ***Robert's Rules for Kids: A Guide to Teaching Children from Kindergarten to the 5th Grade the Basics of Parliamentary Procedure*** and co-author of ***Robert's Rules for Kids and Big Kids***. He has made it his mission to bring order into chaos, spending over 35 years teaching and promoting Robert's Rules of Order — with his most memorable experiences coming from teaching elementary school children.