Hey Eddie,
 Your date is confusing, what are you talking about, please explain.
The first known use of Parliamentary law was in the year 1258, but it was until January 1874 that Henry M. Robert wrote the 176 pages of 'Pocket Manual for Deliberative Assemblies' which on February 19, 1876 was published by S.C. Griggs and Company of Chicago, IL as 'Robert's Rules of Order'. 4,000 copies of this first printing were published. This is officially the first publication of Robert's Rules of Order. Will you please explain where the year 1700 came from, it does not comply with the historical facts of the Robert's Rule Association. 
 Robert' Rules of Order contains many guidelines, and is far more than a simple guide, and is based on the regard for the rights of:
The majority,
The minority when greater that one third,
The individual member,
Absentees,
and all of the fore mentioned together as a group.
The current HPOCA bylaws allow that we are governed by Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised. It was recommended that our bylaws supercede Robert's Rules of Order, which empower the bylaws.
There has been debates among Parliamentarians as to electronic meetings, the consenses is that these are not suited to deliberative processes common to parliamentary law.
Take Care!!!
Andy