9.
Communication with the Manager, ASB Grant Program, ARD to:
·
Encourage the exchange of information
·
Provide direction and input on departmental initiatives
·
Provide a representative view of ASBs
4.
Resolutions
a.
Resolutions Provincial in scope, and having been passed by simple majority at a
Regional Conference shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Provincial ASB
Committee by December 1 of each year. Each resolution submitted for consideration
must be accompanied by background information consisting of the history of the issue
and potential impacts for the sponsoring municipality and the province-wide impacts
for municipalities.
b.
After Regional resolutions are received by the Provincial ASB Committee Secretary, the
Provincial ASB Committee will meet to review them.
c.
Resolutions that are Regional in nature and that have been passed by a Regional
Conference may be sent on to whoever they are directed to for reply. This shall be done
by the Regional Resolutions Committee Secretaries. Copies of Regional resolutions shall
be sent to the Provincial ASB Committee for information only.
d.
The Provincial ASB Committee shall forward resolutions to each ASB by December 20
each year. Each ASB shall provide sufficient copies for their delegates and staff. Hard
copies of Provincial resolutions will be included in the Provincial conference package
available at registration.
e.
A resolution received by the Provincial ASB Committee that was not presented and
voted on at a Regional ASB Conference may be considered by the Committee as a
potential Emergent Resolution. It may be recommended for acceptance as Emergent by
the ASB Committee if the resolution is deemed an emergency issue of provincial
significance regarding Agricultural Legislation or Agriculture Policy that has arisen
since the Regional ASB Conferences, or if the sponsoring ASB can justify to the
Committee why the resolution did not come to the floor of a Regional Conference.
f.
If a resolution is denied Emergent status by the ASB Committee, the sponsoring ASB
may appeal this ruling through the Chair to the floor of the Provincial ASB Conference
Resolutions Session, where it may be reconsidered as Emergent at the pleasure of the
Voting ASB Conference delegates. The vote for acceptance of an appealed Emergent
Resolution must be carried by a 3/5 majority of voting ASB Conference delegates.
g.
Sufficient copies of resolutions accepted as Emergent must be made available by the
sponsoring ASB to all conference delegates.
5.
Procedures
A.
Approved Provincial Resolutions
a.
Resolutions approved for debate at the Provincial Conference by the Provincial
ASB Committee shall be handled in numerical order as recommended by the
committee unless 3/5 of the voting delegates on the convention floor agree to
accept a resolution out of that numerical order.
b.
Each resolution must have a Mover and a Seconder.
c.
Only the "Therefore Be It Resolved" section will be read.
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