ARTICLE I – Meeting Rules

Section 1.

1. Registration for all meetings will begin at least 30 minutes prior to the start of each meeting and may conclude at the designated start time of the meeting.

2. At check-in, membership name badges will be distributed to County Central Committee members who must wear them in a visible location throughout the entire meeting and remain in an area specifically designated to them by the Chairman or their designee in order to participate in the meeting.

3. Guests will be given a name badge at check-in that indicates that they are not a seated County Central Committee member. Guests shall remain in an area specifically designated to them by the Chairman or their designee.

4. Members shall seek to be properly recognized by the Chairman before speaking. Once a member has been recognized, they must move to one of the microphones (if provided) and state their name and properly worded motion. Subsidiary, Incidental, and Privileged motions may be made from a member’s seat.

5. Members shall not engage in debate until the question is pending and has been stated by the Chairman. Debate shall be limited to discussion on the merits of the question and shall be conducted at one of the microphones (if provided).

6. During debate, members will be allowed up to 2 minutes to speak. Members who wish to speak a subsequent time may do so, for 30 seconds, if all members who wish to speak have had the opportunity to do so at least once. The total time for all debatable motions (resolutions, constitutional amendments, bylaws, or rules of order, or standing rules, etc.) shall be 12 total minutes. At the expiration of the 12 total minutes of debate, a vote shall immediately be taken on any pending motions without further debate.

- Adopted on January 4, 2024.

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