ARTICLE 36 RULES OF ORDER, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 1 The rules of order for conventions of the International shall be 2 Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, except as otherwise provided in the 3 following rules: 4 1. These rules may be amended at any regular meeting of the 5 International by a majority vote of the Delegates present. 6 2. The daily sessions of the convention shall begin at 9:00 a.m. 7 and adjourn at 2:00 p.m. Evening sessions may be called by a majority 8 vote of the Delegates to begin at 8:00 p.m. Instead of a roll call, 9 appropriate checks shall be collected from the Delegates as a means of 10 recording attendance. 11 3. The convention shall meet daily excepting Saturdays, Sundays, 12 and legal holidays and, for parliamentary purposes, shall be considered 13 to be in continuous session until adjourned on the last day. 14 4. The General Secretary and Treasurer shall supply each Officer 15 and Delegate with a list of Delegates and standing committees. 16 Proceedings of each day's meeting shall be printed and shall be 17 distributed the following morning. 18 5. Officers and Delegates shall be admitted upon display of their 19 identification badge and will take their seats without ceremony. 20 6. No person except Officers and Delegates of the International 21 shall be admitted to the floor reserved for Delegates. Other officers 22 and members of the United Transportation Union may attend the 23 convention as visitors on presentation of a receipt for current dues or --23-- 24 membership card. 25 7. The International President, or in his/her absence, the Assistant 26 President, shall preside. He/she may speak to points of order in 27 preference to other Officers and Delegates. He/she shall decide points 28 of order without debate, subject to appeal by five (5) or more 29 Delegates. No Delegate may speak more than once on such appeal. 30 8. No main motion shall be debated until it has been scheduled 31 and stated by the presiding officer who may require the motion to be 32 put in writing before it is stated. 33 9. While in the Committee of the Whole, a Delegate may speak 34 but once on any subject or motion. The maker of a motion may close 35 debate but will not be permitted to speak in excess of five (5) minutes 36 in the exercise of this right. 37 10. After a question has been decided, any two (2) Delegates who 38 voted with the majority may, at any time during the session, move to 39 reconsider the question. No debate will be permitted on such motions. 40 Should the motion to reconsider be carried, the question at issue may 41 then be debated in the same manner as a new motion. 42 11. When a question is put, every Delegate in the assembly must 43 vote on it unless excused by a majority vote of the Delegates. 44 12. Except as provided in Article 6, a majority of each committee 45 will be appointed by the International President and a minority by the 46 Assistant President. The person named first on a committee shall be 47 the chairperson. 48 13. A yea and nay vote will be taken on any question when called 49 for by one-third of the Delegates present. so 14. The convention is prohibited from considering proposed 51 constitutional amendments not previously presented to the Constitution 52 Committee. 53 15. All constitutional changes recommended by the Constitution 54 Committee and all such proposals printed and distributed to Officers 55 and Delegates will show the current constitutional provision and the 56 proposed change printed on the same sheet in a manner which will 57 permit easy and accurate comparison. Portions of the Constitution 58 which are not involved in amendment proposals will not be read during 59 sessions of the Committee of the Whole and such portions will, 60 therefore, be identified and passed upon by making appropriate 61 references to their number and/or title. 62 16. Affirmative action by the Committee of the Whole in rescinding 63 a former action is not subject to a motion to reconsider. If the motion 64 to rescind in a case of this kind fails to carry, a motion to reconsider 65 would be proper but the matter can be acted upon but once. 66 17. During debate the presiding officer will recognize the Delegate 67 first in line before each microphone in series beginning with 68 microphone No. 1, and continuing through the number of microphones 69 on the floor before again recognizing microphone No. 1. Recognition 70 shall be alternated between proponents and opponents on all 71 questions, odd number microphones for proponents, and even numbers 72 for opponents. When a Delegate wishes to speak he/she shall proceed --24-- 73 to one of the microphones. When recognized by the presiding officer, 74 the Delegate shall give his/her name and local number. He/she shall 75 confine remarks to the pending question. 76 18. If the report of a committee is adopted, the report becomes 77 the act of the convention. If the report fails of adoption, it may be 78 referred back to the committee for further consideration. 79 19. The report of the Committee on International Officers' Reports 80 will be distributed to Delegates on the first day of the convention. The 81 report will be considered, without reading, as a special order of 82 business on the fourth day of the convention. 83 20. Documents of interest to the convention shall be printed in the 84 minutes without being read to the convention. This includes resolutions 85 and other matters which direct themselves to appropriate committees 86 for consideration prior to being brought to the floor of the convention. 87 21. Reports of the Sick Committee will be printed in each day's 88 minutes. 89 22. The daily sessions of the convention may be opened with a go prayer by a member of the clergy or, in the absence of same, by a 91 Delegate. 92 23. The General Secretary and Treasurer may advance travel 93 allowances and per them payments to Delegates upon request without 94 approval of the convention. 95 24. While in the Committee of the Whole, a motion to stop debate 96 shall apply only to the specific subject then under debate. 97 25. Election of International officers will commence not later than 98 the first order of business on the second Monday of the convention. 99 When electing International officers the following rules will apply: 100 Where an individual officer or position is involved, and no candidate 101 receives a majority of legal votes cast on the first ballot, and there are 102 more than three (3) candidates on the ballot, all candidates except the 103 top three (3) will be dropped. Thereafter, the candidates receiving the 104 lowest number of votes will be dropped on each ballot, until one of the 105 candidates receives a majority of legal votes cast. In placing the 106 names of candidates on ballots or voting machines, the names of 107 incumbent officers shall appear first with the names of other candidates 108 following in alphabetical order. When elections are run simultaneously 109 log no member may be a candidate for more than one office or position. 110 In addition to the foregoing the following procedure will govern the ill election of International officers: 112 After the election of the President, the election of the Assistant 113 President will be conducted. After the election of the Assistant 114 President, the General Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected. After 115 the election of the General Secretary and Treasurer, the National 116 Legislative Director and Canadian Legislative Director will be elected. 117 Nominations will be accepted for Vice Presidential positions 1 through 118 14, until there are four contested positions after which an election shall 119 be conducted. In other words, it is contemplated that contested Vice 120 President positions will be elected simultaneously in groups of four, 121 until all Vice President positions are filled. --25-- 122 The Assistant to the President - Yardmasters and the Alternate 123 Assistant to the President - Yardmasters will be elected. 124 The Alternate National Legislative Director, and the Alternate 125 Canadian Legislative Director shall be elected next. Alternate Vice 126 Presidents shall be elected as follows - First Alternate in the Eastern 127 territory, First Alternate in the Western territory, First Alternate in the 128 Southern territory, Alternate Canadian Vice President, First Alternate 129 Bus Vice President in the Western territory and Alternate Commuter 130 Vice President, to be elected simultaneously. Second Alternate in the 131 Eastern territory, Second Alternate in the Western territory, Second 132 Alternate in the Southern territory, and Second Alternate Bus Vice 133 President in the Eastern territory, to be elected simultaneously. 134 Boards of Appeals will be elected simultaneously. The United 135 States Board - (Five members). One (1) member from engine service, 136 position one; one (1) member from road train service, position two; 137 one (1) member from yard train service, position three; one (1) 138 member from Commuter Authorities, position four; and one (1) 139 member from the Bus Department, position five. The Canadian Board - 140 (Three members). Three (3) positions At Large. 141 Executive Board - (Five members). Four (4) members from the 142 United States in position one, two, three, and four and one member 143 from Canada in position five will be elected simultaneously. 144 Alternate to the Executive Board - One (1) Alternate to the 145 Executive Board to be elected from the United States. 146 The demarcation lines for the various territories are as follows: 147 Western Territory - All territory lying west of and including the 148 southern lines of the Illinois Central Railroad (prior to the merger with 149 the Gulf Mobile and Ohio) and lying on the West side of Lake Michigan, 150 and south of Lake Superior, and northwest of a line laid through Sault 151 Ste. Marie, Michigan, and shall be bounded on the South side by the 152 Mexican border. 153 Eastern Territory - Shall be composed of the territory east of the 154 aforementioned line and north of the lines of the Chesapeake and Ohio 155 Railway. 156 Southern Territory - Shall comprise the territory south of and 157 including the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and as far west as the 158 Illinois Central Line, mentioned as the boundary of the Western 159 Territory. Lines of the former Gulf Mobile and Ohio shall be included in 160 the Southern Territory. 161 26. When an election for a particular office or board is 162 commenced, the same must be completed before the convention 163 adjourns for the day. 164 27. International officers may speak but shall have no vote in 165 convention. |