ARTICLE 84 GENERAL COMMITTEE FINANCING 1 Each General Committee of Adjustment must maintain a fund 2 sufficient to pay all salaries and expenses necessary for the 3 maintenance of the Committee through assessments upon the 4 members under their jurisdiction. 5 The General Committee fund shall be deposited with the General 6 Secretary and Treasurer and shall be used to pay the salaries, 7 expenses, and other allowances necessary for the maintenance of the 8 General Committee. The General Secretary and Treasurer shall furnish 9 each interested Local Treasurer and the General Chairperson a monthly 10 report showing the division of dues and assessments. 11 Dues, assessments, salaries, expenses, and other allowances 12 established for the maintenance of General Committees, and in effect 13 as of the effective date of unification, shall remain in effect, subject to 14 change as provided herein. 15 Any proposition to establish or abolish full-time salaried officers of 16 a General Committee or to increase or decrease dues, assessments, 17 personal expense, or other allowances established for the maintenance 18 of General Committees shall be submitted to the members of the 19 General Committee while in session or by mail by the appropriate 20 officer of the General Committee setting forth the specific change and 21 effective date of such change. Such proposition must be approved by a 22 majority vote of the members of the General Committee before being --60-- 23 made effective. 24 All reasonable and proper expenses of a General Committee, 25 officer, or member thereof when in the service of a General Committee 26 shall be allowed as expense of the General Committee. An itemized 27 statement of expenses incurred, with receipts for all items in excess of 28 $5.00, and any amount due for services rendered shall be submitted to 29 the Chairperson of the General Committee. When such statements are 30 approved they shall be submitted to the General Secretary and 31 Treasurer for prompt payment. A copy of all such statements shall be 32 furnished to the Secretary of the General Committee. 33 Where not otherwise provided for, the General Chairperson may 34 rent office space, purchase office equipment, and employ such clerical 35 assistance as necessary, when authorized to do so by a majority vote of 36 the General Committee in session or by mail vote between sessions. |