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The AGM 2000 A-Z GUIDE
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AIUSA Resolutions & Eligibility for Voting
View Decisions AGM 2000 now in the Members Section.Based on Final Resolutions that passed at the Sunday Voting Plenary, March 12, 2000. (requires Adobe Acrobat)
View the AGM 2000 Resolutions Packet now in the Members Section
- including the complete text of this year's AGM resolutions
- If you do not already have a username and password for the Members Section, sign up here.
The AIUSA Resolutions process at the AGM is a means by which members have the power to affect policy decision-making at regional, national, and international levels. Votes on resolutions during Working Parties and the resolutions plenary can be cast by individual members or representatives of local or student groups.
To qualify to vote individually, you must either:
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(1) Have paid membership dues between January 1, 1999 and March 1, 2000. To join or renew your
membership, please send dues of $25 ($15 student/limited income) to AIUSA-MEMBERSHIP
SERVICES, 322 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10001.
(2) Have completed a dues waiver by February 1, 2000 if you cannot afford to pay dues. To request a waiver, contact Shannon Thompson at the address above, fax to 212.627.1451, or call 212.807.8400. Each local and student group receives one vote to be exercised by a designated individual at the AGM. Group voting authorization forms will be enclosed in the February Monthly Mailing.
Chairperson: The Chairperson is an AIUSA member who is well-versed in the resolutions process and Roberts' Rules of Order, which is the parliamentary procedure which we follow. It is the job of the Chairperson to make sure that the people in the room know what is going on, keep track of where they are in the process, and ensure that all substantive points are heard while avoiding spending time on redundancy and minor grammatical points.
Rapporteurs: Rapporteurs are the secretaries of the plenary session. After the Working Party or Plenary is over, the Rapporteurs need to compare notes and make sure that they have an accurate record of the debate and votes. Working Party Rapporteurs are asked to prepare a brief summary of the issues addressed and amendments made to each resolution that passed (including what in their judgment were important amendments that may have failed).
Runners: Runners are not always used, but are most useful. These are volunteers who do exactly what their name implies: they run to get whatever material or human resources the Working Party or Plenary requires, so that the Chairperson and Rapporteurs do not need to leave the room and the session is not interrupted. Runners also count votes when necessary.
