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Southwest Coastal Area Local 917 American Postal Workers Union --AFL-CIO--

BY-LAWS

ARTICLE 1 - Order of Business SEC. 1. The order of business for this Area Local shall be: 1. Meeting called to order. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Roll call of officers- 4. Minutes of the previous general or special meet¬ing shall be submitted for approval. Minutes of the previous Executive Board meeting shall be read. 5. Report of officers, committees, and delegates. 6. Unfinished business. 7. New business and/or open forum. 8. Meeting adjourned. 9. Debate shall be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker. No person shall be permitted to speak more than once until every person has had a chance to speak. No person shall speak more than twice per issue. SEC. 1A. This section would be in effect only dur¬ing nominations/elections of delegates or voting on Hearing Board recommendations. 1. Meeting called to order. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Roll call of officers. 4. Nominations/election of delegates or hearing Board results. 5. Approval of previous General Meeting minutes. 6. Reading or previous Executive Board minutes. 7. New business and/or open forum. 8. Meeting adjourned. 9. During Hearing Board results, debate shall be limited to fifteen (15) minutes for each party. The only parties who shall be allowed to debate will be the maker of the charges or their representative and the charged party or their representative. SEC. 2. The order of business may be suspended at any time by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of those mem¬bers present and voting at any regular meeting. ARTICLE 2 - Rules of Order In the absence of other authority, the delibera¬tions of this Area Local shall be governed by “Roberts Rules of Order, Revised.” ARTICLE 3 - Amendments Amendments to these By-Laws may be made by the Executive Board. ARTICLE 4 In the Constitution, for the sake of brevity, the term “he” shall be understood to mean “he or she.”

This version of the Local Constitution (as amended July 31, 2004) has been voted upon as being the current and correct constitution by the following: 1)       General Membership 2)       Executive Board 3)       Constitution Committee 4)       Trustees 5)       Budget Committee