NW11-004
TO: SPEEA Northwest Council
FROM: SPEEA Northwest Governing Documents Committee
SUBJECT: PRESUBMITTED
NEW BUSINESS: Revision of SPEEA
Policy VII-D
Background
Northwest Policy needs to be revised to
accommodate and coincide with the CESO calendar.
It is moved that the following
changes be implemented to SPEEA Northwest Policy VII-D:
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Membership in the Council of Engineers and Scientists Organizations
(CESO) was authorized by the SPEEA Executive Board, in the late 1960's and
rescinded by the SPEEA Council in June 1975. Membership in CESO was
re-authorized by the SPEEA Council in April 1978 (SPEEA Policy Section V). The
SPEEA Council assigned the delegate responsibility to the Northwest Council in
2003.
1. Election of CESO
representatives to act as the Northwest Regional Delegate:
a. The number of positions
allotted to SPEEA will be based on current CESO Rules of Procedure, Article IX Finance.
b. A call for delegate
applications will be advertised sixty (60) days prior to the July May meeting in the
SPEEA Spotlite and a minimum of two (2) consecutive Newsletters.
c. Any member of the
Northwest Region in continuous good standing for the previous two (2) years is
eligible to stand for election.
d. Each candidate shall
provide a platform statement stating his or her qualifications and a summary of
SPEEA activism of no more than 200 words at least two (2) weeks prior to the
July Northwest Regional Council Meeting.
e. Each candidate shall be
invited to attend the July Northwest Regional Council Meeting for the purpose
of making a two (2) minute oral address to the Northwest Regional Council.
f. The delegates shall be
elected by a majority vote of the Northwest Regional Council.
g. At the July May
Northwest Regional Council meeting, an Alternate Delegate shall also be elected per above to act in the place of a representative unable to
attend a CESO meeting.
2. A vacancy will be
declared when a CESO Northwest Regional Delegate is unable to finish the term,
resigns, or is recalled by the Northwest Regional Council.
a. Should a vacancy be
declared, the current Alternate shall be seated as a CESO Northwest Regional
Delegate and a new alternate shall be elected at the next a regular
meeting of the Northwest Regional Council to serve for the remainder of the
term.
b. Should subsequent vacancies occur, the Northwest Regional
Council shall elect a replacement(s) to hold the vacated position(s) for the
remainder of the term by the process above.
3. Recall of a CESO NW Regional Delegate shall be by a simple
majority vote at a Northwest Regional Council meeting.
4. The Northwest Council may request funding for additional
representatives who are not covered by CESO association fees. They may
participate, but do not have voting rights.
5. Duties of the CESO Northwest Regional Delegates:
a. The elected representatives Delegate vote shall be cast as a
consensus vote. They shall choose a spokesperson to cast the CESO Northwest
Regional Delegate vote and shall act in accordance with the positions taken by
the Northwest and SPEEA Councils. Direction on specific issues from the
Northwest Regional Council will be relayed by the Northwest Regional Council
Officers.
b. Where Council positions are not available, the representatives
acting as the CESO Northwest Regional Delegate may represent SPEEA's interests
after taking into consideration past Council direction on similar issue(s) and
acting in good faith with the perceived best interests of the SPEEA membership.
c. Support of legislative,
public affairs or endorsements where there is no Council position should be
referred to the SPEEA and the Northwest Legislative and Public Affairs
Committees in accordance with Northwest Policy Section V, or the SPEEA L&PA
Committee in accordance with Section V of the SPEEA Policy.
d. The representatives acting as the CESO
Northwest Regional Delegate shall submit a written report on the issues and
events of each CESO meeting attended prior to the next regular Northwest Regional
Council Meeting. A concise oral report shall be presented by the spokesperson
at that meeting. This report shall include all issues on which a position was
taken without Council direction.