Sentences with phrase «issues on behalf of its members»

The Society of Environmental Journalists won this year for creation of the WatchDog TipSheet, which keeps an eye on FOI issues on behalf of its members.

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Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

The ACCC «has issued a draft determination proposing to reauthorise the Lottery Agents Association of Victoria to collectively bargain on behalf of its members with Victorian lotteries providers for ten years».

The ACCC has issued a draft decision to re-authorise collective negotiation arrangements proposed by Premium Mil Ltd on behalf of its members relating to farm gate milk prices and milk standards when dealing with Parmalat Australia Ltd..

Again unlike many past attempts to create systems to influence or educate Congress, the people behind PopVox have either worked on the Hill themselves or have a great deal of experience advocating on behalf of issues with members and staff.

(c) No subcommittee, except for the Committee on Ethics, shall cause to be made public or issue any report unless such report has the prior approval of the Executive Committee, nor shall the chairperson or any other officer or member of any subcommittee issue any public statements or make any public appearance in behalf of such subcommittee or permit the use of his title as identification in connection with any public appearance without the prior approval of the Executive Committee or of the County Leader.

The Governor thanked the delegation for its efforts on behalf of New York State and urged members to act on a number of key legislative issues that must be addressed before the end of the year.

The Cable Telecommunications Association of New York issued a similar statement on behalf of its members, saying it supports a bipartisan federal effort to address net neutrality.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted Monday to drawing the attention of city agencies to certain issues on behalf of community members who need help with business.

In a vigorous defense of her position, Magarelli took issue with the Ethics Board's suggestion that council members could appear at agency meetings only if the supervisor asked them to attend on behalf of the town.

A member of the most famous family in the world is dating an actress... But, that being said, the statement issued on behalf of Harry was unduly strong.

Before that, she was a member of the Chancellor's critical response team, assisting individual constituents with issues on behalf of the Chancellor.

«We just keep trying,» said Guilderland school board member Barbara Fraterrigo, who spoke on behalf of the board and has been interested in the issue for a decade.

I have actually raised this issue with The Society of Authors and would like them to raise this issue with lawyers on behalf of their members.

If you'd like somebody else, such as a family member or friend, to work directly with the Ombudsman Group regarding your student loan issue, then have that person fill out the form in the FSA Feedback System and indicate that they are filling out the form on behalf of someone else.

Large professional buyers of securities, mostly financial institutions, that are offered a portion of a new issue by one member of the banking group on behalf of the whole syndicate.

• Promote efficient and responsible government • Provide the veterinary profession with political credibility and visibility • Speak on behalf of the veterinary profession in Florida in a strong and unified voice • Help candidates sympathetic to our profession achieve or maintain public office • Encourage members to participate in the political process • Build and maintain key relationships in both local and state government • Strengthen the political education of our membership providing awareness of government, candidates and important political issues • Provide a bipartisan means for the FVMA and our lobbyists to advocate for the veterinary profession, small business owners and the animals entrusted in our care

Each member Local Old English Sheepdog Club shall be entitled to be represented at Annual and Special Meetings of the Club by a delegate and an alternate who shall be entitled to express the opinion of such Local Club in discussions on issues presented at such meetings, but who shall not be entitled to a vote on behalf of the Local Club.

In both cases of domestic abuse and child abuse, a judge or circuit court commissioner shall issue a temporary restraining order ordering the respondent to refrain from removing, hiding, damaging, harming, or mistreating, or disposing of, a household pet, to allow the petitioner or a family member or household member of the petitioner acting on his or her behalf to retrieve a household pet, or any combination of these remedies requested in the petition.

means any flight ticket issued by, or other goods or services supplied by, or on behalf of British Airways upon redemption by a Member of an appropriate amount of Avios points;

yeah, if only «they» were a monolith, they might have official bodies capable of issuing position statements on behalf of their scientist members, they might have some sort of (I don't know) Royal Society even... they might, in short, be capable of at least a rudimentary form of self - policing, perhaps even enough to render themselves culpable en masse for the abuses they collectively turned a blind eye to, despite having the collective ability to stop them.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot, speaking on behalf of the 25 member states after their recent meeting on the situation in Burma, called on the EU Commission «to produce specific proposals to address the issue of illegal logging, including opportunities for decreasing deforestation in, and export of, teak from Burma».

Because a Power of Attorney allows somebody to legally act on your behalf, usually on a variety of important issues, you should only grant a Power of Attorney to somebody that you trust; such as your lawyer, a family member or a friend.

More notably, the women asked that the court issue the injunction not just on their own behalves, but on behalf of all women in Massachusetts — a request that would effectively mean Marzilli would have to stay away from all members of the opposite sex.

For example, the American History Association, with 15,000 members, issued a statement on Scholarly Journal Publishing September 24, 2012 on that addresses the «debates over «open access» to research» that speaks on behalf of the humanities generally.

a provision of a collective labour agreement, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, in so far as it was concluded by an employees» organisation in the name, and on behalf, of the self - employed services providers who are its members, does not constitute the result of a collective negotiation between employers and employees, and can not be excluded, by reason of its nature, from the scope of Article 101 (1) TFEU (para 30).

A news release issued on June 17 on behalf of federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson - Raybould made public 15 appointments of either new judges or elevations of existing members of the bench.

It allows the members to keep informed on key issues affecting the clinic system, and provides the Executive with the necessary input to make informed decisions on behalf of the clinics and their clients whom the Association represents.

On behalf of the more than 9,000 members and 6,000 firms represented by the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), we believe the benefits of alternative business structures as described in the issues paper outweigh any potential risks.

And unlike other global transport and travel security membership programs, MedjetHorizon does not depend on hard triggers, like government - issued evacuation mandates, to act on behalf of our members.

USTelecom advocates on behalf of our members on critical broadband and telecom industry issues including universal service, intercarrier compensation, broadband adoption, and more.

The role of VACCHO is to build the capacity of its membership (24 full and 3 associate members), and to advocate for issues on their behalf.

So to me, advocating on behalf of our members on behalf of our clients, I see as a very important issue today.