A
"presiding member" refers to someone who is in charge or has authority over a group or meeting. They lead and guide the proceedings, making sure everyone follows the rules and that decisions are reached in an orderly and fair manner.
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Some participants also proposed the inclusion of
presiding members of Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies to Article 71 office holders.
The immediate past
Presiding Member for the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), Romeo Akahoho, has donated a set of musical instrument to the Adjei Kojo E.P Church near Ashaiman.
According to him, the youth had earlier warned the Assembly members of their intent to attack them should they fail to unseat the
incumbent presiding member.
Nana Kwao Ponsi, the Adontenhene of Agona Asafo and
Presiding Member of the Agona East Assembly, expressed concern about absenteeism of some members and urged them to change that attitude.
I recall a wedding I attended many years ago, in which the ceremony, dictated by centuries of careful thought and adjustment — a «form» — was going very nicely; but then, alas,
the presiding member of the clergy took it upon himself to step outside of the rules and add something of his own.
Vegetables, Whitehead tells us, are democracies, whereas animals have ruling, or
presiding members.
The Presiding Member (PM) for the District, Hon. John Yankey, supervised the various formation of sub-committees that would help the running of the District.
In the letter to
the Presiding Member, copied to the Coordinating Director he notified them of their resolution to pass a vote of no confidence against the MCE.
Mayor of Tamale, Musah Iddrisu Superior, who is facing a possible impeachment by the Assembly has received one of the strongest backings since some assembly members petitioned
the Presiding Member for his removal.
The rebuke comes after the Invincible Forces allegedly assaulted
the presiding member for Ada East on Friday during the confirmation of the DCE nominee, Sarah Dugbakie Pobee.
Some irate youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) calling themselves Party Royals, on Friday disrupted the election of
a Presiding Member for the Adeiso District Assembly in the Eastern Region.
The angry youth, known as the Party Royals, besieged a Pentecost Church where the election was taking place, and assaulted some Assembly Members, supposedly over their failure to vote for the party's preferred candidate, Eric Kwesi Mensah, for the position of
presiding member.
The assembly members in a second round voting elected Ibrahim Zolge as
the Presiding Member.
Police in the Adeiso District of the Eastern Region, stood by and watched as a journalist, together with some Assembly members, were assaulted by irate youth believed to be New Patriotic Party supporters during an election to choose
a Presiding Member for the Adeiso District Assembly.
Even the judge who is supposed to come and do the confirmation of
the Presiding member was calling for their arrest but nothing happened.
The angry youth, known as the Party Royals, besieged the Pentecost Church where the election was taking place, and sparked the chaos, after their preferred candidate, Eric Kwesi Mensah, did not get the required two - thirds of votes for the position of
Presiding Member.
By law and Standing Orders of the assembly, he said only
the presiding member was mandated to call for such elections.
According to him, when the MCE nominee, could not secure the two - third majority votes, he then as
the Presiding Member adjourned sitting of the day, in order to fix a different date for the election, since the nominee has another chance.
They entered and beat up
the Presiding Member and other Assembly members and made away with the ballot box.»
According to
the Presiding Member, Aka Simon Kobla, he was physically assaulted by the thugs in the presence of the Deputy Minister and District Police Commander and dragged out of the hall.
The election which had to go into a second round failed to produce
a Presiding member for the Ga West Municipal Assembly.
The Presiding Member of the Bosomtwe Assembly, Mr Frank Forkuoh Ababio was full of praise for the assembly members and other political actors for the prevailing peace in the district and urged them to maintain it in the interest of peace and development of the area.
«The directive was given after the IGP and some Police Management Board Members reviewed a report from the Tema Regional Police Commander on the incident, statements made by Dr. Kotei Dzani, a member of the Council of State and Mr. Simon Arthur,
the Presiding Member of Ada East Assembly, and TV3's coverage of the incident,» the police statement said.
They are expected to hold consultations with Chief Executives of the local assemblies, and
their presiding members, members of parliament for the affected areas, and opinion leaders.
The presiding member stopped the discourse to remind legislators of «decorum.»
Also copied in the statement were
the presiding member and all members of the Senya Beraku Assembly.
Chairman Karen Douglas is
the Presiding Member of both Committees; Commissioner Jeffrey D. Byron is the Associate Member of the IEPR Committee, and Commissioner Anthony Eggert is the Associate Member of the Federal Stimulus Program (Ad Hoc) Committee.
Commissioner Jeffrey D. Byron is
the Presiding Member of the 2009 IEPR Committee, and Vice Chair James D. Boyd is the Associate Member.
Commissioner Jeffrey D. Byron is
the Presiding Member and Vice Chair James D. Boyd is the Associate Member of the 2009 IEPR Committee and the Electricity and Natural Gas Committee.
Commissioner Jeffrey D. Byron is
the Presiding Member and Vice Chair James D. Boyd is the Associate Member of the IEPR Committee.
This work is overseen by the Energy Commission's IEPR Committee, Commissioner Jeffrey D. Byron,
Presiding Member, and Vice Chair James D. Boyd, Associate Member.
Based in Edmonton, Vogel is
the presiding member of the Dentons Canada Region Board.
As
the presiding member, you will be compensated at a flat rate of $ 336.00 per decision.
However, if a party (with consent of
the presiding member) uses a court reporter who produces a transcript, that transcript must be provided to all parties and the tribunal — and that transcript will normally be considered to be a part of the record of proceedings.
Where tribunals allow recording of proceedings with the permission of
the presiding member or members, a variety of factors can be considered in granting such a request.
These reports should be supplied following the exercise of a discretion of
the presiding member and taking account of any special circumstances.
Review reports may be provided to the Federal Court and non-participating parties (s136GE (2)-RRB- and
presiding member (s136GE (3) without the consent of the participating parties;
A related amendment is proposed s 136G (3B)[item 51], pursuant to which
the presiding member may report in writing any non-compliance with his or her directions to the Court.
The proposed s. 138B provides that inquiries are to be commenced by the President of the NNTT, rather than
the presiding member, and that this may be on the request of, or after giving notice to, the Chief Justice of the Federal Court, not the presiding judge (see proposed ss.138 B (1) and 138D).
I am concerned, however, whether the test of «does not have a relevant interest in the proceedings», is sufficiently clearly articulated to be readily applied by
the presiding member of the NNTT.
While inquiries require the consent of the applicant before they can proceed [see proposed s 138B (2)(b)-RSB-, reviews can proceed without the consent of the applicant [although
the presiding member must consult with the parties before recommending a review s 136GC (3)-RSB-.
However, I would suggest that this obligation will not be easy to enforce.15
A presiding member of the NNTT will not find it easy to identify a party's behaviour as a breach of the requirement to act in good faith and to report accordingly.
A presiding member is a member of the National Native Title Tribunal presiding over a mediation conference.