Sentences with phrase «voted by the membership»

The 2015 - 16 year was a transformational year, in which the organization officially adopted the name Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, following a historic vote by its membership in January 2016.
The Southwest Alternate Media Project is pleased to announce its annual «Best in Film» awards list as voted by its membership.
Yet, there are no plans for a ratification vote by the membership.
The AKC Board reviewed the results of a vote by the membership of the Dalmatian Club of America (DCA).
The single game, without regard to system or delivery mechanism, voted by the membership of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences that best utilizes the chosen medium to entertain users.
Founding Dean and Faculty Member, Joeseph Palombo, has been nominated and voted by the membership as an Honorary Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Since a 2008 vote by the membership, all Suburban West REALTOR ® members are required to complete a Membership Renewal Training course every two years.
The Association's bylaws required that all amendments to the bylaws required a vote by the membership with an appropriate quorum.

Not exact matches

Members of local unions will vote by mail, at mass membership meetings, and at walk - in balloting meetings and all results are due back to the CWA by June 17, according to Bob Master, assistant to the vice president at the CWA.
The document was produced by the House Intelligence Committee's GOP majority, which voted Thursday to make it available to the entire House membership, though not to the public.
Most organizations have bylaws that a. require the leadership to be elected by the members b. permit the leadership to be recalled by the membership via a vote.
It should be mentioned that the 2008 General Conference sustained United Methodist membership in RCRC by a margin of only 32 votes out of a total of 800 cast; this is the narrowest vote, to date, on United Methodist membership in RCRC.)
By Spring of 2002 we hope the congregation will be ready to wholeheartedly vote for application to TCPC for membership and listing in the directory.
There are criteria for membership in good standing, and membership is voted or decided upon by a competent body or person.
But in some parts of the country a grass - roots movement of laid - off workers resisting the plant closures is exerting surprising pressure upon its own leadership, as the recent vote by the rank and file membership of United Auto Workers to defy its own leadership and decisively reject a wage agreement with Chrysler Corporation appears to indicate.
The above resulted in a final first public version that was put to a vote for approval by the IFOAM membership through a virtual General Assembly last lasted from 16 October 2013 through 16 December 2013.
Global Dairy Trade has strengthened its independence by establishing the GDT Events Oversight Board, with an independent chairperson, wider membership and voting rights.
In between In - Person GAs the membership of IFOAM - Organics International takes decisions by Electronic Vote, so called Electronic General Assemblies (eGAs).
Nominee's names are then put on the mail out ballot and voted on by the membership.
The UK statistics authority said continued claims by Vote Leave that EU membership costs the UK # 350m a week are «misleading» and «undermines trust in official statistics.»
Salmond also justifies another plebiscite by arguing unionists did not make clear that a vote to remain in the UK would «jeopardise» Scotland's membership of the EU.
In my last post on the topic I discussed some of the consequences of a yes vote: the problems that would be raised around the currency, Scotland's membership of the EU, and, more generally, the difficulties presented by the tight time - fame set by the Scottish Government for negotiation.
Downing Street has brought forward the Commons» vote on membership of the European Union, as it seeks to quell a potential rebellion by eurosceptic Conservatives.
If approved by them, it would go to the membership for a vote.
Party head office has confirmed that 17 of these had been identified by an audit of membership carried out in recent months as not being on the electoral register and would not be allowed to vote unless they have a reasonable explanation.
The promise of an In / Out referendum under a Conservative Government late in the next Parliament will draw much of the poison that has plagued the party over the EU issue since Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech - by making it clear to those MPs and party members opposed to EU membership that in such circumstances they will have an opportunity to campaign for a No vote.
By partnering with the GOP the IDC Senators have deprived New Yorkers of the democratic leadership and membership they voted into office and prevented the passing of legislation benefiting our communities.
He said that, if the government did not formally adopt the idea of extending Britain's membership, he was prepared to force a vote on the issue by attempting to add his plan to the EU withdrawal bill, currently working its way through parliament.
After the Leave vote, the Liberal Democrats sought to mobilise the 48 % who voted Remain, [95] and the party's membership rose again, reaching 80,000 by September.
As Jon well knows, Luke supported Yvette during the leadership campaign and his views are, broadly, supported by a wide plularity of those 40 % of the electorate that voted for Liz, Yvette or Andy — around 60 % of the then membership.
The rank and file left leaning Lib Dem grouping has been weakened too much by haemorrhaging membership and the leaders payroll vote has already won out in other key conflicts over the NHS, tuition fees and secret courts.
There will be three vote counters, appointed by the President, in consultation with the membership.
Labour delegates asked by Daily Politics to «vote» on whether there should be a referendum in the UK about EU membership
Public support for a second vote is likely to embolden Mr Umunna's group of Labour backbenchers who have been urging Jeremy Corbyn to back a Norway - style soft Brexit by pushing for Britain's membership of the European Economic Area.
Hereafter, no new form of county tax maybe imposed, and the County of Erie's three per centum sales and use tax and fees or charges established by the County Legislature shall not be increased except by a resolution approved by: (a) the affirmative vote of two thirds of the whole number of the membership of the County Legislature, or, (b) the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole number of the membership of the County Legislature submitting a proposition for such imposition or increase to a mandatory referendum to be held pursuant to article three of the County law.
Following the referendum on EU membership more than two dozen members of the Shadow Cabinet resigned in late June 2016, [114] and a no - confidence vote was supported by 172 MPs against 40 supporting Corbyn.
Any member or officer of the County Committee may be removed from such office or membership for good cause shown, by a two - thirds vote of the Executive Committee after a hearing on written notice specifying the charges.
Whoever becomes chair will have been selected by the party's elected officials before being voted on by the party membership.
Now a breakdown of how Tory voters voted in the referendum shows that they voted to Leave by 58 % to 42 %, assuming the membership followed a similar pattern.
AMS / AV + would almost certainly be easier than STV, which would require huge constituencies for rural areas (and even under FPTP, there are inequalities in constituency membership because of the difficulties caused by excessive size), but then a whole new can of worms would be opened up concerning how to set the ratio between corrective «top - up» MPs, and constituency MPs, plus a whole load of other factors such as whether to allow dual standing, whether the two votes should be two choices or interconnected, whether the list should be open or closed, etc., etc..
Furthermore, as both Charter 88 and the New Politics Network are membership organisations, we practice what we preach: by joining both or either organisations you will be given a say in and a vote on what our priorities should be.
With oversight left in the hands of the likes of public - employee union devotees like Fertel, and board membership held by a City Manager with a constant «thumb» in the making of the municipal budget, and another board seat perpetually occupied by a Councilwoman charged with voting on these very same budgets year - in and year - out, what other result might be expected?
Apart from anything else, David Cameron will now be under enormous pressure from many of his MPs, alarmed by UKIP's success in taking votes - if not seats - to claw back much more sovereignty from Brussels than is realistic, as a precursor to the the promised referendum on EU membership.
Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in impeachment process (initiating and passing a motion for the removal) of the judges of the Supreme Court and the state High Courts (by a majority of the membership of the House and at least two - thirds majority of the members present and voting), who then can be removed by the President of India.
They will not lightly be forgiven by a membership which, let's not forget, voted overwhelmingly for Corbyn.
He said, «It is about the party invoking a clause in the constitution in recognition of a decision he had made by ceasing his membership of the party by going public to say he voted for a candidate other than the candidate of the party, and also saying that he was advocating to his constituents to vote against the decision of the congress which is the highest body of the party.»
And Commissions of Inquiry set up by the Prime Minister should have their membership and terms of reference made subject to debate and vote of the House before they could be ratified.
Faced by a choice of Tony Blair, John Prescott, and Margaret Beckett, every major union recommended their memberships vote for either Beckett or Prescott, and every single union membership voted for Blair... (but) every single union in 2007 that recommended a candidate (for the deputy leadership) delivered between 40 and 50 % of their union's vote to their favourite son or daughter.
However, when questioned by Labour MP and People's Pledge supporter, Natasha Engel, at PM's questions (Wednesday October 16) on how Cameron would vote in a referendum on EU membership, he said:
UNIONS are trying to get round the new # 25 charge to vote in the Labour leadership by offering Jeremy Corbyn - supporters a special # 2 membership so they can flood the contest.
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