Sentences with phrase «year member of the commission»

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Newton Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair who is a board member of the Commission on Presidential Debates, recently said that presidential debate moderators today have been facing more criticism than they did in years past.

Twenty - nine - year - old Kayla Barron, for instance, was a member of the first class of women the Navy commissioned into the submarine community and served as a submarine warfare officer.

That was the message delivered to the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Wednesday by three lawmakers and members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus (CBC), a bipartisan group launched last year in a bid to support the technology and its interests on Capitol Hill.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

That will pass away, and I doubt any member of the Bioethics Commission will arouse more interest in 1000 years than the names of Seianus or Tiberius Gracchus.

Over the past year Lira, Valech and six other commission members coordinated a team of 60 people working to amass and catalog as much information as possible about the country's political prisoners.

He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.

And 32 - year - old Mikhail Mikhailov, an accomplished water colorist, advertised his talents at local yacht clubs and received several hundred dollars» worth of commissions to paint pictures of members» houses and their boats.

Durham Youth Commission members commit to a one - year term of service; serve on City boards and committees as appointed and attend all meetings of those boards and committees; complete 40 hours of community service during their term of service; as well as attend and actively participate in all meetings, service projects, and special events sponsored by the cCommission members commit to a one - year term of service; serve on City boards and committees as appointed and attend all meetings of those boards and committees; complete 40 hours of community service during their term of service; as well as attend and actively participate in all meetings, service projects, and special events sponsored by the commissioncommission.

Interested youth are encouraged to download an application and apply to serve a one - year term on 2017 - 2018 commission, which consists of 30 members from grades 9 - 12 chosen by a selection committee composed of the City staff members, peers and Durham residents.

Thanks to the dedication and efforts of Carol Shannon, a volunteer member of the Special Events Commission who has coordinated the traditional parade for 12 years, about 80 units are expected to highlight the parade.

Every year, representatives of Member States, United Nations entities and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Commission's annual session.

For nine of those years he was president, and for seven years he was also a member of the Aurora Planning Commission, representing the Park District.

Trade group Specialised Nutrition Europe (SNE) says the objections could derail the result of two years of «intense discussions» between the European Commission, members state experts and stakeholders.

NYC Councilman Jumaane Williams surprised Charter Revision Commission members by bringing up pension benefits while arguing in favor of keeping three, four - year terms for Council members.

A year and a half after first opening in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, The Wing, a high - profile members - only association for women, is the subject of an investigation by the New York City Commission on Human Rights for possible discrimination violations.

In recent years the Commission has made greater efforts to tackle the problem of budget fraud, recognising the negative impact it has on the confidence of member states in the EU and the potential it has to undermine the process of enlargement.

Specifically, Cuomo - appointed commission members said lawmakers should back measures to limit or ban private - sector income in exchange for the pay hike, leaving open the possibility of another meeting before the end of the year.

Twenty - five years after Gov. Mario Cuomo proposed building high - speed rail between New York and Boston, a group of Assembly members will introduce legislation on Wednesday establishing an «exploratory commission» to «study and develop Hyperloop and High Speed Rail within New York State.»

Members of the state Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation today are set to meet in New York City to determine whether to increase the pay for 213 members of the state Legislature, hiking their salaries from the base $ 79,500 to as much as $ 116,900 Members of the state Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation today are set to meet in New York City to determine whether to increase the pay for 213 members of the state Legislature, hiking their salaries from the base $ 79,500 to as much as $ 116,900 members of the state Legislature, hiking their salaries from the base $ 79,500 to as much as $ 116,900 a year.

Jon Gower Davies, a former Head of the Religious Studies Department at the University of Newcastle and a Labour Councillor on Newcastle City Council for 20 years, has written a report for the think - tank Civitas, entitled «Small Corroding Words: the slighting of Great Britain by the EHRC», which advocates the abolition of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, currently chaired by Trevor Phillips, the ex Labour member of the London Assembly.

In any year in which a triennial general election of members of any local authority must be held under the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Electoral Commission must direct an inquiry to be made concerning the particulars on the roll of every person who --

Bronx Democratic Party Chairman Carl Heastie, one of the few members of the Assembly who turn up in the Commission documents, attracted attention for the approximately $ 25,000 in unitemized credit card expenditures his campaign made over the years the investigators analyzed, most of which without any explanation of their purpose.

Following the report of the Electoral Commission under section 77 (6), the Government Statistician shall prepare a report on the General electoral population and the Maori electoral population in accordance with the provisions of this Act, based on the results of the periodical census conducted in the year 1991, and the report of the Electoral Commission made pursuant to section 77 (6), and shall report the results of the census and his or her calculation of the electoral populations to the Surveyor - General and to the other members of the Commission.

This comes on the heels of the majority leader's waffling on his election - year promise to former NYC Mayor Ed Koch that he (not to mention every member of his 32 - person GOP conference) would co-sponsor a bill to form an independent redistricting commission by March 1, Sampson noted.

Niccoli and a group of fellow Democratic candidates have penned separate letters to members of the state Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation urging them not to bump the current $ 79,500 base salary of state lawmakers, who haven't received a raise in roughly 17 years.

Lippman announced the members of the commission in March and is expected to release parts of its studies and research throughout the next year.

Prior to becoming a member of the Town Board in January 2014, she served as chair of the town's Environmental Commission for six years, as commission liaison to the Planning Board for three years, as deputy town supervisor from November 2011 until January 2013 and as a member of the Zoning Code Review Committee from 200Commission for six years, as commission liaison to the Planning Board for three years, as deputy town supervisor from November 2011 until January 2013 and as a member of the Zoning Code Review Committee from 200commission liaison to the Planning Board for three years, as deputy town supervisor from November 2011 until January 2013 and as a member of the Zoning Code Review Committee from 2008 to 2013.

The 19 - member volunteer Commission on Local Government Modernization, or Consensus, started the year with ambitious hopes of putting a referendum before voters in November.

Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show this morning he confirmed that he is no longer a member of he Conservative Party - although the Electoral Commission figures show that he donated # 6,000 to the Conservatives as recently as October 10th last year.

The questioning only got more pointed as the hearing went on, with multiple members of the commission questioning the few number of investigations the elections board had undertaken in recent years, and whether it had tried to use the powers it has and the staff it has to fully conduct whatever enforcement work it could.

The Commission shall elect, from its membership (excluding ex-officio members), its own chair for a term of one year.

I have advanced degrees in government and public policy and on - the - ground experience as former deputy town supervisor, chair of the Environmental Commission for six years, commission liaison to the Planning Board for three years and a member of the Zoning Code Review Committee for fCommission for six years, commission liaison to the Planning Board for three years and a member of the Zoning Code Review Committee for fcommission liaison to the Planning Board for three years and a member of the Zoning Code Review Committee for five years.

«The number of full - time Conservative members registered with the electoral commission last year was 58,884 Main In praise of older politicians»

The number of full - time Conservative members registered with the electoral commission last year was 58,884

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

The Electoral Commission inaugurated an 18 - member steering committee to oversee and ensure the smooth conduct of this year's general elections.

At 10 a.m., members of the NYC Council's Committee on Governmental Operations hold a preliminary budget hearing to discuss the mayor's budget proposals for the next fiscal year, and examine spending during the current fiscal year by eight city agencies, boards, commissions, departments and offices, as well as community boards; Committee Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

At at 11 a.m., Rep. Nydia Velazquez, the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Brooklyn Heights Association, National Parks Service, Landmarks Preservation Commission and community members host event to celebrate fifty years of Brooklyn Heights» designation as a National Historic Landmark and as New York City's first Historic District, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn.

For example, in Michigan in the early 1990s, the Law Review Commission was led by a law professor who devoted perhaps 200 hours a year to the job in exchange for a small stipend, who coordinated the efforts of perhaps a dozen volunteer commission members who devoted perhaps 50 hours a year to the job, and a couple of law student interns who worked mostly in the summer for perhaps 300 hours a Commission was led by a law professor who devoted perhaps 200 hours a year to the job in exchange for a small stipend, who coordinated the efforts of perhaps a dozen volunteer commission members who devoted perhaps 50 hours a year to the job, and a couple of law student interns who worked mostly in the summer for perhaps 300 hours a commission members who devoted perhaps 50 hours a year to the job, and a couple of law student interns who worked mostly in the summer for perhaps 300 hours a year each.

I also wish to say that among the staff of the commission are some of the conscientious and most hard - working Nigerians and it is for that reason that last year, the commission promoted 7,330 staff members.

Clegg was ordained as a deacon in the United Methodist Church in 2007, has served on the board of directors of the Rip Van Winkle Council of the Boy Scouts of America for 10 years, has been a member of the Ulster County Board of Health and is chairman of the Ulster County Human Rights Commission.

Throne - Holst ran and won two terms as Southampton supervisor as an Independence Party member along with Democratic backing, but MacKay earlier this year instead supported venture capitalist David Calone, former chairman of the Suffolk Planning Commission, who earlier lost a close June 28 Democratic primary.

Following more than three years of inactivity, and effective dissolution after all its members» terms expired, the Open Space Commission (OSC) of the Town of Gardiner has been reconstituted.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

However, the 14 members of the New York State Canal Mitigation Task Force never convened, not even for a single session, prompting outrage from Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, who told WAMC: «This was a total dereliction of duty because not one meeting, not one report, and they could have done some important work over the years... we can't afford to have «ghost ship» commissions with commissioners who aren't meeting who are getting paid on the taxpayers» dime.»

Although she voted for David Miliband in the leadership election, she is undoubtedly an Ed - loyalist and, as the former chair of the LabOUR Commission on party democracy a few years ago, she has a record of supporting members involvement in policy making.

I also have very recent experience as chair of the Village of New Paltz Master Plan Review Task Force, as a member for almost four years of the Village Planning Board and as a member of the Ulster County Charter Review Commission.

Burnishing his middle of the road credentials, Gibson touts his vote earlier this year for a bipartisan budget plan in line with the recommendations of the Simpson - Bowles Commission and his rating by The Washington Post as the «third most independent» member of congress (Gibson voted with the Republican Majority in congress 74 percent of the time during the 2011 term).