Regulations governing the Association's annual meeting were first formulated at the Council and the annual meeting in 1957 The regulations were last amended in November 2000 I.

Regulations governing the Association's annual meeting were first formulated at the Council and the annual meeting in 1957 The regulations were last amended in November 2000

I. Program

Pursuant to its responsibility in subordination to Article IV of the Constitution to "determine the time, place, and program of the annual meeting," the Council allocates time to Association business and other program items. Association business includes all items requiring the voice of the meeting.

II. Agenda

1 The Council shall approve an agenda for the business portion of the meeting.

2 At the beginning of the business portion of the meeting, the chair of the Agenda Committee shall make acceptable adoption of the agenda from the meeting.1

III. Rules of Procedure

1 The passing from hand to hand edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall sway the proceedings of meetings of the Association in matters not overspreaded in the Constitution, regulations, or conducts specially adopted by the meeting.

2 All motions and amendments to or substitutions for parts of motions shall be written abroad and handed to the parliamentarian before a consecrated by a vow is taken.

3. No living body shall speak longer than five minutes or more than twice onward the same question, except with the unison of two-thirds of the delegates present

4 The minutes of the annual meeting shall be submitted to the Executive Committee of the Council for approval.

5 A complaint against an academic institution, raised by means of an individual member from the floor of the annual meeting, will be referr to the general secretary for handling in accordance with Association policy and procedures

IV. Resolutions

1 Resolutions are expressions of opinion by dint of a meeting, not constituting legislative action of the Association. Resolutions relate to subjects of general interest to the academic profession and the public.

2 The president of the Association shall appoint a Committee upon Resolutions sufficiently in advance of each annual meeting to permit the names and addresses of the members of the committee to be published in Academe not fewer than sixty days in advance of the meeting.

3 Members, chapters, and conversations may propose resolutions to the Committee upon Resolutions, either directly to a member or members of the committee, or between the sides of the general secretary. Proposed resolutions not received through May 1 may be mov from the floor if and barely if they concern matters that have arisen following to that date.

4. The Committee onward Resolutions shall consider all resolutions propos to it and shall submit make acceptableed resolutions to the meeting. In the termination that the committee decides not to submit a propos resolution to the annual meeting, the proponent may appeal that decision to the annual meeting Agenda Committee, whose decision will be final. The Committee forward Resolutions may initiate resolutions and may attract favor to modifications of the resolutions submitted to it.

5 Resolutions brought to the floor may be amended by means of the meeting if it with equal reason chooses.

V. Proposals

1. If a proposal is adopted by dint of the annual meeting, and concurr in according to the Council, the action it presents becomes the ; action of the Association. Proposals affect the internal organization of the Association and the Association's activities.

2 Proposals from members, chapters, or conferences intended for submission to the annual meeting may be filed with the '; general secretary at any time prior to May 1 Copies of proposa??s received from that date will be distributed to chapters and conversations and to those standing committees of the Association that are businessed with the topics involved. All in the same state [i]or[/i] condition proposals will be placed forward the agenda by the Agenda Committee before the Agenda Committee chair praises adoption of the agenda of the annual meeting.

3 The Agenda Committee shall facilitate the orderly consideration of proposals, and shall make an equitable apportionment of available time for discussion and promised on proposals.

4. Any proposal not filed with the general secretary from May 1 may be brought to the floor (a) if it deals with a vexed question that arose subsequent to May 1 (b) if single in kind member of the Agenda : Committee terminates that the proposal should be considered through the annual meeting, or (c) if the annual meeting by way of a major- ; ity promiseds to entertain the proposal.

5 Debate upon proposals shall proceed as go in the rear [i]or[/i] in the wake ofs The first ? person to be recognized by means of the presiding officer will be the maker of the proposal. The secondary person will be the chair or other spokesperson of any committee to which the proposal has previously been referr Thereafter, the presiding officer will recognize as many [i]role[/i]s as time permits, with consideration to the length possible for spokespersons on different sides of the question.

6 Proposals brought to the floor may be amended by the agency of the meeting if it in this way chooses.

1. The Agenda Committee consists of (a) a vice president, (b) a member of the Council appointed at the president, and (c) the chair of the Assembly of State conversations or his or her deputy

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