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RESOLUTION 2024-12
REPLACEMENT OF NATIONAL TRUSTEES

Sponsor Info Process Status Date
Date Submitted: 10/22/2023 Nat’l HQ Received 10/22/2023
Resolution # Resolutions Committee
(by Resolution 2024-12 Received 11/15/2023
Comm):
Judge Advocate
Author: James B. Bartley 01/08/2024
Reviewed
Co-Author Forwarded to Nat’l HQ 01/22/2024
(If Any):
References: C&BL ANC Final Status

TITLE Replacement of National Trustees
Article VIII, Section 15(b) provides for the duties of the Resolutions Committee, and

It states as the duties of the Committee:
Duties:
5. Coordinate all Resolutions with the National Judge Advocate prior to reporting them to
the National President and summarizing them to the Mid-Winter Meeting attendees.
6. Submit to the National Secretary-Treasurer electronically not later than the fifteenth
(15th) day of February those Resolutions for official publication.
7. Expeditiously return to the author any resolution rejected because of late receipt,
inappropriateness, or incorrect format with written explanation for such rejection.
8. Provide a copy of each Resolution to the Committee of 33 Chairman for distribution
WHEREAS
and review of all Resolutions, recommending approval or disapproval of each Resolution,
and along with the Resolutions Committee's recommendations be presented to the
Delegates at the National Convention.
12. Present the Resolutions, along with the Resolutions Committee's and Committee of
33's recommendation for approval or disapproval of each Resolution and the rationale for
the recommendation to the National Convention when directed by the National President.
13. Meet and report to the National President at the National Convention and Mid-Winter
Meeting., and
The order of distribution of proposed resolutions is somewhat illogical in that the
Resolutions must be provided to the JAG and Committee of 33 before they have been
adjudicated by the full Resolutions Committee,

That Article VIII, Section 15 (b) be amended to provide that:
The Chairman, upon receipt of proposed Resolutions from the National Secretary-
Treasurer, will provide them to the members of the Resolutions Committee for their
review, comment and recommendation. After the Committee had completed its
review, the resolutions will be provided to the JAG for his review, and upon his
THEREFORE, completion, the resolutions will be provided to the Chairman of the Committee of 33
BE IT who will provide them to the full committee for its review and recommendation. The
RESOLVED Chairman of the Committee of33 will provide to the Chairman of the Resolutions
Committee a single recommendation of approval or disapproval for each resolution,
i.e., if there are 10 resolutions to be considered, there will be 10 recommendations
from the Committee of 33.