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50 Area I Leadership Conference

Credentials and Delegates Rules
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The rules presented below govern the delegate credential and voting strength process at the 50 Area I Conference.
Delegates and Voting Privileges

Voting at the Area Conference is based on representation. Each chapter is allocated delegates.

Delegates are apportioned by chapter as follows per the Standard Operating Procedure Manual, page 1.

Membership of Chapter Delegates Alternates
10-20 Active members 2 2
Each additional 15 members 1 1

Additional voting privileges are given to Founders, National Officers (elected & appointed), Area Officers
(elected & appointed), Past National Presidents and Past Area Directors.

Voting strength is determined based on the number of active Ladies in each chapter as of Dec 31, 2020.

Prior to the conference, the Area Financial Secretary has provided the total strength per chapter based on
membership and any additional votes for officers, etc. The Chapter Presidents submitted the delegate
identification & verification forms 30 days before the start of the conference.

The Area Financial Secretary confirmed the credentials of the delegates and alternates to ensure they were
eligible to vote (i.e. active as of Dec 31, 2020).

Officer, Delegate and Alternate ribbons identify members that are eligible to vote at the conference.

Conference Plenary Session Voting

The Area Financial Secretary is responsible for providing the voting strength for each plenary session.

Voting members (delegates and officers) for Area I will have designated seating.

Voting Delegates are required to certified prior to each plenary session in order to be seated (i.e. vote) in a
given session. This includes chapter delegates and any other delegates with voting privileges. Delegates
can only be replaced by certified alternates. If an alternate is being replaced, the financial secretary must
confirm the eligibility of the new alternate.

Delegate certification will be done 30 minutes prior to each plenary session. Each delegate must sign-in to
be credentialed and receive a voting card for the session. Once the credentials sheets are pulled, the voting
strength for the session will be closed and no additional voting cards will be issued.

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