may be picked up at the registration desk, the location and hours of which are announced in the schedule of events and in the meeting handbook.
Seating : delegate seating for the HOD rotates from meeting to meeting. The seating chart for each HOD meeting is included in the HOD Handbook.
Re-Credentialing of a Delegate : If a delegate must leave the meeting or is absent for more than half a day, the delegate may formally transfer his credentials to another delegate at the registration area. A temporary substitute delegate has all of the rights and privileges of a delegate, including the right to vote on items of business and vote in any election. Vacant Delegate Positions If for any reason, twenty-one days prior to the start of the House, there are vacant delegate positions, they may be backed filled by either district delegates or chartered/affiliated delegates depending on where the vacancy(s) occur. All vacancies must be filled by LSMS members, and these delegates will go through the registration and credentialing process. New Delegates Orientation Prior to the House, there will be a special meeting for new delegates where the Speakers will provide an overview of House including parliamentary procedure. The location and time of such will be published in the schedule of events and in the meeting handbook. Order of Business According to LSMS Bylaws the following is the order of business prescribed for the House of Delegates:
a. b.
Call to Order;
Report of the Committee on Credentials;
c. Report of Committee on Rules and Order of Business; d. Disposing of the record of proceedings; e. Remaining agenda, as given to each delegate
The Speakers are responsible for the content and orderly conduct of the agenda and business of the House of Delegates.
Parliamentary Procedure Parliamentary procedure is a set of rules by which deliberation of any item of official business, with protection of individual rights, can lead to a consensus of opinion. Parliamentary procedures serve to aid an assembly in orderly, expeditious and timely accomplishment of its business. The LSMS House of Delegates uses as its parliamentary guide Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure.
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