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Consensus. Consensus is the primary method of decision-making at all levels of Association governance, except where otherwise required by the Declaration, the Bylaws, or the Act. Using consensus, each member may agree with the matter, disagree with the matter but not block passage, or disagree with the matter and block consensus. If agreed to by consensus at an Association meeting, decision-making can be delegated to a committee or an individual. Members of the Association or the board of directors physically present or present via telephone at a meeting may participate in consensus polling during the course of such meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to Section 8.23 of the Bylaws to further define how consensus decision-making will be conducted. Subject to Section 8 of the Declaration, each owner of a Living Unit is entitled to one vote in meetings of members of the Association and on matters requiring the approval of such members. Until Seller has sold 75 percent of the 19 Units, however, Seller will have two votes for each unit it owns (see Section 19 of the Declaration).
Consensus. Decisions will be made by a consensus of a quorum of the group. There will be two tries at a strict consensus. If that is not achieved, a decision may be made over the dissent of one person from each side. Only data on final consensus for each level will be maintained in the job evaluation database.
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Consensus. The unanimous support of all Parties, or at least no opposition from any Party.
Consensus. The Committee shall operate by consensus, and shall evaluate jobs based on the City of Peterborough's Job Evaluation Plan for C.U.P.E. Local 126, or such other gender neutral job evaluation system upon which the parties may agree.
Consensus. 5.1 Deliberations of the AMB on any particular proposal or initiative will strive in a constructive and co-operative manner to achieve a consensus decision of the members, which will be deemed recommendations both to the Government of Canada and the Council of the Haida Nation, by way of referral to their designated representatives, agencies or departments, as deemed appropriate by each party.
5.2 In the event of a consensus decision of AMB members on a matter, any referrals and any steps required to authorize implementation of the decision will be noted at that time in the minutes. During the course of this referral process, the AMB will, if required by either party, discuss the matter further. Upon the conclusion of the referral process, and if there is no objection by either party, the decision will be deemed to have been approved and thereby free and clear to be effected by the appropriate party(ies).
5.3 In the event of a clear and final disagreement of AMB members on a matter, related decisions and any actions arising will be held in abeyance, and will be referred to the Council of the Haida Nation and to the Government of Canada to attempt to reach agreement on the matter in good faith. The parties may request the assistance of an agreed neutral third party(ies) in attempting to reach an agreement.
5.4 Matters held in abeyance under Section 5.3 will be set aside from the normal business of the AMB until such time as the members receive instructions from the Government of Canada and the Council of the Haida Nation regarding their understanding on the matter.
5.5 Matters set aside under Section 5.4 will not reduce or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ the obligation and ability of the AMB to continue to deliberate in good faith and to strive to achieve consensus decisions on other proposals and initiatives in accordance with Section 5.0.
Consensus. The District and Association shall work through disagreements and challenges respectfully, in a manner that acknowledges the legal and political roles of each party and promotes the greatest possible consensus across the District. Consensus requires time to process information and to truly understand and represent the interests of constituencies.
Consensus. For purposes of Sections 7.4 (Availability of Additional Work), 7.8 (On-Call), 7.10 (Shift Trades), 9.1.4 (Scheduling and Assignment of Overtime), 12.4.1 (Unit Procedures) and 19.
11.1 (Order of Curtailment/Cancellation), the following provisions shall apply to the consensus process:
a. The consensus process may be initiated by management or by ten percent (10%) of the work unit. A small and representative ad hoc committee, including the unit manager, shall then meet to discuss feasibility of the consensus process for the identified topic, to problem solve initial barriers, to decide whether to move forward with the process, and to develop a communications strategy for the applicable work group.
b. The ad hoc committee will determine the applicable work group based on the individual circumstances, including the nature and scope of the topic and those employees who would be directly impacted by the outcome of the process.
c. A work group reaches consensus when, after collective deliberation of the matter, at least eighty percent (80%) of the group members who vote (rounded to the closest whole number), including management representatives, vote in favor of a solution. All directly impacted employees will be allowed to vote and will be provided a reasonable opportunity to vote.
d. All consensus agreements and amendments must be submitted to Human Resources, Labor Relations at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, and the Union.
e. A consensus agreement may be rescinded by agreement of a designated Human Resources representative and a designated AFSCME staff representative if it is found to be in violation of this Agreement or if it negatively impacts employees who are not subject to the consensus agreement.
f. All consensus agreements for a work unit will be made readily available on the work unit and will be provided to new employees on the unit.
g. Consensus agreements will remain in force for the term of this Agreement, unless earlier cancelled or amended in accordance with the process identified above.
Consensus. With respect to those matters that must be presented to the Steering Committee, the Parties intend that every effort should be made to have each such matter approved by a consensus of the Members. Consensus is reached when it becomes evident through deliberation that every Member, at the very least, does not oppose a decision. In its deliberations, the Steering Committee shall use appropriate tools for developing consensus, and shall seek to exhaust every reasonable and practicable effort to reach consensus.
A. In the absence of a consensus, the Chair shall determine, pursuant to section 7.3.14 of this Agreement, whether there is sufficient opposition to the proposed action to constitute a Dispute. If the Chair determines there is a Dispute, until the dispute resolution process as herein described is completed, or the Dispute is otherwise resolved, the Program Manager shall not implement any action or decision which is the subject of the Dispute.
B. In the absence of a Dispute, the decision of the Program Manager shall be final.
Consensus. The decisions of the Joint Job Review Committee shall require total consensus. If consensus is not achieved on a matter under consideration, a Job Evaluation Referee will be requested to rule on the matter.