IBT Convention Delegates Clause Samples

IBT Convention Delegates. For the purpose of allocating and electing delegates to the IBT Convention in accord with Article III, Section 2, of the IBT Constitution, BMWE/BMWED System Federations and Divisions shall be treated as Local Unions as provided in this paragraph. Each System Federation and Division having at least 100 active members shall be entitled to one (1) delegate to the IBT for up to the first thousand active members and to one additional delegate for each additional 750 active members or major fraction thereof. System Federations and Divisions with less than 100 active members shall be grouped into three geographic groups: (1) New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New England States; (2) Minnesota and all states west of the Mississippi River; and (3) the remaining states (Midwest and South). The active members in System Federations and Divisions with less than 100 active members within these designated geographic areas shall be consolidated for the purpose of electing delegates to the IBT Convention and shall be entitled to elect delegates according to the formula set out above and in the IBT Constitution as though they constituted a single Local Union. Delegates to the IBT Convention must satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in the IBT Constitution and shall be elected in accord with the applicable provisions of the IBT Constitution and the Rules governing the election. Elections for Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the 2006 IBT Convention shall be conducted within the BMWED in March 2006. One month of continuous good standing, the month immediately before nominations, will be required to be eligible to run for Delegate or Alternate Delegate for the 2006 IBT Convention. Five months of continuous good standing (January through May 2006) shall be required of BMWED members to be eligible to be nominated at the 2006 IBT Convention to run for International Union Office. The BMWED National President shall be a delegate to the IBT Convention and any officers of the BMWED National Division shall be invited as guests at the IBT Convention. (NOTE: Article III, Section 2, of the IBT Constitution provides that a Local Union is entitled to one delegate for the first 1000 members or less and one additional delegate for each additional 750 members or major fraction thereof. Delegates are elected at‐large in a mail ballot election directly by the membership. Under the IBT election process, the elections for delegate and alternate delegate are conducted accordin...