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Resolutions Process
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Each year, the MASWCD membership
utilizes the resolutions process as a means of voicing concerns or opinions to
influence change with regard to natural resource conservation policy and funding
issues.
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Resolutions are initiated at the
local, grassroots level and must pass at the local SWCD board level
by a majority vote to move forward to the Area level.
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Again at the Area level, a
resolution must pass by a majority vote to be considered at the state level.
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The
eight Area Directors then
forward resolutions that passed at the Area level to the MASWCD Board of
Directors, the board on which they serve.
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The MASWCD Board of Directors
reviews the resolutions to consolidate identical resolutions, clarify intent
when necessary and identify those which are already MASWCD policy.
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Upon the Board's review, the
packet goes out to member districts for the statewide pre-balloting process.
Each local SWCD supervisor who is a voting member of the association is
eligible to vote once on each resolution to approve, disapprove or bring to
the floor of the Annual Convention for discussion or amendment. One
ballot is used per district to tally supervisor votes. The ballots are
sent back to the MASWCD office to be tallied. The following rules
apply to the pre-balloting process:
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*** If 66 percent of all supervisors whose ballots
are received vote to APPROVE a resolution, it will automatically be adopted with
no further action at the annual meeting.
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*** If 66 percent of all supervisors whose ballots
are received vote to DISAPPROVE a resolution, it will automatically be rejected
with no further action at the annual meeting.
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*** If 30 percent of all supervisors whose ballots
are received vote to BRING THE RESOLUTION TO THE CONVENTION FLOOR FOR FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR AMENDMENT, it will be brought to the MASWCD Annual Meeting for
further action. This provision overrides the first two, in the event that this
condition and one of the above conditions are both met.
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*** Failure to vote on a resolution is essentially
the same as voting to bring it to the convention floor for further discussion or
amendment.
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*** If a resolution does not receive the required
number of votes in any category, it will be brought to the MASWCD Annual Meeting
for further action.
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*** The ballot must be signed by each voting
Supervisor. The total vote for each resolution can not exceed the number of
supervisors signing the ballot.
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*** Only districts that
are MASWCD members in good standing are eligible to vote.
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Those resolutions which move
forward as a result of the pre-balloting process are addressed during the
business meeting portion of the MASWCD
Annual Convention. Resolutions voted on from the convention floor
require a majority vote for passage. MASWCD provides a parliamentarian
to address questions of amendment procedure, etc.
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When a resolution passes, either
through the pre-balloting process or on the convention floor, it then
becomes MASWCD policy to support that resolution.
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