Note: The following Rules of Order are provided for information only and are not part of the Constitution. Amending the Rules of Order requires only a simple majority (50% + 1) of convention votes.

1. The Convention shall be conducted in accordance with these rules and the CEP Constitution and if these rules and the Constitution do not specifically cover a matter, Bourinot’s Rules of Order shall apply.

2. The Convention shall sit during the following times:

       Sunday, Date     9:45 am - 12:00 pm
                        2:00 pm -  5:00 pm
       Monday, Date,    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
                        2:00 pm -  5:00 pm
      Tuesday, Date,    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
                        2:00 pm -  5:00 pm
    Wednesday, Date,    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
                        2:00 pm -  4:00 pm
     Thursday, Date,    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
                        2:00 pm -  5:00 pm

3. Evening sessions of the Convention may be called at the discretion of the Chair.

4. Delegates addressing the Chair must give their name, location and Local Union number upon being recognized by the Chair.

5. No delegate shall speak more than once on a subject until all who wish to speak have had an opportunity to do so.

6. Speeches on resolutions shall be limited to five minutes. Delegates speaking a second time on a question shall be limited to three minutes.

7. If two or more delegates arise to speak at the same time, the Chair shall decide the order of speakers.

8. No delegate shall interrupt another delegate except to call a point of order, raise a question of privilege or appeal a decision of the Chair.

9. Votes on resolutions shall be by a show of hands. A roll call vote shall be held upon the request of 20% of the delegates. When a roll call vote has been ordered, no adjournment shall take place until the voting has been completed. When a roll call vote has been taken and all delegates have had an opportunity to record their vote, voting shall be declared closed. Voting by roll call shall be by per capita vote with each delegate casting the number of votes assigned to the delegate.

10. A delegate not registering for a vote shall be reported absent.

11. Emergency resolutions will only be entertained with the approval of a two-third (2/3) majority of delegates voting. Such resolutions may not add to, detract from, change or conflict in any way with the provisions of the Constitution.

12. Reports of Committees are not subject to amendment (unless such amendment is acceptable to the Committee), but a motion to refer back with instructions to the Committee for reconsideration shall be in order. After the first referral back to the Committee, the reports of Committees shall be subject to amendment or substitution from the floor of the Convention.

Note 1: A committee proposal to pass a resolution to a body other than the convention (e.g. to the Executive Board or regional caucuses) for a decision, is a regular main motion, fully debatable and amendable by the convention delegates. It is not a motion to refer. A motion to refer passes the resolution to a body for a recommendation, rather than for a decision.

Note 2: If a committee recommends non-concurrence on an issue and a delegate wishes to have this recommendation changed, the correct procedure is to:

- defeat the committee’s recommendation of non-concurrence

- propose a motion of concurrence from the floor.

 

13. Immediately after the Committee’s report has been made, a minority of the Committee can request to register their views in opposition to the majority report.

Once the minority report has been read, it is for information only, unless a motion is made to substitute the minority report in place of the majority report.

The Chair shall put the question to substitute to a vote. If the motion to substitute is agreed to, then the debate is on the substance of the minority report only and the recommendation it makes.

14. No delegate will be allowed in the Convention hall without their badge in plain sight. Those individuals who have been invited by the President will be accompanied by a sergeant-at-arms, or an escort committee.

In the event a delegate is required to be in Committee session during debates the delegate’s badge may be assigned to a registered alternate delegate from the same local during such absences from the Convention floor.