26. Proposed Conduct of Debate and League Standing Orders
All meetings of the League shall be presided over by the Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman.
In
the absence of both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, the members of the
Management Committee present shall elect a Chairman who shall be the
senior member being present. This shall not apply to a Sub-Committee
who shall elect their Chairman at the first meeting of the season. Any
Chairman so appointed shall have the full privileges attached to the
Chairman’s position, in the conduct of proceedings at the meeting in
question.
Every member attending a meeting of the League shall
before taking part in the business of such a meeting sign his or her
name in the attendance register provided by the Chief Executive.
The business on the agenda shall be proceeded with in such order as the Chairman may direct.
The
Chief Executive shall be responsible for compiling the agenda of all
meetings. Any member wishing an item to be added, shall notify the Chief Executive 10 days’ prior to the full meeting of the League Council. The Chairman
may, at his discretion, advance or postpone any item appearing on the agenda at any stage of the proceedings.
Members
when speaking must always address the Chair. Members addressing the
meeting shall speak directly on the motion under discussion, or to an
explanation on a question of order. Should the Chairman rise during
debate, a member speaking or offering to speak should immediately be
silent in order that the Chairman may speak without interruption.
No speech or point to exceed two minutes in length without the consent of the Chairman.
The
Chairman may call the attention of the meeting to continued
irrelevance, tedious repetition, unbecoming language, or any breach of
order on the part of a member and may direct such a member if
speaking to discontinue his speech. In the event of disregard of the
authority of the Chair, the Chairman shall have the right to ask the
offending member to leave the meeting.
No member shall address the
meeting more than once on any motion or amendment, the mover of the
original motion may, however, reply, but he shall strictly confine
himself to answering the previous speakers, and shall not introduce any
new matter into the debate, the right of reply shall not extend to the
mover of an amendment, which having been carried has become the
substantive motion. After the reply the question shall be put forthwith.
No
minute shall be rescinded, unless prior notice is given to the Chief
Executive in writing, and it shall only be rescinded by a two-thirds
majority of those who attended the previous meeting and voted thereat.
The
Chief Executive shall be completely responsible for the administration
of the Competition and the preparation of all agendas and shall give
members as much notice of meetings as possible.
The ruling of the Chairman on any matter, shall be final and not open to discussion at that meeting.
The
minutes of all Sub-Committees and Full-Committees shall be reported for
consideration at the following Full Meeting of the League Council.
Ballot
votes shall at all times be at the discretion of the Chairman. The
Chief Executive shall have the power to co-opt any member of the League
Council to fill vacancies of members unable to attend the
Sub-Committees.
The Chairman in his discretion shall have the right
to set up a Commission of Enquiry, with such powers as he deems
necessary, if in his view the circumstances appear to justify an enquiry.
Should
there not be a quorum at any meeting, the Chairman or Acting Chairman
may order the business to proceed and decisions taken will be subject to ratification at the next meeting.
