Move Rule 5 to New Article 12: OTHER COMMITTEES

Problem: The Convention Special Rules of Order are specifically to govern the conduct and processes occurring at the Convention itself. But Rule 5: Committee Procedures deals only with the pre-Convention operations of the Platform, Bylaws and Rules, and Credentials Committees. Rule 5 is out of place in the Convention Special Rules of Order.

Solution: That text, therefore, properly belongs in the Article 12: Other Committees that it is proposed elsewhere be broken out of Article 11 and made its own Bylaws article.


[RULE 5: COMMITTEE PROCEDURES

1. A majority vote of those Committee members present is necessary for a "do pass" recommendation, and in the case of the Platform Committee, a majority must approve each specific plank separately.
2. Four or more members of the Platform Committee may join together to issue a minority report regarding any plank reported to the floor of the Convention. Two or more members of the Bylaws and Rules Committee or of the Credentials Committee may join together to issue a minority report regarding their business.
3. A member must be present in Committee to vote.
4. More than 1/2 of the membership of each committee shall constitute a quorum.]


ARTICLE 12: OTHER COMMITTEES

6. Committee Procedures
   a. A majority vote of those Committee members present is necessary for a "do pass" recommendation, and in the case of the Platform Committee, a majority must approve each specific plank separately.
   b. Four or more members of the Platform Committee may join together to issue a minority report regarding any plank reported to the floor of the Convention. Two or more members of the Bylaws and Rules Committee or of the Credentials Committee may join together to issue a minority report regarding their business.
   c. A majority of the membership of each committee shall constitute a quorum.