William Penn Life, 1979 (14. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1979-01-01 / 1. szám

Procedure for Electing Delegates and Alternate Delegates in Area Delegate Districts CHAPTER II, Delegates to the General Convention, Section 1, 2 and 3 of the William Penn Associa­tion by-laws as amended by the Board of Directors December 12, 1 978 reads as follows: 1. The Board of Directors, by a majority vote of the entire Board, shall divide the mem­bership of the Association into Delegate Districts, considering the number of adult benefit certificates in force and any other factors that the Board of Directors may consider ma­terial. 2. A Branch having no less than 500 adult benefit certificates in force shall comprise a Dele­gate District. 3. Branches having less than 500 adult benefit certificates in force shall be grouped to form an Area Delegate District, or the Board may assign such Branch or Branches to a Dele­gate District for representation purposes. Section 6 D page 1 2 was amended to read "The vote of a member must be cast in person at the designated location in the Delegate Dis­trict. The members in Area Delegate Districts shall cast their vote by mail, etc." The Board of Directors, in com­pliance with by-law requirements has divided the membership into Delegate Districts and AREA DELEGATE DISTRICTS. These Districts are published elsewhere in this official publication. Each adult member in good standing is re­quested to look at this listing in order to ascertain which District his or her Branch belongs. If you are a member of a smaller Branch which is assigned to an AREA DELEGATE DISTRICT, we publish herewith the procedure to be followed in electing delegates and alternate delegates. There will be a slate of nominees for Delegates and a separate slate of nomiees for Alter­nate Delegates. The coordinator and responsible person in the Districts is the AREA DELEGATE DISTRICT SECRETARY who has already been appointed by the Board of Directors. The name of the District Secretary can be found in the District listing elsewhere in this publication. The Area Delegate District Secretary will appoint a Nominating Committee made up of members in the Area District. The Nominating Committee will be ap­pointed by the District Secretary no later than March 1, 1979. The Nominating Commitee must make its written report to the District Secretary by April 1, 1979. The Area Delegate District Secretary by April 15, 1979 will notify each Branch Manager in his Area District as to who the Nominees for Delegate and Alternate Delegate are. The Area District Secretary will at the same time instruct each Branch Manager that it is his responsibility to inform the adult Branch members at the regular Branch meeting as to who the Nominees are, by reading the Report of the Nominating Com­mittee. They shall also be instructed that Branch members of the Area District shall vote only for the number of Delegates and Alternates the Area District is entitled to. Voting must be by mail and the vote must be mailed to the Area District Secretary. The member voting must sign the letter and give his member­ship certificate number and Branch number. Anyone voting for more than the designated number of Delegates and Alternates, shall have his vote declared void, therefore, to insure that your vote counts do not vote for more than the number of Delegates and Alternates your Area District is entitled to. The mail vote must be at the ad­dress of the Area District Secretary by May 31, 1979, because the Board of Directors have set May 1 979 to be the month in which Con­vention Delegates and Alternates are to be elected. Mail votes postmarked after May 31,1 979 will be voided. If a family is insured under a Fami­ly Plan either Life Plan, or Hospitalization Plan, only the person insured under’the basic plan and whose name appears on the Branch status report is eligible to vote, Family Plan members can not vote nor can they be elected to office. Any member in good standing who is 1 6 years of age or more in May 1979, is eligible to vote. Anyone who has a Reduced Paid-Up certificate, is in Automatic Premium Loan or is being kept in force by Ex­tended Insurance can not vote. No one can be a candidate for Delegate or Alternate Delegate who has not been a member of the Association for one full year prior to May 31, 1979 or anyone who has not attained age 1 8 or who is not a citizen of the U.S.A. Contracted or appointed Officers, Home Office employees, District Of­fice employees, General Agents, Contracted Agents can not be can­didates for Delegate or Alternate. Branch Managers (part time) and Special Agents appointed by the Na­tional President or Home Office of the Association may be candidates. The Area District Secretary will by certified mail submit the election results to the National Secretary by June 3rd, 1979 at the latest. The National Secretary will publish the names of the elected Delegates and Alternate Delegates in the next issue of WILLIAM PENN LIFE. Under this procedural system each member of the Association is assured representation at the Con­vention which is the supreme legislative and governing body of the Association. THERE CAN BE With understanding, there can be brotherhood on Earth. With brotherhood, there can be hope on Earth. With hope, there can be peace on Earth. With peace, there can be life on Earth. And all this through brother­hood . . . Official Publication of the William Prnn Association Editor-In-Chief ELMER CHARLES Associate Editor ALBERT J. STELKOVICS Assistant to the Editor JULIUS E. SOMOGYI Editor's Office: 429 FORBES AVENGE PITTSBURGH. PA. 15219 Area ( ode 412 281-8950 Office of Publication: 429 Forbes Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa. 15219 Published Quarterb': January April July October Postmaster: If undelivered, please send Form 3579 to: WILLIAM PENN ASSOCIATION 429 Forbes Ave . Pittsburfh. Pa. 15219 Second class poslace paid at PltUburfh. Pa. and at additional maiUnc offices. 2

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