Branch Bylaws

Statements and Submissions

1. All statements and submissions made by any member of any section or group of members of the Branch to any person or persons which purport to be made on behalf of the Branch or any of its sections or committees, must have the prior consent of the Board of Directors, except for statements or submissions made in the following circumstances:
   1. statements and submissions made by any Branch section or committee of the Branch to its Association Section Chair or Association Committee Chair;
   2. statements and submissions made by any Branch section or committee only to the Board of Directors;
   3. all statements and submissions made by any Branch section or committee to the general membership at any meeting of the Branch; or
   4. statements and submissions made and approved in accordance with Bylaw Number 1 of the Association.
2. If the matter is of so urgent or routine a nature that, in the opinion of the President, the preceding subsection cannot or need not be followed, then the consent of the Branch may be given by the President or Vice-President, provided that where such statements and submissions, other than those provided for in subsection (1), purport to be made by a section on a matter under study by sections in more than one (1) province, or on a matter of concern to more than one (1) province, the Board of Directors shall, prior to consenting to the making of the statement, consult with the Association Chair of the section or sections concerned.
3. Where statements or submissions are made on behalf of a section or a committee of the Branch, the statement or submission must, to the satisfaction of the President or Vice-President, represent the views of a majority of members of the section or committee of the Branch, and the statement or submission shall clearly state that it represents the views of the particular group on whose behalf the statement or submission is made.