Article I Section III

Meetings:

A. Regular
1. Biennial Organization. No later than forty-five (45) days after the certification of the primary election at which the members are elected in each district, the County Committee shall meet upon the call of the Chairman to organize. Should the Chairman fail to hold such meeting within the time specified, the County Committee shall meet upon the call of the Leadership Team within ten (10) days after the expiration of said forty-five (45) day period.
2. Endorsement Meetings. Endorsement meetings shall be conducted in accordance with Article VIII herein.

B. Special. Special meetings of the County Committee may be called at any time by the Chairman, by a majority of the Leadership Team, or of the County Committee.

C. Requirements and Conduct
1. Notice. Written notice of all meetings shall be sent to each member of the County Committee at least seven (7) days before the date of the meeting. Notice shall be given at least two days in advance of the scheduled meeting by a media-wide press release issued by the County Chairman. Notices of special meetings that are sent to the members of the County Committee shall include notice of the purpose of such meeting.
2. Quorum. A majority of the members of the County Committee shall constitute a quorum thereof. Registrations at the meeting shall be evidence of a quorum.
3. Proxies. A member unable to attend a meeting of the County Committee may substitute a resident, registered Republican of his or her voting district to act for him or her, provided such substitution is made in writing on a form provided by the County Committee and filed with the Secretary before or during the initial roll call of the meeting.
4. Electronic meetings. At the discretion of the Chairman, any meeting may be held by electronic means (phone, video-conference or other telecommunications equipment) designed to allow all persons to hear each other and speak. A person participating in a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting. Within the meeting notice, the necessary information for members to be able to participate in such meeting shall be provided. At meetings in which anonymous votes are to be taken (including balloting), an electronic system shall include a means to conduct such voting.
5. Resolutions. Any member may propose a resolution for adoption by the County Committee following these requirements:
a) The Resolution must be signed and dated and submitted to the County Chairman at least thirty (30) days before the scheduled start of a regular meeting of the County Committee.
b) Prior to the County Committee, the Rules and Resolutions Committee shall meet to consider the Resolution before reporting it to the floor. Any member who proposes a resolution is entitled to be heard by the Rules and Resolutions Committee. For each resolution, a majority of the Rules and Resolutions Committee may recommend approval or rejection of the resolution to the entire committee, but in any case any properly proposed resolution shall be heard by the full County Committee.
c) Proposed Resolutions of Commemoration, Commendations, In Memoriam and/or Expression of Gratitude, at the sole discretion of the County Chairman, may be considered at a County Committee meeting even if submitted after the time frame Article I, Section 3.H.
6. Order of Business. The order of business of meetings of the County Committee shall be as follows:
1) Establishment of Quorum
2) Adoption of Agenda/Orders of the Day
3) Action on Minutes of Previous Meeting
4) Reports of Officers
5) Reports of Standing Committees
6) Reports of Special Committees
7) Unfinished Business
8) Election of Officers (if applicable)
9) New Business
10) Resolutions
11) Adjournment