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Issues and Campaigns Committee
Overview: |
| Responsible for establishing guidelines and procedures
for presenting, discussing, researching and approving the issues
presented, and selected by the General Membership. This Committee
is also responsible for establishing guidelines and procedures for
elections and proxy voting. |
| Members: |
Bafode Drame (elected Chair of Committee)
Georgi Panterov
Luann Costa
Kadri Parris
Anthony Navatto
Tyler Bolender (Staff)
Nubia Lopez (Staff) |
| Decisions: |
Section 1. Pressing
Global Issues
1. Pressing Global Issues (PGI) are proposed by Chapters for
discussion by the General Membership online for the duration
of a month. The proposals must be submitted by the 15th of the
previous month.
2. The following items need to be submitted by a Chapter for
the Committee to review:
1. An Issue Title.
2. A five hundred-word statement analyzing and explaining why
the membership should discuss this issue.
3. Five sub-questions directly relating to the Issue.
4. Five online sources (e.g., news articles, journal articles,
etc.) with no more than two coming from the same source.
Section 2. International Convention Issues
1. The issue or issues are identified by the General Membership
in an online voting process leading up to the International
Convention
2. In order for an issue to be considered, a minimum of 10%
of the membership of the proposing country must participate
in the selection process.
3. Two issues per academic year must be selected for deliberation
at the annual International Convention.
4. No SWA Chapter is allowed to endorse any issue or entity
for reasons of self interest.
5. Any type of affiliation must be approved by the Issues Committee.
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