Rules of Debate

Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (10th edition) will govern. Each resolution will be introduced followed by a four-minute statement in favor of the resolution. The first speaker against will be allowed the same time. If anyone wishes to volunteer for this task please contact Betsi Roach ASAP. Debate will proceed alternating between pro and con until all speakers for one or the other position have been heard. The time limit for each is one minute. A speaker may speak only once per resolution. No repetition. If your point has been made, please do not try to repeat it. The Section Parliamentarian, Morton David Goldberg, will advise the Chair on enforcing the rules.

Procedure for Additional Resolutions to Be Presented The following procedures will be followed for resolutions presented to the Resolutions Committee for consideration at the 2006 Summer IPL Conference:

1. Each noncommittee report resolution intended for consideration by the Section prior to the Business Session of the Summer IPL Conference must be submitted as an e-mail attachment to the chair of the Resolutions Committee and to the IPL Section Director for receipt no later than May 19, 2006. Resolutions received thereafter will not be considered by the Section prior to the Business Session unless the Section Chair rules otherwise.
Any resolution submitted in this manner should be accompanied by the name and conference address of its proponent. The proponent shall recommend the desired action by the Committee, e.g. “full debate when Committee 102 resolutions are considered,” and shall also indicate whether or not a hearing before the Committee is desired.
With respect to each resolution properly before it in accordance with this paragraph, the Committee will make one or more of the following recommendation


• The resolution should be considered by the Section in connection with a specific Committee report, as a special order of business, or as New Business;
• The resolution should be amended in some specified manner or that a substitute resolution should be considered.
• The resolution should be referred to an appropriate committee for study during the coming year. The Committee’s recommendations will be submitted to the Section Chair for a decision prior to the Business Session.

2. Any resolution to be submitted to the Section as New Business at the Conference must first be submitted to the Resolutions Committee in typewritten form so that a sufficient number of copies may be made before such resolution is considered by the Section. Any such resolution must be accompanied by the name and Conference address of its proponent.

The Committee will consider any such resolutions properly before it and make recommendations in accordance with (1) above. During the Business Session, these recommendations shall be reported to the Section for decision by the Section Chair, subject to approval of the Section.
If requested by the proponent, the Committee will also specify a time and place for a hearing, should the Committee agree that a need for a hearing exists. Failure of a proponent to appear at an announced hearing may, at the Committee’s discretion, amount to withdrawal of the subject resolution.
The Section Chair may place on the agenda and announce a time certain when the Resolutions Committee will again report to the Section.
3. Late committee reports containing at least one resolution with a favorable committee vote shall be submitted to the Resolutions Committee at the same time they are submitted to other Section personnel who normally receive such reports. If received by the Committee no later than May 19, 2006, the Committee will make recommendations with respect to any approved resolutions in accordance with paragraph (1) above.
4. Should a proponent wish to submit to the Resolutions Committee a resolution which is the same or substantially the same as one considered but not approved by a committee of the Section, the proponent shall: a. make known to the Resolutions Committee such prior action; b. make a strong showing of urgency; c. appear in person before the Resolutions Committee prior to the Council Meeting preceding the Business Session or, if unable to do so, arrange a conference call with the Committee to discuss the resolution; otherwise, the resolution will be referred to the appropriate committee for further study the following year.
5. All resolutions received after the 2006 Summer IPL Conference to be considered at the Business Session of the ABA Annual Meeting will be processed as is set forth above, except that the words “Annual Meeting” are to be substituted for “Conference” whenever appropriate.

Register

Conference information and online registration can be found on the Section website, www.abanet.org/intelprop/summer2006. Registration brochures for the Summer IPL Conference are in the mail. Support the Section resolution process and register today to attend the 2006 Summer IPL Conference in Boston.