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Rules for presenting resolutions
The AORN House of Delegates.
Rules for presenting resolutions The AORN House of Delegates will be in session at Congress from 3 1 5 to 5 4 5 pm on Monday, April 11, and from 3:15 to 5:l 5 pm on Thursday, April 14. The following information on presenting a resolution to the House of Delegates is to be added to the standing rules of Congress. 1. Any resolution presented must be written in the correct form. 2. Any necessary duplication of a resolution is the responsibility of the presenter. 3. A resolution requiring a decision of the House of Delegates should be placed on the agenda of a forum for discussion by the presenter. To facilitate writing a resolution, which is also a main motion, the following form must be used. I move the adoption of the following resolution: or AORN of moves the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That
ble. The purpose of a preamble is to introduce the resolution and also to outline the principal points as to why the resolution is being presented. A preamble should not be used merely for the sake of form. Resolutions with a preamble are to be written as follows: Whereas, I Whereas, and Whereas, I therefore Resolved, That ; and Resolved, That There may be as many paragraphs begin. ning with the world “Whereas” as are necessary to outline the principal points. The word following “Whereas” must be capitalized. There may be as many paragraphs beginning with the word “Resolved as necessary to complete the proposition. All resolutionsare to be signed by the maker or by the chairman of the presenting delegation.
A resolution may or may not have a pream-
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Rules for presenting resolutions The AORN House of Delegates will be in session at Congress from 3 1 5 to 5 4 5 pm on Monday, April 11, and from 3:15 to 5:l 5 pm on Thursday, April 14. The following information on presenting a resolution to the House of Delegates is to be added to the standing rules of Congress. 1. Any resolution presented must be written in the correct form. 2. Any necessary duplication of a resolution is the responsibility of the presenter. 3. A resolution requiring a decision of the House of Delegates should be placed on the agenda of a forum for discussion by the presenter. To facilitate writing a resolution, which is also a main motion, the following form must be used. I move the adoption of the following resolution: or AORN of moves the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That
ble. The purpose of a preamble is to introduce the resolution and also to outline the principal points as to why the resolution is being presented. A preamble should not be used merely for the sake of form. Resolutions with a preamble are to be written as follows: Whereas, I Whereas, and Whereas, I therefore Resolved, That ; and Resolved, That There may be as many paragraphs begin. ning with the world “Whereas” as are necessary to outline the principal points. The word following “Whereas” must be capitalized. There may be as many paragraphs beginning with the word “Resolved as necessary to complete the proposition. All resolutionsare to be signed by the maker or by the chairman of the presenting delegation.
A resolution may or may not have a pream-
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