A Consent Agenda has been added to the Business Agenda and is the first item of business which can be considered after the Rules of Procedure are approved.
The Consent agenda allows for quick approval of non-controversial items. The items on the Consent Agenda cannot be discussed by delegates during General Session; it must be removed from the Consent Agenda in order to be discussed.
This is the procedure to propose and consider the Consent Agenda:
- The Moderator will introduce and describes the item on the Consent Agenda.
- The Moderator will ask whether any delegate would like to remove this item from the Consent Agenda. Any delegate can make a request to remove this item from the Consent Agenda via the Pro Line.
- Once a request is made, the Moderator will ask if at least nine other delegates will join the request; delegates join the request by joining the Pro line. If at least nine other delegates join the request, then the item is removed from the Consent Agenda and it goes back to its original place on the Final Agenda.
- The Consent Agenda requires a 2/3 majority vote to pass.
If the Consent Agenda does not pass, the item on the Consent Agenda will go back to its original place on the Final Agenda.
The sole item contained in this Consent Agenda is: