Members line up to discuss a bylaw change that would allocate all delegates to the precincts (eliminating ex officio/automatic delegates)
The Utah County Republican Party Central Committee met on Thursday at Orem High School to conduct business.
A credentialing snafu caused a lot of problems. In a departure from the norm, there were no credentialing name tags, wrist bands, etc., to designate who was eligible to vote. Additionally, many of the members’ names were absent from the credentials list, and some nonmembers names were on the list. This caused nearly an hour’s debate over whether the body could/should proceed with voting business. Ultimately the body voted to move forward with business.
- It was announced that Vice Chair Adrielle Herring is resigning, so that she can work on a campaign (in accordance with Bylaw 5, C, and 9, A).
- Bonnie Morrow was presented and approved as the new UCRP Vice Chair.
- Lisa Shepherd and Kristen Chevrier were approved as the Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.
- The C&B Committee announced it is in the process of creating a website to discuss/track C&B proposals, and they have launched a Facebook page.
The following Bylaw proposals were addressed:
- B-133 Update to current (11th) edition of Robert’s Rules — changes our bylaws to specify that we will now use RONR 11 rather than 10. Passed.
- B-114A Bylaw 1 – State Delegate Allocation — would amend Bylaw 1 to allocate all state delegate seats (including ex officio/automatic delegate seats) to the precinct caucuses — a very hot topic that received a lot of good discussion, but just as we were about to vote, the time-certain (9:00 p.m.) adjournment time was upon us. A motion to extend the meeting to finish this proposal and B-114B failed by only 5 votes (of the 2/3 required). Consequently, no vote was taken on this bylaw amendment.
Adjourned.
