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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher
Yes, but surely the Panel still has to be ratified by the conference, even if it is picked/elected else where?
Nowhere in the constitution does it say that the Panel can be approved at a Business Meeting or AGM. I presume that this is for the very specific reason that hardly anyone attends those meetings, so they are completely inapproporiate for approving a Discipline Panel with significant powers.
Suppose, for example, that Mike Nattrass is put before the panel after the Petrina incident. Would you be happy with an unapproved group that none of us have seen handling such a delicate matter?
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Of course. It should be directly selected by conference at the Party Business Meeting. However, the party chose to ignore the constitution and hold the business meeting apart from conference.
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6.2 The conference will be divided INTO phpbb_two sections: the Party Business Meeting and the Conference Proper.
6.3 The Party Business Meeting will be open only to paid up Party members. Its business will be to receive reports from the national officers; to elect members of the Discipline Committee and the Conference Steering Committee (see paragraphs 14.3 and 14.5); and to determine the membership fee.
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