REGISTRATION FEES: Advance payment of registration fees is encouraged when completing the credentialing process. The following charges will be levied as registration fees.
$100 (U.S.) Each Delegate and Alternate Delegate
Guests: To ensure a secure online event, the Executive Board has decided that we will not have guests at this all-virtual Emergency Convention. All guest fees that have already been paid will be refunded.
CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS AMENDMENTS AND CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS: Amendments to the International Constitution and By-Laws or resolutions for convention action may be submitted only by local unions, state and provincial associations or joint councils of this Association, or by its International officers or the Executive Board, or by the delegates at International Conventions as hereafter provided.
Amendments or resolutions proposed by a local union, state, provincial association, joint council or by International officers or by the Executive Board shall be subject to adoption by a majority vote of the delegates present and voting at a biennial convention.
Other than censure resolutions, all resolutions to be considered by any convention of this Association must be received by the International General Secretary-Treasurer no later than 50 days (Monday, December 7, 2020) immediately preceding the opening of the Convention. Resolution 16, adopted at the 2000 Convention, also allows affiliates to submit copies of resolutions by email (strongly encouraged). Any resolutions received not complying with these deadlines will be returned. If you wish to email your resolution, please forward to [email protected]. In emergency situations, defined as a situation occurring between the 50-day period immediately preceding the Convention and the Convention itself, including the days during which it is in session, emergency resolutions may be received only upon unanimous consent of the Convention delegates.
All resolutions, accompanied by a cost factor summary statement – if applicable – prepared by the General Secretary-Treasurer, will be made available to the membership electronically prior to Convention.
CENSURE RESOLUTIONS: Any resolution that seeks to censure, condemn or otherwise criticize any person, including fire department personnel, or entity, must be submitted in draft form at least 60 days (Monday, November 30, 2020) prior to the Convention for review by the General President, who shall, if deemed necessary, rewrite the draft resolution to remove any language therein that may be considered defamatory or libelous and, who shall return the resolution as modified to the affiliate for its review and approval, and any resolution that is modified in this manner shall be submitted for consideration and action by the Convention delegates only if the sponsoring affiliate first approves of the resolution in its modified form. A certain time is set aside at the Convention for discussion and voting by the Convention delegates on the censure motions, and this time shall be included in the Rules of Order.
All amendments shall become operative immediately upon their adoption by the delegates unless otherwise expressly provided.
HEADQUARTERS AND HOTEL RESERVATIONS: N/A – emergency virtual Convention