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Bylaws.2:Text to Black 5/29/09 9:59 AM Page 31 munications and such reports as may be required by the CNA bylaws, and standing rules, governing documents, or requested by the CNA Board and; G. Submit a report to the CNA House of DelegatesConvention. ARTICLE X Regional Organization B. All meetings will be held at a time and place specified by the CNA Board. Notices shall be mailed to all members at least sixty (60) days before the first day of a biennial House of Delegatesregular Convention meeting, or at least thirty (30) days before the first day of a special Convention meeting. Publication in the official CNA periodical may constitute such notice. Section 2. Delegates Section 1. Regional Board of Directors/Governing Body A. Composition 1. The region shall have a governing body which shall include the member(s) of the CNA Board of Directors elected by that region, and a member leader from each facility in the geographic grouping that represents the region, and such other designated members as provided in regional bylaws or governing documents, or otherwise required or established by law, contract, or custom and practice. The total number of elected Convention delegates shall be two-hundred and fifty (250). Representation in the House of DelegatesConvention shall be proportional, based on the number of members in each region. Delegates shall be elected for the bienniumthree (3) year terms by secret ballot election byof CNA members in good standing in that region; the number of delegates allocated to each region is to be determined by the number of members in the region appearing on the CNA membership records as of the end of the calendar year for that region, in the even-numbered year preceding the CNA biennial House of Delegates the year in which a regular Convention meeting is held; or thirty (30) days before a special Convention meeting of the House of Delegates is scheduled to be held. B. Function Conduct the business of the regional association as directed by the regional membership and the regional bylaws, for the principal purpose of maintaining an effective means of member communication and accountability by and between members and elected CNA leadership and Administration in order to obtain immediate and effective response of member mobilization and involvement activities at the regional and local levels germane to CNA's representational functions and obligations as an exclusive representative of registered nurses. A. Each region is entitled to one (1) delegate for its first one hundred (100) members or fraction thereof; PLUS, B. One (1) delegate for each additional one hundred (100) members or major fraction thereof. a proportionate share of the two-hundred and fifty (250) elected delegates based on the number of members in good standing in the region as of the allocation date. CB. Alternate delegates for each region, the number not to exceed its delegate quotathe proportionate allocation of elected delegates for each region, shall be elected by secret ballot election to serve in the absence of delegates, or as described in the House of DelegatesConvention rules. DC. The numbers of delegates allocated for each Region shall be published in the California Nurse that has been mailed to the members at least thirty (30) days prior to the consent-to- serve deadlines as provided in the Uniform Election Rules. ED. A member may not serve simultaneously in an elected, as well as paid,regular staff position as a CNA employee. ARTICLE XI House of DelegatesConvention Section 1. House of DelegatesConvention The governing body of CNA shall be a House of DelegatesConvention consisting of accredited delegates elected by secret ballot from each region and all members of the CNA Board. Each such member present in the House of DelegatesConvention shall have one (1) vote. The House of DelegatesConvention shall have the authority to direct the membership, officers, CNA Board of Directors, regional organizations, and affiliates (as appropriate and authorized by an affiliation agreement) in order to fulfill the purposes and objectives of CNA. A. The A regular House of DelegatesConvention meeting shall meet be held biennialevery three (3) years. ly in the odd-numbered years. Special Convention meetings of the House of Delegates may be called by either: Section 3. Non-Delegates All members of CNA who are registered for the a House of DelegatesConvention meeting may attend the meetings of and speak to the House of DelegatesConvention; registered nonmembers may, by permission of the assembly, be allowed to speak to the House of DelegatesConvention. Non-delegates shall have no vote. 1. The CNA Board; or, Section 4. Quorum 2. The Council of Presidents within thirty (30) days after receipt of written signed requests of not less than five (5) percent of the CNA membership from a majority of regions. A. House of DelegatesConvention meeting: M AY 2 0 0 9 1. In order to convene the first meeting of the House of DelegatesConvention, at least fifty (50) percent of the total CNA W W W. C A L N U R S E S . O R G REGISTERED NURSE 31