Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook
3. Sixteen hundred (1,600) copies of the document(s) must be provided to the Springfield United Methodist Center mail room (5900 S. Second St., P.O. Box 19207, Springfield, IL 62794-9207) at the expense of those submitting the documents. 4. In order to be considered, all reports and resolutions in the Supplemental Packet must be received by 2/3 of those present and voting at annual conference. Specifications for Submitting Reports and Legislative Items 1. Please submit your documents electronically by email attachment, jump drive, or CD-ROM. Send to: ACSecretary@igrc.org or Camilla Hempstead, Annual Conference Secretary, 2909 Grey Hawk Drive, Normal, IL 61761 2. Please submit resolutions and reports in MS Word. Budgets or other tables should be submitted in Excel. 3. Use your spell checker. Make sure the names of persons are spelled correctly. Use full and correct titles. 4. Do not type in all caps. Do not use your spacebar for anything except spacing between words (one space) and sentences (two spaces). 5. Make certain that statements in reports and resolutions are documented (indicate your source). 6. Consider the use of acronyms for committees, boards, etc., in reports, resolutions, and amendments. (See Yellow Information Section in the Pre- Conference Workbook) 7. Along with the report or legislative item please: a. Provide a suggested title b. Provide a one-line description of the content c. Provide the names of those submitting the legislative item. d. Indicate if you believe it has implications which need to be considered by the Conference Council on Finance and Administration or Conference Board of Pensions and Health Benefits. Formal Comments on Legislative Items 1. Legislative Items with fiscal implications for the annual conference must first be reviewed by the Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CCFA) at a scheduled meeting and are subject to formal commentary by this body in the heading of the item. For this reason such resolutions must be submitted by the February 15 deadline. (See Standing Rule III.D.4) 2. Legislative Items with implications for pensions and health benefits must first be reviewed by the Conference Board of Pensions (CBOP) at a scheduled meeting and are subject to formal commentary by this body in the heading of the item. For this reason such resolutions must be submitted by the February 15 deadline. (See Standing Rule III.D.5) 3. Legislative Items with implications for either CCFA or CBOP are first submitted to the conference secretary, who will forward the items to the appropriate body for review. 4. Failure to follow these procedures will prevent items from being printed in the Pre-conference Workbook or Supplemental Packet.
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