Grand Lodge Convention Election Results
Election Results
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Election Results 〰️〰️
The of the election for a Delegate Position are as follows:
David “Rocket” Gutierrez - 52
Brett Martin - 51
Alan Kaliff - 46
Derrick Hernandez - 46
Mohammad “Moe” Sharifi - 43
Gerald “Jerry” Guerena - 40
Westley Brundige - 39
Timothy “Tim” Simon - 34
James Bennett - 31
Aaron Ashley - 28
Patrick Osborne - 24
Christian Sanchez - 24
Tamsen Jenkins - 22
Daniel Bryant - 15
What is the Grand Lodge Convention?
In the simplest terms, the purpose of the Grand Lodge Convention is to change the IAM Constitution and to set Policy within the IAM.
Our Union is built on a foundation of layers. At our lowest level, we have every one of us as members of our Union. We all are Members of a Local Lodge. From there, we move up to a District Lodge where they oversee several Locals within a given area. After that, we move to a Territory. We are a part of the Western Territories and just like a District, a Territory oversees all the Districts and Locals that fall within their area. Lastly, we finally have the Grand Lodge which we often refer to as, The International.
Now that we have an understanding of how the foundation is built, we can make it easier to understand what the Grand Lodge Convention is.
Similarly to how every month we, as a Local, hold a Local Lodge Members Meeting, the Grand Lodge needs to hold a meeting as well. This is defined within the IAM Constitution to hold a Convention (Meeting) every 4 years first set forth back in 2000. This convention is where members from every Local within our Union have the right and the opportunity to send delegates to represent their membership in attendance for this convention and to do the business of the Grand Lodge.
This is where we are now. It is time again for the Grand Lodge to hold a Convention (Meeting) in which we have the opportunity to send delegates to this convention to represent us in voting on changes within our Union on the highest level.
The Order of Business will be conducted as follows:
Address by International President
Reading of Convention Call
Reading of Convention Code of Conduct.
Appointment of Rules Committee
Report of Credentials Committee
Report of Rules Committee
Appointing of Other Convention Committees
Reports of Committees
New Business
Closing Address of International President
Representation and Voting
Our Local Lodge is entitled to be represented by 1 delegate at said convention. In addition, having a membership of more than 200 we are entitled to an additional delegate for each additional 200 members. Such delegates must be elected by a majority vote.
1-200 = 1 Delegate
200-400 = 2 Delegates
400-600 = 3 Delegates
600-800 = 4 Delegates
800-1000 = 5 Delegates
1000-1200 = 6 Delegates
1200-1400 = 7 Delegates
1400-1600 = 8 Delegates
Etc…
Each Local Lodge represented in convention by a delegate is entitled to 1 vote, and all Local Lodges having a membership of more than 100 are entitled to 1 additional vote for each additional 100 members.
The number of votes each Local Lodge is entitled to shall be computed upon the number of members of such Local Lodge at the close of July of the convention year.
The delegation of any Local Lodge may by unanimous consent vote as a unit, or the vote to which said lodge is entitled may be divided equally among its delegates, and in case an equal division is impossible the fractional number of votes left after the division shall be cast by the first delegate elected by said lodge.
