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MEMORANDUM

To: Afilliates, Chapters & Clubs

From: Alex Rabb, Emma Wolfe, Bill Lipton
RE: Voting on the WFO NYCCC and SC

This memo will hopefully answer the questions some of you have been asking about voting on
the WFO NYCCC.

Overall vote cap for related organizations

Organizations that are affiliated to the same parent organization may each affiliate with the
WFO. No grouping of such organizations and their parent organization may have more than 15
State Committee votes.

Limits on affiliations by locals

If a district or statewide body of given organization is NOT affiliated, but four or more if its
component organizations are, voting power will be based on the cumulative number of members
affiliated from all the component organizations.

Example:
• At one point, 10 Teamsters organizations (9 IBT locals and ALA 1) were affiliated with
the WFO for a total of 14 votes. However, since no statewide or district IBT organization
has affiliated, their combined voting strength on the NYCCC is based on the number of
members affiliated, not the amount of dues paid. Since they have affiliated a combined
maximum of 18,990 members, they can exercise a maximum of 6 votes combined. Note
that their actual combined number of members may actually be lower.

For the purposes of this section, a district or statewide body is considered to have affiliated once
it has affiliated at least 15,000 members.

Deadlines

After May 1, an affiliate’s voting strength is based on its payment (or compliance with an
approved payment plan) as of 60 days prior to the vote. Before May 1, an affiliate’s voting
strength is based on its dues paid during the previous year.

Payment plans

Affiliate dues shall be paid on or before the last day of February. Affiliates that are unable due to
budgetary or organizational constraints to comply with this deadline shall, on or before the last
day of February, declare their dues level for the year and develop a payment plan with the
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Executive Director. The Executive Director must report all payment plans to the Executive
Committee. Any affiliate whose payment plan is rejected by the Executive Director may appeal
to the Executive Committee.

Affiliates’ votes on the NYC coordinating council.

An affiliate’s votes on the NYC Coordinating Council are the same as its votes on the State
Committee, but limited by the number of members it has in New York City.

Example:
o An organization that has affiliated 10,000 members statewide (at a dues level of $15k)
but has only 4,000 members in NYC will have 5 votes on the state committee but 3 votes
on the NYCCC.

Vote scale
The vote scale on both the NYCCC and the SC is:

Affiliates
100 members 1 vote
1,000 members 2 votes
4,000 members 3 votes
7,000 members 4 votes
10,000 members 5 votes
15,000 members 6 votes
20,000 members 7 votes
25,000 members 8 votes

No single organization may hold more than 8 votes.

Chapters or “Borough Committees

100 members 1 vote

200 members 2 votes
250 members 3 votes
300 members 4 votes

Clubs
50 members 1 vote
100 members 2 votes
200 members 3 votes
300 members 4 votes

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Citywide Endorsements*
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According to Section 8.2 of the Coordinating Council rules, Council endorsements for citywide races
must be approved by a 2/3 vote.