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Gil Waibel, Chair Wyoming State Seed Laboratory 749 Road 9, Powell, WY 82435 Phone: (307) 754-4750; Fax: (307) 754-4932 Email: gwaibel@uwyo.edu |
Sue
Alvarez, Co-Chair Ransom Seed Lab P.O Box 300 Carpinteria, CA 93104 Phone: 805-684-3427, salvarez@cheerful.com |
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Committee Members How to Submit a Rule Change Proposal
Detailed
Guidelines for Submitting an AOSA Rules
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Voting Results: 2011 AOSA Rule Proposal Amendments Rules are voted on by one member from each Official Laboratory of the Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) and by individual voting members of the Society of Commercial Seed Technologists (SCST) in attendance at their respective annual business meetings. Votes in favor and those opposed are converted to percentages based on the total number of votes cast within each respective organization. The percentage designation is then dropped and the tally from each organization is added together for a cumulative total based on 200. A two-thirds majority of the cumulative tally is required to adopt a Rule proposal. To pass with a two-thirds majority vote, a cumulative tally of 134 in favor out of 200 total combined points would be required.
Please note that according to the AOSA Bylaws votes in favor and those opposed are converted to percentages based on the total number of votes cast within each respective organization. The bylaws stipulate that the percentage is based on the total number of votes cast, not on the total number of members present; abstentions are not counted in the total number of votes cast. Abstentions are considered a ‘refusal to vote’ by Robert’s Rules of Order and therefore do not count towards the total unless the bylaws stipulate that the proposal must pass by a 2/3 majority of members present.
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How to Submit a Rule Change Proposal The AOSA Rules for Testing Seeds is a set of dynamic, continually evolving documents that reflect current research in seed testing. Information contained therein is based on collaboration and research-based scientific methods. Using clearly stated, standardized test methods, seed laboratory test results are reliable and reproducible within and across laboratories.
How to Submit a Rule Change
Proposal? Who May Submit A Rule Change Proposal? How to submit an AOSA Rules Change Proposal? The deadline for submission of proposals is October 15 annually. Proposals received after this date will not be considered. Detailed Guidelines for Submitting an AOSA Rules Proposal Submit proposals to the Rules Committee Chairperson:
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Gil Waibel, Chair |
Wyoming State Seed Laboratory 749 Road 9, Powell, WY 82435
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Fax: (307) 754-4932 Email: gwaibel@uwyo.edu
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2010 Tentative Rule Proposal A Tentative Rule Proposal was submitted to the AOSA Rules Committee, and subsequently approved by the AOSA Executive Board. The section of the Rules that is impacted by this change is: 5.2 Identification and cultivar determination (p. 98). The purpose of the rule, as stated in the proposal, is to add additional or optional test methods to further identify ryegrass growth types. The details of the two test methods will be published in the AOSA Cultivar Purity Handbook. If you wish to receive a printed copy of the Tentative Rule and procedures please contact the AOSA office This change is effective immediately. Use of the tentative rules is not mandatory, but an opportunity to utilize a new method. For this change to become permanently incorporated into the Rules, a formal proposals must be submitted and go through the traditional process of review and membership voting as any other change. Download the tentative proposal and related documents:
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