Procedure.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. (b) The Committee shall, from among its members, select a chairman and (c) For any decision of the Committee to be valid, a concurring vote of at least five members is required, except as follows: (1) In matters relating to restructuring Committee composition pursuant to § 987.21, concurrence by at least eight members is required; (2) In matters relating to establishment, modification and application of free and restricted percentages pursuant to §§ 987.44 and 987.46, concurrence by at least seven members is required; and (3) In matters relating to recommendation of any program of paid advertising or major program of market promotion pursuant to § 987.33, concurrence by at least six members is required. (d) At the discretion of the chairperson, Committee meetings may be assembled or conducted by means of teleconference, video conference, or other means of communication that may be developed. Assembled meetings may also allow for participation by means of teleconference or video conference or other communication methods, at the discretion of the chair. Members participating in meetings via any of these alternative means retain the same voting privileges that they would otherwise have. (e) The Committee may vote upon any proposition by mail, or by telephone when confirmed in writing within two weeks, upon due notice and full and identical explanation to all members, including alternates acting as members, but any such a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 987.31