SECTION 1. At least 30 days' notice shall be given of all Sector Conferences.

SECTION 2. (a) To be entitled to voice and vote in any regular Sector Conference, Locals shall adhere to Article VI Section 2 of the CWA Constitution.

(b) In the Sector Conference, each Local eligible under Section 2(a) above, shall be entitled to at least one vote. In addition, each Local shall have one vote for the first 50 average monthly per capita payments for members in good standing or major fraction thereof; one vote for the second 50 average monthly per capita payments for members in good standing or major fraction thereof; and, thereafter, one vote for each 100 additional average monthly per capita payments for members in good standing or major fraction thereof. Each Local shall be entitled to as many delegates as it has votes, but in any event shall be entitled to cast its full quota of votes. Each Local shall also be entitled to elect alternate delegates.

(c) Representation at a Sector Conference shall be based on the average of the monthly per capita payments for members in good standing received by CWA from the Local for the 12 months ending the 5th month preceding that in which the CWA convention begins its session.

(d) Any difference between representation claims of a Local and the records of the Secretary-Treasurer of CWA shall be submitted to the Credentials Committee at the Sector Conference for report to and decision by the Sector Conference.

(e) An itemized statement of the basis on which representation and the number of votes of each Local were determined, shall be available to the Sector Conference.

SECTION 3. A delegate and an alternate delegate must be a member in good standing of the Local which designates him or her.

SECTION 4. A Local which has been chartered less than 30 days prior to the opening of the Sector Conference may send delegates, who shall have the right to speak but not to vote at the Sector Conference.

SECTION 5. A Credentials Committee shall be appointed by the E.C. to examine the credentials of delegates and alternates prior to the opening of the Sector Conference, and shall include delegates of at least seven Locals. Appeals from its decisions shall lie to the floor of the Sector Conference. The Sector Conference shall not be constituted for action until the Credentials Committee shall have examined and reported on the scheduled time of opening.

SECTION 6. TNG-CWA shall furnish standard credential forms in duplicate to Locals for delegates and alternates. Fifteen days in advance of the Sector Conference each Local shall forward to Sector headquarters one copy of the credential for each delegate and alternate and at the Sector Conference each delegate or alternate shall present credentials to the Credentials Committee properly filled out and signed by at least two officers of the Local he or she represents.

SECTION 7. The Credentials Committee shall register delegates and alternate delegates separately. Except for the privilege to speak but not vote in the Sector Conference committee of which he or she is a member, an alternate delegate shall not be permitted to act as a delegate in any way, unless the Credentials Committee has registered him or her as a delegate in place of a delegate whose name the Credentials Committee has stricken from the register of delegates on account of his or her resignation, incapacity to continue to function as delegate, or other sufficient reason, and has reported the substitution to the Sector Conference. The Credentials Committee shall not so register an alternate as a delegate unless the Local which he or she will represent certifies to the Credentials Committee that the expense of the alternate delegate is borne by the Local. Upon reregistering of the delegate for whom he or she was substituted the alternate shall revert to his or her original status.

SECTION 8. The rules adopted at the preceding Sector Conference shall be in force until new rules have been adopted.

SECTION 9. In election years, there shall be a registration fee of $125 for each delegate or alternate registered, with the host Local to receive $90 and TNG-CWA $35. In non-election years, there shall be a registration fee of $75. If, in a non-election year, there is a host Local or District Council, the host will receive $50 of that fee.

SECTION 10. The expenses of delegates shall be borne by the Locals, and may be limited by them. This shall not apply to members of the E.C. who are elected delegates by their Locals.

SECTION 11. The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause a verbatim report to be taken of the proceedings of the Sector Conference and shall cause the same, exclusive of executive sessions and announcements not bearing on the actions of the Sector Conference, to be printed in book form within four months after adjournment of the Sector Conference and made available to all Locals and members of TNG-CWA for a reasonable price.

SECTION 12. Special Sector Conferences may be called by the E.C., or by a referendum vote of the membership. In case of a Sector Conference called by referendum vote notices shall be placed in the mails within 10 days of the tabulation of the vote and shall be called upon the request of twenty percent (20%) of the Locals representing twenty percent (20%) of the membership of the Guild.