1. I – TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS
2. (a) An officer or member of a local may appeal from an action or
3. decision of a local to the Board of Appeals, except as provided in
4. Paragraph (c) below. Such appeal shall be filed with the General
5. Secretary and Treasurer within ninety (90) days from the date the
6. action or decision occurred.
7. (b) A subordinate body may appeal an action or decision against it
8. to the Board of Appeals, provided such appeal is filed with the General
9. Secretary and Treasurer within ninety (90) days from the date the
10. action or decision occurred.
11. (c) An officer or member of a local may appeal from an action or
12. decision of a Local Committee of Adjustment to the appropriate General
13. Chairperson, provided such appeal is filed with the General Chairperson
14. within ninety (90) days from the date the action or decision occurred.
15. (d) A local or member of a local may appeal from an action or
16. decision of a General Chairperson to the General Committee of
17. Adjustment, provided the appeal is filed within ninety (90) days from
18. the date the action or decision occurred. Appeals to the General
19. Committee of Adjustment must be filed with the Secretary of the
20. General Committee and shall be acted upon not later than the next
21. session of the General Committee of Adjustment.
22. (e) An appeal pending before a General Committee of Adjustment
23. which has not been acted upon within ninety (90) days shall be referred
24. by the Secretary of the General Committee of Adjustment to the Board
25. of Appeals for a decision, provided the appellant makes a request to do
26. so to the Secretary of the General Committee at least thirty (30) days
27. prior to the date the Board of Appeals is scheduled to convene.
28. (f) An appeal from the decision of the General Committee of
29. Adjustment may be made to the Board of Appeals provided the appeal
30. is filed with the General Secretary and Treasurer within ninety (90)
31. days from the date of the decision of the General Committee of
32. Adjustment.
33. II – TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
34. (a) A member or subordinate body may appeal to the Board of
35. Directors from an interpretation of this Constitution made by the
36. International President, provided such appeal is filed with the General
37. Secretary and Treasurer within ninety (90) days from the date the
38. decision by the International President was made.
39. (b) Actions or decisions of Trial Boards may be appealed to the
40. International President, provided such appeal is filed with the General
41. Secretary and Treasurer within ninety (90) days from the date on which
42. the action or decision occurred. The General Secretary and Treasurer
43. shall docket the appeal and present all papers relating to the appeal to
44. the International President.
45. The International President will promptly render a decision on the
46. appeal which shall be final and binding on all parties unless appealed to
47. and reversed or modified by the Board of Directors. Appeals to the
48. Board of Directors must be filed with the General Secretary and
49. Treasurer within ninety (90) days from the date of the decision by the
50. International President.
51. (c) Decisions rendered by the Board of Directors on appeals
52. referable to the Board shall be final and binding.
53. III – PROCEDURES
54. In all appeals as provided herein the party whose action or decision
55. is being appealed shall be allowed sixty (60) days from the date the
56. appeal is filed to reply to the appeal.
57. All appeals must be in writing, contain the pertinent facts involved,
58. and set forth the basis of the appeal. The parties involved in an appeal
59. shall exchange copies of the appeal and the reply thereto, and all
60. related correspondence. Copies of decisions involving appeals will be
61. furnished all interested parties.
