Locals with fewer than 100 members each may form a council for the purpose of sending one delegate to the AFT convention representing all locals within the council. The total number of members in the council must be fewer than 300. Locals in the jurisdiction of one employer may form a council without size limitation.

Locals that choose to form councils must provide a nomination and election procedure that conforms to the AFT Constitution and to the Landrum-Griffin Act as stated above. In addition, they must:

1. Adopt a common resolution no later than March 11, 2008. The resolution may be worded as follows:
   (Name and Number of Local) at a regular meeting on (Date), 2008, has voted to join the (Name of Council) for the purpose of sending a delegate to the AFT convention in Chicago, Ill., on July 11, 2008. Copies of the above resolution must be sent to the national office.
2. The AFT secretary-treasurer must be provided with a list of locals within the council.
3. The election of the council delegate must be held no later than April 11, 2008.
4. Credentials from each local in the council naming the elected delegate must be sent to the AFT no later than May 11, 2008. The certification may be worded as follows:

(Name and Number of Local) elects the following member for the office of delegate from the (Name of Council).
Name of the Elected Delegate:
_________________________________________

Address:
_________________________________________

City: ____________State: __________Zip: ______

Signature of President of Local
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Local Seal

Signature of Secretary of Local
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