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2011 Resolution Process  Deadline

By  now, you should be putting the final touches on your county’s or organization’s  resolutions to the NYSCC which are due February 1, 2011.  All of your research should be done,  supporting documentation gathered, your members queried for their input and you  should be ready to submit it electronically by email (preferred method of  delivery) to the main office at [email protected] .

[/size] As  the 2010 resolution voting process completed in September 2010, the new resolution  submission process for 2011 began. For  those who have not started putting together their organization’s resolution – a  considerable amount of work lies ahead. The  submitted resolution should be the final “polished” version, and not a work in  progress.  It should be something that  your organization is proud to present to the rest of the state and our  legislators.  It should be well thought  out, documented and if passed ready to act on.

For  those resolutions being submitted this year, the Resolution Committee will be  paying particular attention to make sure that the resolutions are of statewide  significance.  Local or regional  resolutions will only be accepted as exceptions after all other avenues of  action have been exhausted.  These  actions should be documented in the body of the resolution.  Simply stating that all sportsmen can hunt  or fish in a particular region does not in itself make it of statewide  significance.

Some  of the more common errors for which the Resolution Committee will reject a  resolution:1.      Does not instruct the  NYSCC to perform any action.2.      Does not contain  supporting facts, or contains rumors or hearsay. 3.      Contains several  unrelated resolutions tied together with an “also be it resolved”.4.      A local resolution with  no documented action already taken to try resolve the issue.5.      Resolutions submitted  after the deadline.6.      Does not state how it  will benefit the sportsmen in New York.7.      Supporting documentation  (Whereas statements) have nothing to do with the resolution.8.      Broad, unqualified  statements of support.9.      Not in the correct resolution  format.10.  “Boilerplate” resolution,  all with the same errors. More  information on the Resolution process can be found at http://www.nyscc.com/resolutions2010/theresolutionprocess.html Particular  questions on the Resolution process can be sent to the Committee Chair, Stephen  Wowelko at [email protected] The  NYSCC Resolution process continues to evolve each year.  We have overcome many hurdles and are trying  to make this a valuable process with positive results for the good of all of  the Sportsmen in New York!

NYSCC_Resolution_Presentation.pdf