HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1983 (55)RESOLUTION REQUIRING ST. CROTX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ITS
COMMITTEES TO USE THE TERM "CHAIRMAN" INSTEAD OF "CHAIRPERSON."
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WHEREAS, parliamentary law has a language all of its own, and
WHEREAS, in olden times the one presiding was the only person
provided with a chair while others sat on benches, hence he was called
the Chairman, and
WHEREAS, since time immemorial the term "Mister Chairman" or "Madam
Chairman" has always been employed to differentiate between sexes, and
WHEREAS, further effort toward sex differentiation is redundant and
contrived, and
WHEREAS, the 20th Convention of the National Association of Parlia-
mentarians in San Francisco resolved that the use of the term "Chairman"
instead of "Chairperson" be mandated within its organization and all
parts thereof,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board of Super-
visors, meeting in regular session, that all organizations of the St. Croix
County Board of Supervisors, and its Committees thereto, must use the term
"Chairman" instead of "Chairperson" and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all members of the County Board should
habitually stress the principle that the term "Chairman" belongs to the
title of the office, the same as the title of President or Secretary.
Dated this .` 3 9 day of p �r 0 , 1983
.7-c-e.,- _
Byron Spal ing
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