PRINTER'S NO. 3125
No. 366 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY FICHTER, MAJOR, FLEAGLE, HERSHEY, RUBLEY,
LESCOVITZ, BAKER, HESS, PIPPY, SCHULER, HENNESSEY, BARRAR,
RAMOS, SATHER, ORIE, BENNINGHOFF, KENNEY, JOSEPHS,
CALTAGIRONE, JAMES, GEIST, LEDERER, C. WILLIAMS, ROSS,
McGILL, HALUSKA, FAIRCHILD, MANDERINO, KIRKLAND, DeLUCA,
TRAVAGLIO, ROHRER, MARSICO, STURLA, PISTELLA, L. I. COHEN,
WOJNAROSKI, McNAUGHTON, BOSCOLA, ROBERTS, BARD, SEYFERT,
BROWN, TIGUE, CORRIGAN, ZIMMERMAN, B. SMITH, READSHAW, PESCI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, BEBKO-JONES, HORSEY, TRELLO, MILLER, DONATUCCI,
SHANER, GIGLIOTTI, CIVERA, ADOLPH, CLARK, SCHRODER, MELIO,
KAISER, ITKIN, COLAFELLA, LAUGHLIN, GLADECK AND HARHART,
MARCH 12, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 12, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating May 1998 as "Parliamentarian Month" in Pennsylvania.
2 WHEREAS, The democratic process of insuring the protection of
3 individual rights and the rule of the majority is guarded by the
4 application of the basic principles of parliamentary law; and
5 WHEREAS, On October 7, 1957, Pennsylvania became the tenth
6 state to be chartered by the National Association of
7 Parliamentarians; and
8 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Association of Parliamentarians was
9 established as a nonprofit corporation for the purposes of:
10 (1) Studying, teaching, promoting and disseminating the
11 philosophy and principles underlying the rules of
12 deliberative assemblies.
1 (2) Furthering the growing interest in parliamentary
2 rules in both public and private schools on all levels.
3 (3) Bringing parliamentarians of the country into closer
4 cooperation.
5 (4) Inculcating and upholding the general principles of
6 obedience to law.
7 (5) Lending moral aid and strength to the parliamentary
8 activities to its members; and
9 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Association of Parliamentarians
10 will hold its 20th Biennial Convention on May 15 through 17,
11 1998; and
12 WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the importance of the
13 work and services performed by the Pennsylvania Association of
14 Parliamentarians; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May
16 1998 as "Parliamentarian Month" in Pennsylvania.
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