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Departmental Council Of Lozère
The Departmental Council of Lozère (, ) is the deliberative assembly of the department of Lozère in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie. It consists of 26 members (''general councilors'') from 13 cantons and its headquarters are in Mende, Lozère, Mende. The President of the General Council is Sophie Pantel. Vice-Presidents The President of the Departmental Council is assisted by 7 vice-presidents chosen from among the departmental advisers. Each of them has a delegation of authority. See also * Gard, Lozère * General councils of France References External links * Departmental councils (France), Lozère Lozère {{France-poli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deliberative Assembly
A deliberative assembly is a meeting of members who use parliamentary procedure. Etymology In a speech to the electorate at Bristol in 1774, Edmund Burke described the British Parliament as a "deliberative assembly," and the expression became the basic term for a body of persons meeting to discuss and determine common action. Characteristics ''Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised'' by Henry Martyn Robert describes the following characteristics of a deliberative assembly: * A group of people meets to discuss and make decisions on behalf of the entire membership. * They meet in a single room or area, or under equivalent conditions of simultaneous oral communication. * Each member is free to act according to their own judgement. * Each member has an equal vote. * The members at the meeting act for the entire group, even if there are members absent. * A member's dissent on a particular issue constitutes neither a withdrawal from the group, nor a termination of membership. Types ''Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |