Standing Orders Committee (SOC)

Role

SOC is a committee independent from the decision making. Thus, unlike GC, they do not submit motions or take part in the debate.

The role of SOC is to:

• Run the elections
• Oversee Conference procedures
• Recommend, Advise

SOC Members

SOC members are elected by a ballot in the same way as General Council members.

Rules

The rules (Standing Orders) by which Conference is run have been chosen by previous conferences. These rules may be changed by a Conference Resolution.

SOC does not make the rules, however, as the Standing Orders cannot cover for every eventuality, SOC is often called upon to make an impartial recommendation on a conference procedure or interpretation of the Constitution