Preliminary approval
- If preliminary approval is granted, either the Presenter or the Proponent will contact the Chairs of those CBA Sections which the Committee, the Presenter and/or the Proponent have identified as having an interest in the Proposal with the goal of:
- requesting comments and, specifically, whether the Section(s) has any concerns with the Proposal; and
- advising the Section Chair(s) in writing that if the Section(s) does not reply by a certain date (or request an extension of that date), the Committee will proceed on the understanding that the Section does not have any concerns with the Proposal. The deadline may be set by the Committee, or if not determined by the Committee, by the Presenter, and will be determined by the urgency of the Proposal.
- At the next Committee meeting, once the date for the receipt of comments by the Section(s) has expired, the Presenter will summarize the comments and concerns the Presenter has received, if any, and make a final recommendation to do one of the following:
- approve the Proposal;
- invite the Proponent to answer any questions and address any concerns raised; or
- reject the Proposal.
- If the Proponent is invited to answer questions and concerns raised by the Committee, the Presenter will contact the Proponent to discuss and obtain information. The Proponent shall endeavour to provide the requested information as quickly as possible.
- Once the further information is received, the Presenter will present the Proposal with the newly obtained information to the Committee with its recommendations.
- The Committee will vote on the Proposal for one of the following outcomes:
- approve the Proposal; or
- reject the Proposal.
- The Presenter will contact the Proponent to report on the decision of the Committee.