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eoch y ear, o legislative conference at least bienniotiy-,-and-6uoh oth er meetings os may bo coll ed by th e board of d irector s. Such meetings may for educational or legislotivo purposes, moy be stot ewid e or regional meetings, and moy be for speoiol doss es of ofi io ers or employ ees or for municipal ofT icers generally; Section 2. Annual Business Meeting. An annual business meetin2 convention of th e Leogue shal l be h eld on th e dat es-and ot a ploo e fix ed by th e board of dir ectors. The o fficial business meeting shall be held during the Annual Conferenceo onvention at such time as the gboard of Ddirectors shall fix and announce in advance with the program. The President shall appoint aA nominating committee and such other committees as the gboard of Ddirectors may authorize by th e presid ent at or before the beginning of the convention Annual Conference to make reports at the business meeting.to th e business session. Section 3. Special Business Meetings, ITie Board of Directors may schedule and hold other member business meetings in conjunction with other statewide League conferences upon at least GOI davs prior written notice to each member. Section 4. Quorum and Voting Requirements. At any the business meeting,session delegates from at least tiventv-20 mmembers municipalities shall be considered a quorum. Each represented mentber municipality shall be entitled to one vote (which shol l be th e major ity expression of d elegates from -that member municipolityV Action on legislative matters and on amending the constitutionConstitution shall conform to the voting requirements set forth in Articles VllL-fespectively: Section 5. Other Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold other member meetings for educational, leeislativer or other purposes, which mav be statewide or regional, and mav be for special classes of officers or employees or for municipal officers generally. Section 6. Parliamentary' Rules. At anv business meeting the members conference may adopt further rules governing its proceedings. Otherwise, parliamentary' procedure shall be according to the latest revision of the Robert ’s Rules of Order. ARTICLE VIII Legislative Policy Development Process Pfoc edure Section I. Board of Directors Roles. The Board of Directors shall establish policies and priorities to guide the League’s legislative advocacy efforts. Section 2. Policy Development Process. To assist in the development of legislative policies and priorities, the Board of Directors shall establish a policy development process designed to encourage and ma.\imize member input. The process mav include but is not limited to strategies such as: a) Creation of specific legislative policy committees or task forces. i