WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATIONNEW YORK CITY COORDINATING COUNCIL

CONSTITUTION & RULES

(Revised April 2006)Under the state rules of the Working Families Organization (WFO) adopted on January20, 2001 the New York City Coordinating Council is designated as the body thatcoordinates all WFO work within the five boroughs.1.

VOTING on the NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL (“COUNCIL”)Voting is by organization – either by Affiliate, Chapter, Borough Committee or Club.

An affiliate shall have the same number of votes on the Council that it has onthe WFO State Committee, taking into account the amount it pays in affiliatedues, its participation in specific, approved party-building work, and thevoting strength of its parent organization or of other affiliates of the same parent organization, provided that:

Other than votes that an affiliate has earned through participation inspecific, approved party building work, an affiliates votes are limited by the number of members it has in New York City, according to thefollowing scale:

100 members1 vote1,000 members2 votes4,000 members3 votes7,000 members4 votes10,000 members5 votes15,000 members6 votes20,000 members7 votes25,000 members8 votes

ii.No district-wide affiliate and local affiliate may affiliate the samemembers.

For example, an organization that has affiliated 25,000 members statewide but has only15,000 members in New York City may exercise only 6 votes through the payment of dues.

For example, if a district-wide organization with a total of 15,000 members in NewYork City has affiliated to its full capacity, it may not also affiliate its NYC localorganizations. However, if a district-wide organization with 30,000 members in NYCaffiliates 15,000 members, its NYC locals may also affiliate up to 15,000 members.

“Chapters” and “Borough Committees” are borough-wide WFOorganizations. Chapter and Borough Committee votes on the Council will beallocated according to the State Committee scale for chapter votes:C.

100 members1 vote200 members2 votes250 members3 votes300 members4 votesD. “Clubs” are neighborhood-based WFO organizations within each borough.Club votes on the Council are as follows:50 members1 vote100 members2 votes200 members3 votes300 members4 votes2.

COUNCIL LEADERSHIPThe Council shall elect 4 co-chairs at the first meeting of the year. The co-chairs shallserve for 1 year. 1 co-chair shall be a City-based State WFO co-chair while another must be a Chapter or Club Steering Committee member or a Borough Committeerepresentative. The remaining 2 co-chairs should be from affiliates. No co-chair should be from the same affiliate.The purpose of the co-chairs is to a) Develop the agendas for, and run Council meetingsand b) represent the WFP at events, meetings and in correspondence regarding matters onwhich the Council has taken a clear position.3.

CHAPTERSA.

A Chapter must have at least 250 dues-paying members to receive a fullCharter, except on Staten Island where 100 will suffice. Dues payingmembership for all WFO bodies within New York City shall be definedaccording to the definition in the State WFO rules.B.

Chartered Chapters shall elect leadership at least every two years. Suchelections shall be held during the first three months of the year. All membersmust be notified by mail or email of the meeting when the election will beheld at least 10 days in advance. The Chapter leadership body shall be called aChapter Steering Committee and shall have no fewer than seven members,with at least one-third elected on an at large basis by the general membershipof the Chapter.

Chapter Steering Committees shall meet at least 6 times a year. Quorum for Steering Committee meetings shall be 25% except for meetings at whichendorsement recommendations are made for which quorum shall be 50%.Steering Committee members who fail to attend at least 4 Steering Committeemeetings a year are subject to removal.D. As with non-NYC Chapters, local organizations within a borough shallaffiliate first to the Chapter and receive an automatic seat

on the Chapter Steering Committee, provided that:1)

The organization has paid its local affiliation dues, if the chapter hasestablished such dues.2)

At least 10 members of the affiliate have joined as individual WFOmembers, including the representative on the Chapter SteeringCommittee.3)

The organization has agreed to promote voting on the WFP line amongits membership.The at-large members of the Chapter Steering Committee shall be elected by theGeneral Membership at the Annual Meeting. Steering Committee memberselected at-large may be members of local affiliates as well.4.

CLUBSA.

Neighborhood Clubs, formed inside a Borough, must have at least 50 dues-payingmembers to receive a Full Charter.B.

Fully Chartered Clubs shall receive representation on the NYC CoordinatingCouncil and shall have the right to make endorsement recommendations for their jurisdiction to the local Chapter.C.

Chartered Clubs shall elect leadership at least every two years. Such electionsshall be held during the first three months of the year. All members must benotified by mail or email of the meeting when the election will be held at least 10days in advance.D.

Clubs shall have a quorum requirement of 10%.5.

BOROUGH COMMITTEESA.

In boroughs with three or more fully chartered clubs, a majority of clubs in the borough may opt to form a Borough Committee.

The right to an automatic seat on a Chapter Steering Committee is forfeited if attendance at SC meetingsfalls below 50% during a calendar year.