Membership Handbook Edits - January 2015

Page 33 - Change " Handle all necessary letters of counseling, investigations, disciplinary actions of
members of their constituency" to " Handle all necessary letters of counseling, investigations,
disciplinary actions of members of their constituency to the extent they are empowered"

Page 36 - Add " refer disciplinary issues to the Regional Coordinator for investigation" to VST specific
authority

Page 36 - Add " refer disciplinary issues to the Regional Coordinator for investigation" to DST specific
authority

Page 36 - Add " Must recommend prestige for VST's to DC." to DST specific authority

Page 37 - Change NST prestige budget to 650 National and Unlimited General

Page 56 - Under Immediate Corrective Action, change the first instance of "emergency" to "cases that
must be addressed in the moment "

Page 56 - Under Immediate Corrective Action, change the second instance of "emergency" to "situation"

Page 56 - Under Preliminary Review, add a new "B. If no, is a Letter of Counseling necessary to ensure
that an error not rising to the level of a formal investigation is communicated sufficiently? If yes, issue a
Letter of Counseling." Change current "B" to "C".

Page 62 - Under Letters of Counseling, change the last paragraph to " Letters of Counseling do not
require an Investigation in order to be issues, and may not be appealed, but entities that abuse their
discretion in issuing Letters of Counseling can be subject to Investigation in accordance with standard
Investigation procedure"

Page 66. - Add a new "C. The reviewing officer may find that the disciplinary action was incorrectly too
lenient. In this instance, the punitive portion of the action may be increased to the correct level."
Change current "C." to "D."