How does the ASA legislative process work?
The ASA House of Delegates in-cludes voting members with constituencies who include the entire ASA membership; there is approximately one voting member for every 100 ASA members. Almost all voting members are elected by their state or district. The legislative process permits these members of the House to hear the facts, give proper consideration to every item before the House, and debate and vote on these items in an open and democratic deliberative assembly. Materials are sent to delegates and alternates in a Handbook for Delegates in advance of the meeting. These materials constitute the agenda for the House of Delegates. The sources of these business items include reports from the officers, district directors and committee chairs and resolutions from individual delegates. Each item is referred to a reference committee by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Lack of familiarity with the Handbook for Delegates is probably the biggest obstacle to a member who is not familiar with th
