Bring something to the floor
Write it down.
The rest is
a process.
Any active member may submit a resolution for consideration at the state conference. No rank requirement, no sponsor to find, no committee seat needed.
Two of the eleven resolutions adopted at the 55th national conference were written in Kentucky. Both started exactly here.
Before you write
What makes
a good one.
You do not need legal drafting. You need three things stated clearly.
The problem
Something you have watched cost people money, time, or a career. Be specific. "Pay is bad" is not a resolution. "Title 32 AGR spouses cannot use MyCAA" is.
Who it affects, and how many
A gap affecting the whole enlisted Guard moves further than one affecting a single unit. Numbers help. So does a policy or statute reference if you have one.
What should change
Name the fix. Extend the eligibility. Remove the cap. Fund the benefit. The committee can refine the wording; it cannot invent your ask for you.
What happens if it fails
A proposal that is not recommended is not dead. The Committee report says a state may refine it and resubmit in a future cycle. Kentucky is doing that with one right now.
The clock
Thirty days
before the floor.
Written resolutions are due to the Committee on Resolutions no later than thirty days before the state conference convenes.
Frankfort, Kentucky. The Committee reports with its recommendation and the floor decides. Adopted resolutions become Kentucky's position.
The Committee on Resolutions forwards Kentucky positions to the EANGUS Committee on Resolutions.
Palm Springs, California. What the delegates adopt becomes the EANGUS legislative agenda for the following year.
Submit early if you can. A proposal that reaches the Committee with time to spare can be refined before it hits the floor.
Submit
Voice it.
Tell us the issue, the detail behind it, and what you think should change. You do not need to have all three perfectly worded. The Committee on Resolutions will work with you.
Questions
Not sure if it
counts as one?
Send it anyway. A rough idea in the President's inbox is worth more than a perfect resolution nobody wrote.