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    1. In addition to the votes allocated to the Country Committee chairs Chairs and vice chairsVice Chairs, each Country Committee shall receive one (1) additional vote for every 1,000 verified members of the Country Committee. That vote would be carried by a Voting Representative.

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  1. Subject to subparagraphs (f) and (h) of this section, Nno member DPCA Member may cast in excess of two (2) four (4) votes (including proxies) of the total number of votes determined under Section 3.6 (a) and (b). Subject to the foregoing and to Subsection (f) below pertaining to Representatives, the votes of a Country Committee shall be cast by the Chair or, in the absence of the Chair, by the Vice Chair and Voting Representative(s) if any. If both the Chair and Vice Chair of a Country Committee with no Voting Representatives are present in person at a meeting, each shall have one-half of such votes.

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(g)A "Country Committee Voting Delegation" consists of "DPCA Voting Members" those persons who have been selected to represent the members of a Country Committee within the DPCA and who hold the right to vote in the DPCA, and these persons are the Country Committee's Chair, principal Vice Chair, and Voting Representative(s), if any.
(h)With effect from the time of each Country Committee's 2018 leadership elections, or March 31, 2018, whichever occurs first, and continuing thereafter:

  1. the total number of positions in the Country Committee Voting Delegation shall be equal to the number of votes allocated to that Country Committee pursuant to this Section;
  2. each member of the Country Committee Voting Delegation shall be allocated one (1) such vote;
  3. each vote allocated to a member of the Country Committee Voting Delegation may be cast only by that person or that person's valid proxy-holder; and
  4. during the period of any vacancy in the Country Committee Voting Delegation, the vote that would otherwise be allocated to the vacant position may not be the subject of any proxy, or otherwise re-allocated or cast by any other person.

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  1. Section 3.7(d) of the shall be amended as follows:
  2. The vote of a DPCA Voting Mmember may not be divided among multiple proxyholdersproxy-holders. Proxies shall be given for the full vote of a DPCA member. If a proxyholder cannot accept a full proxy due to the limitations imposed by Section 3.6(e) or Section 3.7(g), the International Secretary may assign a proxy of partial voting weight.

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Schedule A: Vote Calculation Method
CCs with 1000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair + 1 Voting Representative = 3
CCs with 2000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair + 2 = 4
CCs with 3000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair + 3 = 5
CCs with 4000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair + 4 = 6
CCs with 5000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair + 5 = 7
CCs with 6000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair ++ + 6 = 8
CCs with 7000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair + 7 = 9
CCs with 8000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair + 8 = 10
CCs with 9000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair + 9 = 11
CCs with 10,000 verified members: Chair, Vice Chair +10 = 12
And so on.

Proposed: March 15, 2017