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Protest Rules
* ALSA
Protest
Flowchart
Protest
Intent Form (Form A)
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ALSA
Protest Format (Form B)
Protest
Rules
(rev.
08-2018)
1.
The Protest Intent Form
(Form A) shall be sent only to the
Protest
Committee Chairperson along with
the $250.00 fee within 10 days of
the
discovery of the alleged
violation.
2.
The ALSA Protest Format
(Form B), completed in full, shall
be sent only
to the Protest Committee
Chairperson within 20 business
days of the date of the
initial intent form.
3.
The Chairperson of the
Protest Committee shall then
determine whether the
protest or complaint has met all
the listed prerequisites and is
“COMPLETE”.
(e.g. procedural guidelines: filed
within 10 days of discovery by the
protester,
accompanied by $250 fee, signed by
the protester, etc.) If all the
required
specifications have not been met,
the protest is NOT COMPLETE and
can not go
forward to the committee.
4.
If the protest is deemed
“COMPLETE” (meeting all the
procedural
guidelines), the Protest
Chairperson will then send a
complete copy of the
protest letter (deleting reference
to the protester and the accused
person) to
all the Protest Committee members
to determine whether it is a
“VALID” or an
“INVALID” protest.
The protest
is VALID only if ALSA rules or
ethics have been violated.
If ALSA rules or ethics
have not been violated, the
protest is deemed
INVALID.
The accused person(s) are
not notified of a protest against
them at this time.
A courtesy copy, without
identifications, will be sent to
the Protest
Committee Liaison and to the ALSA
BOD President.
5.
If the protest is now voted
“INVALID”, the Protest Chairperson
will
inform the protester of the
committee’s decision.
The $250 filing fee will
not be returned.
6.
If the protest is now
deemed “VALID” (the protest is in
violation of
ALSA rules or ethics), the Protest
Chairperson will then send a
complete copy of
the protest letter (deleting
reference to the protester) to the
accused person(s)
and give the accused an
opportunity to present a defense.
The Protest Chairperson
will further investigate the
protest by
researching any observers or
witnesses’ statements.
As much information as
possible should be in written
form.
7.
All collected information
will then be sent to all Protest
Committee
members, without identifications,
and each member will review the
matter
individually, according to the
ALSA Handbook, to determine
whether the protest
must be UPHELD.
If the protest is
UPHELD (the accused has been found
guilty of a violation), the
Protest Committee
will recommend an appropriate
penalty to the BOD. Their recommendations must be returned to the Protest
Committee Chairperson within 30
days maximum.
8.
If a group discussion is
deemed necessary, the Protest
Committee
Chairperson may call a meeting for
further discussion of the protest
only after
individual recommendations have
been made. All conversations about protests will be dated and noted by
the Chair for future reference.
9.
The Protest Committee
Chairperson will compose a final
letter of
recommendation based on the
committee’s recommendations and
forward it to the
BOD with all committee members
recommendations attached.
There will be no
identification as to the accused
person(s) or the
person(s) filing the protest
included.
A
copy of the final letter of
recommendation will also be sent
to all the Protest
Committee members.
10.
The Board of Directors will
have the final word on the
disposition of any
ALSA protest and will notify the
Protest Committee Chairperson of
their decision
and any disciplinary actions by
letter.
11.
The Protest Committee
Chairperson will notify the
committee members, the
protester, and the person(s)
accused of the violation of the
BOD decision by
letter.
12.
If the protest is found
“UPHELD”, filing fees will be
returned to the
protester.
If the protest is found
“NOT UPHELD”, the filing fees will
not be refunded.
13.
The ALSA Board of Directors
will publish in the next issue of
Showring
the final decision of the Board of
Directors on any upheld protest.
The notification will
include the name of the
individual, group, or show,
and the violation as listed by
Handbook section and paragraph,
and penalties
incurred as well as the
disciplinary action recommended by
the Board of
Directors.
14.
Upon completion of each
Protest, all documentation will be
sent and filed
at the ALSA office without the
inclusion of the name of the
person(s) filing the
protest.
The person(s) filing the
protest will remain confidential.
15.
If a conflict exists for
the Chair of the Protest Committee
to be able to
perform his duties as Chair, then
the duties are to transfer to the
Ethics
Committee Chairperson that sits on
the Protest Committee.
If the Ethics Committee
Chair has a conflict, the duties
are then
transferred to the Judge’s
Committee Chairperson.
To
Summarize:
1.
All involved individuals
names will be confidential.
2.
The protest is deemed
COMPLETE if all prerequisites have
been met.
3.
The protest is deemed VALID
only if an ALSA rule or ethics
have been
violated.
4.
The protest is deemed
UPHELD only if the accused has
violated ALSA rules
or ethics.
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