CONFERENCE BOOKLET 2022 CONTENTS

d) The portfolio holder shall select a Co-Chair from the members of the Chiefs’ Committee and the Co-Chair shall support the Chair and chair all meetings in the absence of the portfolio holder Chair. [...] The Executive Committee shall develop the budget requirements of the Assembly of First Nations and obtain the approval of the budgets by the Confederacy of Nations. [...] T he Secretariat (NIB) shall function in accordance with its By-laws but so as to ensure the implementation of the decisions of the First Nations-in-Assembly and those of the Confederacy of Nations consistent with the decisions of the First Nations-in-Assembly. [...] The election for the Office of National Chief shall take place on the morning of the second day of the General Assembly at which the election is to occur, the first ballot commencing at 9:00 o’clock and ending at noon. [...] Note: For the purpose of these Rules, the term “in good standing as a Member of the Assembly of First Nations means that the particular community holds itself out to be a Member of the Assembly, subscribing to the Charter of the Assembly (in particular, accepting the Role and Function of the Assembly as set out in Article 3 and the principles as set out in Article 2) and supporting the work of the.