What conference decides

The agenda

The recurring items of business, in roughly the order conference takes them up. Each one explains what it is, who brings it, and whether it’s a vote.

• Committee on Standing RulesAction & Information

  The conference's own operating manual — and the first real vote of the session, where the bar is set.

• Committee on NominationsFor Conference Action

  How the conference fills its elected leadership — and where nominations from the floor fit in.

• Finance Table ReportFor Conference Action

  The budget and the money votes — apportionments, minimum pay, district-superintendent support, and how the whole system works.