Section 1. Council Membership. The members of the Council shall be affiliated locals. Council membership shall be limited to locals in good standing.

Section 2. Voting Rights. Each local in good standing shall be entitled to cast one vote, plus one vote for each 50 members of the local (i.e., up to 50 local members = 1 vote; 51-100 local members = 2 votes; 101-150 local members = 3 votes, etc.).

Section 3. Delegations. Each local shall select its delegates to the Council and shall determine the distribution of its votes among its delegates. The officers of the Council shall sit on the Council ex officio with all rights except the right to vote, but may vote if simultaneously a delegate from a local. The members of each local may bind the local's delegates on any issue before the Council.

Section 4. Computation of Representation. Voting strength and the size of delegations at any given time shall be computed on the basis of the number of dues-paying members of the local as of the first day of the preceding month.

Section 5. Convention Delegates. The Council may select representatives to the California Federation of Teachers? and American Federation of Teachers? conventions on behalf of its member locals, but individual locals may be separately represented by filing written notice pursuant to the relevant provisions of the CFT and AFT Constitutions.