PART 3: Section 25. Shire Moots

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25. Shire Moots

25.1 Regular shire business at a shire moot includes

(a) the adoption of rules of order,
(b) the consideration of financial statements,
(c) the reports of the gilds operating within the shire, if any,
(d) the report of any witan residing within the shire,
(e) the report of the shire aeht,
(f) the election of aethlings to the shire aeht,
(g) the report of the auditor, if any,
(h) the swearing in of new members, if any,
(i) the counting of proxy votes, if any,
(j) the setting of shire thew (policy, custom),
(k) any other business that, under these bylaws, ought to be conducted at a shire moot, or business that is brought under consideration by the report of the aeht included with the notice convening the meeting.

25.2 A shire shall conduct its meetings, give official notice, tally proxy ballots and polls, and so on, as stipulated in Section 6.

25.3 Business that, under these bylaws, ought to be conducted at a thing or althing must not be conducted at a shire moot.

25.4 Shire business, however, may be conducted at a thing or althing, prior to the regular and any special business of a thing or althing providing that all provisions for proper notice and proxy voting have been fulfilled.

25.5 No person with a registered address outside the boundaries of a shire shall have a vote on shire business, except as specified in these bylaws.

25.6 Any resolution arising from a shire moot may be overturned at a subsequent thing or althing if a special majority of voting members of the Freehold deem that the shire's resolution is not in keeping with Freehold purposes, may put undue strain on Freehold resources, or any other reasons the members deem as sufficiently compelling.

25.7 A shire shall convene a moot at least once a year, which must be held no later than eight weeks prior to the Freehold Althing.