Some bishops were initially reluctant to attend, fearing that the meeting would declare itself a council with power to legislate for the church ; but it agreed to pass only advisory resolutions.

In addition to the BoT, ARIN has an advisory council that advises ARIN and the BoT on IP address allocation policy and related matters.

Adhering to the procedures in the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process, the advisory council forwards consensus-based policy proposals to the BoT for ratification.

A European-African advisory council was formed in 1951, and the 1961 constitution established a consultative legislative council.

In addition, he serves on the advisory council of Hope For The Warriors, a national non-profit dedicated to provide a full cycle of non-medical care to combat wounded service members, their families, and families of the fallen from each military branch.

These gatherings, subject to presidency by higher ranking bishops, may govern the judicatory which are represented in the council, though the synod or council may also be purely advisory.

IETF, an international non-profit 501 ( c )( 3 ) organization that derives its support entirely from its membership and the general public, was founded in 1988 and is guided by a board of directors and a medical advisory council.

However, the Faroese managed to re-establish the Løgting as a county council with an advisory role in 1852, with many people hoping to eventually achieve independence.

The remaining constitutional functions of the Monarch are to open the annual session of the Riksdag, to chair the foreign advisory committee, to preside at the special cabinet council when a new Prime Minister takes office, and to be kept informed by the Prime Minister on matters of state.

He was a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and served as Co-Chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Cabinet.

Trotsky was one of the first Bolshevik leaders to recognize the problem and he pushed for the formation of a military council of former Russian generals that would function as an advisory body.

Aided by an advisory council, he drew up a new constitution, which was approved overwhelmingly in a December 1962 referendum.

In September 1647, he appointed an advisory council of Nine Men as representatives of the colonists.

As such, the Senate was the King ’ s advisory council as the Council of State.

Romulus selected 100 of the most noble men to form the Roman senate as an advisory council to the king.

The constitution also established the Council of State, a supreme advisory council to the Spanish government.

When the Dukes of Burgundy gained control over the counties of Holland and Zeeland at the beginning of the 15th century, they appointed a stadtholder to rule in their stead with the States of Holland as an advisory council.

A presidential council was jointly elected by the 26-member YAR advisory council and the 17-member PDRY presidium.

The witenagemot was more an advisory council.

Each level of government could also have an advisory board or council.

Bob Dole is currently a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

In privately held companies, the Board of Directors often only consists of the statutory corporate officials, and in sole proprietorship and partnerships, the board is entirely optional, and if it does exist, only operates in an advisory capacity to the owner or partners.

Kingston has been designated as a Village Center by the New Jersey State Planning Commission and is overseen by an advisory commission that consists of seven members from Franklin Township and South Brunswick.

This advisory board consists of seven members.

* Dutch Council of State – this is an advisory body to the government which consists of members of the royal family and Crown appointed members generally having political, commercial, diplomatic, or military experience.

* Dutch Council of State, a constitutionally established advisory body to the government of the Netherlands which consists of members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members generally having political, commercial, diplomatic, or military experience

The Federal National Council ( al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi ) is the UAE ’ s parliamentary body and consists of 40 members, representing the Emirates, half appointed by the rulers of the constituent states and the other half elected to serve two-year terms, with only advisory tasks.

The process of finding qualified individuals begins with submissions from the public to the Order of British Columbia's advisory council, which consists of the Chief Justice of British Columbia, who serves as the Chair ; the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ; a president, in turn, of one of British Columbia's public universities, for a two-year term ; the President of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities ; the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Relations ; and two Members of the order.

The CDC consists of national civic leaders from a multitude of political orientations and has an advisory board composed of over fifty civic organizations that it claims broadly reflects the composition and concerns of the electorate.

The Greenguard Environmental Institute is guided by an independent advisory board that consists of experts in the areas of indoor air quality, public and environmental health, building design and construction, and public policy.

As of January 2011, its advisory board consists of:

In the Netherlands, the Council of State ( Raad van State ) is a constitutionally established advisory body to the government which consists of members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members generally having political, commercial, diplomatic, or military experience.

It consists of a decision-making body, an advisory body and executive body.

The Council consists of fourteen full members and three advisory members.

The advisory board consists of scientists, engineers and academicians who monitoring the institutes ' standards of education and research.

Board members indicated Monday night this would be done by an advisory poll to be taken on Nov. 15, the same date as a $581,000 bond election for the construction of three new elementary schools.

Despite the drop-off of work in 1926, 1927 was another busy year, the Court sitting continuously from 15 June to 16 December, handing down 4 orders, 4 judgments and 1 advisory opinion.

The advisory opinion set forth the international legal responsibilities and obligations of Sponsoring States AND the Authority to ensure that sponsored activities do not harm the marine environment, consistent with the applicable provisions of UNCLOS Part XI, Authority regulations, ITLOS case law, other international environmental treaties, and Principle 15 of the UN Rio Declaration.

The Charter of the United Nations ( Article 13, 14, 15 ) makes actions of the General Assembly advisory to the Security Council.

The concrete barrier is painted a black and yellow checkerboard motif ; its advisory speed limit is 15 mph.

Tracking northeast, the system intensified into a tropical storm on September 15 after sustained winds of 45 mph ( 75 km / h ) were reported by a French navel vessel ; however, due to sparse data on the storm, the first advisory on Ellen was not issued for two more days.

On January 15, 2009, the USEPA set a provisional health advisory level of 0. 4 parts per billion in drinking water.

On June 15, 2007, TIAA became one of the first U. S. companies to voluntarily adopt, and the first to implement, a policyholder advisory vote on executive compensation policy.

In 1970, Attorney General Elliot Richardson created an advisory committee of 15 U. S. Attorneys to advise the Attorney General.

The murder and smoking scenes resulted in a CERO ( ages 15 +) rating for the GBA release, making it the first Nintendo title to receive a parental advisory rating.