There will be two (2) Statewide Conferences during each year that will focus on one (1) and no more than two (2) major issues at which time a plan of action will be discussed.  The purpose is to come out of each conference with a well planned strategy to take action on the imminent issue.

Statewide Rules include:

1) Only M.E.Ch.A. campuses certified by the M.E.Ch.A. Regional Process will be allowed to vote;

2) Community people shall be allowed to participate as observers only;

3) Individuals and/or groups with a history of party-building and cadre raiding inside of M.E.Ch.A. are not welcome to attend;

4) All entertainment shall be culturally , educationally, and/or politically oriented

5) Non-voting individuals attending the conference shall not be allowed to participate in debate or discussion of questions before the assembly; and

6) In a general assembly, there will be one (1) vote per campus and in the workshops, voting will be done by students, certified by the M.E.Ch.A. Regional Process.