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"Nominees and sponsored candidates are reviewed by branch committees and recommendations for membership are considered by the Academy's Board of Governors," the site reads.
The offices of elder and ministerial servant were restored to Witness congregations in 1972, with appointments made from headquarters (and later, also by branch committees).
Branch committees will continue this review process on a regular basis, which could result in a handful of members having their status changed each year.
Existing members had their memberships reviewed by branch committees to ensure that they had at least one screen credit for three decades, a requirement that could be met in as little as 21 years.
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Mr Tony Ward, NUM branch committee member at Yorkshire Main, said: "This is a peaceful picket.
He joined the TGWU in 1927, becoming shop steward and, by 1930, was a member of the docks branch committee.
By age 15 he was a shop steward for the local union and, by age 21, chairman of the branch committee.
Jackson withdrew a total $239,837 in cashed cheques, gave $100 each to branch committee of management members at meetings, and kept the balance in a "kitty".
"It was a private letter to a member who had expressed some strong views to the branch committee meeting which included the observation that the executive were homophobic.
The branch committee said it could not back a candidate who had not been "democratically" selected.
UKIP said it was suspending the branch committee pending an investigation into "further allegations".
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