Sentence examples for to draft a charter from inspiring English sources

But generally, board members should sign a nondisclosure agreement, and it is wise to draft a charter that outlines your board's responsibilities and logistics, such as meeting frequency, expected time commitment and compensation, if any.

Among the latest initiatives, Karen Armstrong, a prominent British scholar of comparative religions, wants to convene a council of Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders to draft a "Charter of Compassion" of shared moral principles.

He began his presidency with great energy, making final arrangements for the San Francisco meeting to draft a charter for the United Nations, helping to arrange Germany's unconditional surrender on May 8, and traveling to Potsdam in July for a meeting with Allied leaders to discuss the fate of postwar Germany.

He proposes to appoint a committee to draft a charter, which the City Council may accept for the ballot.

The proposal for a council-appointed committee to draft a charter is really not much different from the mayor's proposing his own charter again.

To do so, the existence of a bill of rights specific to the EU was necessary, and at the 1999 European Council in Cologne it was decided to convoke a Convention to draft a Charter of Fundamental Rights.

It is also trying to draft a European charter of the basic rights of the union's 375 million citizens.

A committee picked by Parliament that was supposed to draft a new charter has become deadlocked in a dispute between Islamists and liberals.

Liu Xiaobo, who won the prize despite fierce Chinese opposition, was jailed in 2009 for helping to draft a manifesto - Charter 08 - calling for political change.

Then, on Sunday, the generals issued an interim constitution that removed the military and the defense minister from presidential oversight and named a 100-member panel to draft a new permanent charter, replacing one appointed by Parliament.

Liu Xiaobo was sentenced on Christmas Day 2009 for helping to draft a manifesto - Charter '08 - calling for political change.