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912 The Association’s representatives shall be directors, officers or permanentemployees of Producers signatory, or APFTQ members bound to the Sectionat the time of the meeting of the Joint Standing Committee, or persons whoare themselves signatory to the Section. No one appointed to the JointStanding Committee shall have been involved in the Grievance prior toappointment to the Joint Standing Committee. The Association shall advisethe Guild as to the number of representatives to be appointed to representthe Association.913 At least three (3) business days prior to the Joint Standing Committeehearing, or in the case of a grievance referred directly to Arbitration, fifteen(15) business days prior to the first scheduled day of the hearing, the partiesto the Grievance shall inform the Guild and the Association of theirrepresentatives, and any witnesses they intend to call, and provide a copy ofall documents, including all correspondence, to which they intend to referduring the course of the meeting, as well as a summary:i) identifying the issues in the grievanceii) outlining the relevant facts of the grievanceiii) setting out a succinct statement of the submissions that each partyintends to make the Joint Standing or Arbitration; andiv) identifying the remedy sought.Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Joint Standing Committee, Arbitrator orBoard of Arbitration may accept any documents or evidence that itconsiders necessary to reach a fair conclusion.914 The Joint Standing Committee members shall appoint a chair-person fromamong themselves. The Joint Standing Committee may establish its ownprocedures and guidelines for the hearing, including the recording ofminutes or notes. The Joint Standing Committee shall be governed by thefollowing principles:i) both parties shall have full opportunity to be heard;ii) neither party shall be surprised by evidence or facts adduced beforethe Joint Standing Committee; andiii) the Joint Standing Committee may recognize common industrypractice where reasonable to do so under the circumstances.915 The hearing portion of the Joint Standing Committee meeting shall bescheduled for no more than a total of four hours, and will proceed asfollows:136