 established in 1922, youth parliament of manitoba (ypm) is a non-partisan, non-denominational, non-profit organization that educates youth in effective public speaking and the parliamentary process. it is open to all youth in the canadian province of manitoba who will be between 16 and 20 years old as of december 31 of the year of the upcoming winter session. session takes place each year from 26 â december 30 at the manitoba legislature in the capital city of winnipeg. ==organization== ypm is a model parliament and bases its organizational structure and nomenclature on the westminster parliamentary system. ypm has three primary, organizational groups: the board of directors (also known as the parliamentary executive), the cabinet, and the backbenchers. (the backbenchers and the cabinet are also collectively termed members-at-large.) as well, senators and an honorary president can be appointed by the board of directors from time to time. ===board of directors=== ypm inc. was incorporated on august 22, 1983. the corporation is currently run by a 5-person board of directors elected by and from its membership. the positions on the board are: *the chairperson (premier); *the past chairperson (speaker); *the vice-chairperson (deputy premier); *the director of finance (deputy speaker); and *the director of procedures (house leader). elections take place annually on december 30 at the manitoba legislature during the winter session. ===cabinet=== the cabinet is appointed by the executive from the members-at-large of the previous annual session. the cabinet assists the executive in organizing and holding the annual session. current cabinet portfolios include: upper cabinet *registrar general (drafts membership list) *ministry of government services (arranges for transport and accommodation) *ministry of human resources (recruits new members) *ministry of labour (prepares food) *ministry of finance (arranges sponsorship and donations) *ministry of revenue (arranges sponsorship by alumni) lower cabinet *ministry of alumni affairs (maintains relations with past members) *ministry of external affairs (deals with outside correspondences) *ministry of publications (publishes official documents) *ministry of public relations (handles media relations) *ministry of supply and service (produce and sell ypm paraphernalia) *female whip and male whip (supervises backbenchers) *ministry of rural development (maintains relationships with rural communities) ===backbenchers=== all non-executive and non-cabinet members of ypm sit as backbenchers during the annual session and are assigned a riding name (e.g. member from winnipeg south centre). ===senate=== by decision of the board, former members of ypm who have made outstanding contributions to the organization can be named senators. ===honorary president=== the honorary
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