BY-LAWS
FOR THE REGULATIONS,
EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY STATUTE OF ITS
ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION, OF
THE
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, INCORPORATED
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON
ARTICLE
I
MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. MEMBERS. Any person duly registered as a student at California State
University, Fullerton
(hereafter referred to as CSUF), who has paid the membership fee and has not
legally forfeited the right of membership is a member of the Associated Students, California
State University,
Fullerton, Incorporated
(hereafter referred to as ASI). All
members shall hold equal voting rights. Subject
to other applicable qualifications, all members are eligible to run for office.
Section 2. HONORARY MEMBERS. Any person may be elected to honorary life
membership by a majority vote of the Board of Directors, in recognition of and
appreciation for unselfish service and assistance rendered to ASI Honorary
members are entitled to all ASI privileges exclusive of making motions, voting
and holding office.
Section 3. ASSOCIATED MEMBERS. Associated membership may be granted to any
person who pays ASI fees. Associated
members are entitled to all ASI privileges exclusive of making motions, voting
and holding office.
ARTICLE II
By-Laws
Section 1. COPIES
OF THE BY-LAWS. An up-to-date copy
of these By-laws shall be maintained by the Chair of the Board. At the end of every semester, the University
Affairs Committee shall prepare a sufficient number of these By-laws and The
Articles of Incorporation, so that they may be made available to members of the
Board and other interested persons.
Section 2. BY-LAWS
EFFECTIVE DATE. All By-laws in this
document shall become effective with the signature of the President.
Clause 1. Changes to Article VII through Article XII of these by-laws
must be approved by the Board of Directors no later than the sixth week of the
semester, in order to take affect the semester they are approved. Following the sixth week, the changes made
during the spring semester shall take affect on July 1 and changes made during
the fall semester shall take affect on January 1.
Section 3. AMENDMENTS. These By-laws can be amended only by a
two-thirds vote of the Board.
Section 4. CONSTRUCTION
& DEFINITIONS. The general
provisions, rules of construction and definitions contained in the California non-profit
Corporation Law, will govern the construction of these By-laws. The Board of Directors will have jurisdiction
over questions involving the interpretation of this document.
Clause 1. Calendar days shall be defined as the standard days of the
year, twenty-four (24) hours, Monday-Sunday.
Clause 2. Legal days shall be defined as the business hours of the
Corporation, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, with the exception of University recognized holidays.
Clause 3. Weeks of a semester shall be counted as Monday-Sunday, with the
first week beginning on the first Monday of instruction. This definition shall be used when using the
term, “week in the semester,” or a similar phrase as mentioned in these bylaws
and policy statements.
Clause 4. Quorum for the Board of Directors, standing committees and ad
hoc committees shall be defined as at least 50% plus 1 voting members. During Board meetings, the Chair of the Board
shall be counted in the quorum. There
must be at least ten sitting directors in order for the Board of Directors to
conduct business.
Clause 5. An ex-officio member shall be defined as a member by virtue of
position or office that does not have voting privileges.
Clause 6. A “standing committee” is a committee that has permanence in
the sense of being authorized in an organization’s governing instrument or
resolution of an organization’s governing board. A standing committee provides a periodic
overview of the regular ongoing functions of and makes frequent periodic
reports to the Associated Students, CSUF, Inc. Board of Directors.
Clause 7. An “ad hoc committee” has all of the authorization and duties
of a standing committee except that it is established “for a particular
purpose” (an “ad hoc” committee is not necessarily permanent).
Clause 8. “Disqualification” is a condition under which a person may not
assume, continue in, or run for any elected or appointed ASI position. “Disqualification” can only be finalized by a
two-thirds vote of the ASI Board of Directors.
Clause 9. “Automatic Disqualification” shall be a disqualification, which
occurs immediately and without need for action by the ASI Board of Directors.
Clause 10. “Removal from the ballot” shall be a state under which a potential
candidate for elected ASI office may not appear on a printed ballot. Such a candidate is not prevented from
running for ASI office as a write-in candidate.
Clause 11. A “write-in candidate” shall be defined as any person who runs for
office within ASI and does not have his/her name pre-printed on the
ballot. Write-in candidates shall have
the same rights and responsibilities as all other candidates except that they
are exempt from Article VII, Section 2, Clauses 1-3 of these by-laws.
ARTICLE III
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
Section
1. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. The
parliamentary authority for this organization shall be "Robert's Rules
of Order, Newly Revised".
Section
2. ROLL CALL VOTE. The Chair of
the Board shall order a roll-call vote for all action items on the agenda with
the exception of: approving the agenda,
approving minutes, or parliamentary procedures.
ARTICLE IV
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Clause
1. Voting members of the Board
(hereinafter referred to as directors) should consist of:
a. two
directors from the College of the Arts;
b. two
directors from the College
of Business Administration
and Economics;
c. two directors from the College of Communications;
d. two directors for the College of Education;
e. two
directors from the College
of Engineering and
Computer Science;
f. two
directors from the College
of Health and Human
Development;
g. two
directors from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences;
h. two
directors from the College
of Natural Sciences and Mathematics;
i. one director selected by the Academic
Senate;
j. one
director selected by the President of the University.
Clause 2 Ex-officio
members of the Board shall consist of:
a. the ASI President;
b. the ASI Executive Vice President;
c. the ASI Vice President of Finance;
d. the ASI Chief Administrative Officer;
e. the ASI Chief Governmental Officer;
f. the ASI Chief Communications Officer;
g. the
ASI Executive Director.
Section 2. UNDECLARED AND MULTIPLE MAJORS
Clause 1. Undeclared
Students
a. An
undeclared student may vote in any one college of his/her choice in the ASI
Elections.
b. An
undeclared student may serve on the Board of Directors representing any college
of his/her choice. When running in the
elections, a candidate for the Board of Directors that is undeclared must
declare, by the election filing date, the college for which he/she is running.
c. An
undeclared student may not run as a write-in candidate for more than one
college. An undeclared student running
as a write-in candidate must, before 5:00
P.M. on Tuesday prior to the start of the election, inform the
Elections Commissioner in writing of the college in which he/she intends to
run.
Clause 2. Multiple
Majors
a. A
student with multiple majors in different colleges may vote in the college
reported by CSUF’s student information system in the ASI Elections.
b. A
student with multiple majors in different colleges may choose which college to
represent when serving on the Board of Directors. When running in the elections, a candidate
for the Board with multiple majors must declare, by the election filing date,
the college for which he/she is running.
c. A
student with multiple majors in different colleges may no run as a write-in
candidate for more then one college.
Such a student running as a write-in candidate must, before 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday prior to the
start of the election, inform the elections Commissioner in writing of the
college in which he/she intends to run.
Section 3. QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS REPRESENTING
THE COLLEGE
OF EDUCATION
A
Director representing the College of Education
does not have to be a student enrolled in the College,
but qualifies for the position if they are part of one of the following
groups/programs:
a. Any
phase of the STEP program.
b. An
active member of a club that is a member of the EICC affiliated with the College
of Education.
c. A
member of Freshman Future Teachers within Freshmen Programs.
Section 4. POWERS.
Subject to limitations imposed by law or the Articles of Incorporation,
the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be controlled by the ASI
President and the Board and all corporate powers shall be exercised jointly by
them.
Clause
1. The ASI President and the Board
shall determine the financial assets of the ASI.
Clause
2. The Board shall amend by-laws by a
two-thirds vote.
Clause
3. The Board shall adopt such
policies, as it deems necessary for procedural and administrative purposes by a
majority vote.
a. Policy Statements shall be consistent with
the ASI Articles of Incorporation, by-laws and the Elections Code.
b. The year of last revision shall be stated on
each of the Policy Statements.
c. The Board may amend policy statements by a
majority vote.
Clause
4. Committees.
a. The
Board shall establish such committees as it deems necessary to study and make
recommendations on proposals referred to them.
(1) The Board shall
determine, by a majority vote, the size and composition of all special or
ad-hoc committees.
b. Standing
committees shall include the Audit Committee, Children’s Center Advisory
Committee, Finance Committee, the Operations Committee, the Lobby Corps,
Scholarship Award Selection Committee, the Titan Tusk Force, and the University
Affairs Committee.
(1) The size and
duties of standing committees shall be as stated in the ASI Policy Statements.
c. The
ASI President, Executive Vice
President, Chair of the Board (hereinafter referred to as chair) and Executive
Director shall serve as ex-officio members on all ASI special, ad-hoc, and
standing committees, except the Audit Committee.
Clause
5. Appointments.
a. The
Board shall confirm, by a majority vote, all presidential appointments to
positions that receive wages or any other material compensation for service.
b. The
Vice President of Finance, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Governmental
Officer, and Chief Communications Officer shall be confirmed by a majority vote
of the Board and shall be known as the Executive Staff.
c. The
Board may remove presidential appointments by a two-thirds vote with the
exception of the members of the Executive Staff.
d. The
Board may override, with a two-thirds vote, any decision of the President to
remove and/or replace any presidential appointment with the exception of
members of the Executive Staff.
Clause
6. The Board may authorize any officer,
agent, or director to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the
name of, and on behalf of the Corporation.
Such authority is confined to a specific instance; and unless so
authorized by the Board, no officer, agent, director, or employee will have any
power or authority to bind the Corporation by contract or engagement, or to
pledge its credit, or to render it liable for any purpose of any amount.
a. The maximum amount of a contract shall be
determined by the Board. No contract
shall extend beyond the current fiscal year.
b. The ASI Executive Director, as an agent of
the Board, is authorized to execute contracts on behalf of the Board when
contracts are consistent with the budgeted programs or when non-budgeted
contracts provide personal benefits to ASI members at no cost to the Board.
c. The Board may establish an ad hoc committee
to act on behalf of the Board in making contracts for up to $10,000 when the
Board is unable to establish quorum. The
ad hoc committee shall consist of the ASI President, the Vice President of
Finance, and five directors.
Clause
7. The Board may override any
presidential veto by a two-thirds vote within 14 legal days of the veto.
Section 5. TERM OF OFFICE. Directors shall serve a staggered one-year
term. Directors elected to fill a
vacancy shall serve the remainder of the original term.
Clause
1. A full-year term following the
fall General Election shall commence on January 1. A full-year term following the spring General
Election shall commence on July 1.
Section 6. VACANCIES -- DIRECTORS.
Clause 1. A
vacancy on the Board exists in the case of death, resignation, removal of a
director, or in the event of a failure to elect the fully authorized number of
directors.
Clause
2. Vacancies reduce quorum.
Clause
3. In the event of a vacancy, in
which ASI Policy Statement #15 cannot be followed, the University Affairs Committee shall appoint a director from
the college in which the vacancy exists, with the exception of a director from
the College of Education, subject to a majority Board
approval. In addition to being from the
college in which the vacancy exists, a director appointed from the College of Education may also qualify by meeting
the requirements in Article IV, Section 3 of these bylaws. The new Director will serve until the end of
the current semester term. Undeclared
students are eligible to serve in this capacity, as are students with multiple
majors in different colleges, as long as one of the majors is in the college
where the vacancy exists.
Clause
4. Directors appointed per Article
IV, Section 6 or Policy Statement
#015 shall serve until June 30, if appointed on or after January 1 and until
December 31, if appointed on or after July 1.
Section
7. ATTENDANCE POLICY.
Clause
1. Attendance shall be defined as
being present prior to the announcement of unfinished business and remaining
until the scheduled ending time for the meeting.
Clause
2. Excused absences for due cause.
a. Due
cause shall be defined as:
(1) Participation in an official university recognized
program at which the member's attendance is required. Limited to two excused absences per semester.
(2) Absences due to illness of a director or a
member of his/her immediate family who requires the director's care, or for
bereavement of a director’s immediate family member.
(3) Absences due to requirements of official ASI
business.
(4) Absences due to
individual circumstances, the due cause and excusableness of which are to be
determined by the Board on a case-by-case basis.
b. For
an absence to be excused, the Chair must be notified prior to the meeting,
unless the Director is physically unable to do so.
c. Excusal
for an absence with due cause may only be granted by a majority vote of the
Board.
Clause
3. Intercession, fall break, spring
break, legal holidays, and the last week of instruction shall not be used in
computing attendance.
d. Two
(2) unexcused absences during the summer meetings shall be computed as one (1)
unexcused absence toward the attendance record.
Clause
4. Absent members shall not have
voting privileges, nor shall they be counted in quorum.
Clause
5. Attendance policy for standing
committee meetings.
a. If a member’s attendance at one standing
committee meeting impedes his or her ability to attend another standing
committee meeting, then that member will be excused from the meeting he or she
was unable to attend.
b. It is a member’s responsibility to request
an excused absence from each standing committee meeting that he or she is
unable to attend (unless he or she is unable to attend due to another standing
committee meeting).
c. A member may only be counted as absent from
a standing committee meeting if that meeting was held during the regular
meeting time as stated in Article IV, Section 9, Clause 2, a, (2) of these
bylaws, or at a time previously agreed to by that member.
d. A member may only be counted as absent from
a standing committee if that member was properly notified of the time and venue
of the meeting. "Properly
notified" being defined as twenty-four hours notice.
Section 8. REMOVAL.
Clause
1. Removal for failure to meet
academic qualifications.
a. A
Director shall be removed from office if at any time during his/her tenure in
office he/she fails to meet the academic qualifications as set forth in Article
IX of these by-laws, or in current directive(s) from the chancellor's office.
Clause
2. Removal for failure to meet
attendance requirements.
a. Directors
are charged with the specific trust of representing their student
constituency. Failure to attend
regularly scheduled Board meetings and/or standing committee meetings, without
showing due cause, shall be considered a violation of that trust and grounds
for removal from office.
b. A
Director shall be removed if, without due cause, he/she misses two consecutive
Board meetings or two consecutive standing committee meetings, or if he/she
misses three Board meetings or three standing committee meetings in one
semester.
Clause 3. Appeals.
a. A Director can appeal his/her removal by the
next regularly scheduled Board meeting.
Reinstatement requires a two-thirds vote of the Board.
Section
9. RESIGNATION. In the event a
Director should resign, written notice of his/her resignation should be
submitted to the Chair of the Board.
Section 10. MEETINGS. (Pursuant to Education Code Sections 89305 to
89307.4.)
Clause 1. The
ASI Board of Directors and all of its committees, the Titan Student Union
Governing Board and all of its committees, and all funding councils shall
conduct their business in duly noticed public meetings and are required to
comply with all provisions of the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act (Education
Code Sections 89305 to 89307.4) as outlined in these bylaws. Any person may attend any of these meetings,
except as otherwise outlined in section 89305.1(b)(1)(B)(i)-(iv) of the
California State Education Code.
Clause 2. Regular
Meetings
a. Schedule
(1) The Board of Directors shall hold regular
meetings throughout the academic year beginning with the first week of
instruction. The meetings will be held
every Tuesday from 1:15 P.M.
to approximately 3:45 P.M. The Board of
Directors will hold summer meetings, the time and dates to be decided upon by
the majority of the Board of Directors.
(2) Standing committees
shall hold regular meetings throughout the academic year. The regular meetings of the Finance, Lobby
Corps, Scholarship Award Selection and University Affairs Committees will be
held on Thursdays from 1:15 P.M.
to 3:45 P.M. The regular meetings of the
Operations Committee will be held immediately following the 2nd
regular Board of Directors meeting each month and additionally as needed. The regular meeting of the Titan Tusk Force
shall be held every Wednesday from 6 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. The Audit Committee shall convene at least
two times annually. The Children’s
Center Advisory Committee shall convene at least four times annually.
(3) All
funding councils shall establish annually a schedule for regular meetings at
their first meeting of the academic year, and post notice and agenda for such
regular meetings as required hereinafter.
(4) The
time and location of all regular meetings shall be re-established annually, at
the first meeting of the academic year.
(Pursuant to Education Code Section 89305.5).
b. Written
Notice /Agenda
(1) Written notice
of every regular meeting shall be given at least seventy-two (72) hours prior
to the date set for the meeting. The
written notice shall consist of the agenda for the meeting. The agenda shall contain brief descriptions
(twenty (20) words of less) of each item of business to be acted upon or
discussed at the meeting, including items to be discussed in closed session (if
any). The agenda shall also specify the
date, time, and location of the meeting, and provide opportunity for members of
the public to directly address the items on the agenda during Public Speaking
Time.
(a) Such
written notice shall be mailed to any individual or medium that has filed a
written request for notice. Any request
for notice filed pursuant to this section shall be valid for one year from the
date on which it is filed unless a renewal request is filed. Copies of the agenda shall also be available
from the ASI Executive Assistant to any person requesting the same in person.
(b) During
the academic year, written notice to a Board of Directors member shall consist
of placing the agenda in the Board of Directors member's mailbox in the ASI
office. This action shall be documented
by the ASI Executive Assistant, and it is the responsibility of each Board of
Directors member to check his/her mailbox daily.
(2) Public notice
of regular meetings shall consist of the meeting agenda being posted
conspicuously in the ASI Executive Offices and in locations, which are freely
accessible to members of the public.
(Pursuant to Education Code Section 89305.5.)
c. Action/Discussion
on Items Not Appearing on the Posted Agenda
No
action or discussion shall be taken on any item not appearing on the posted
agenda, except in response to public testimony or under emergency condition as
provided in Education Code Section 89305.5(c).
Please also refer to ASI Policy Statement #040 for more information.
d. Public
Comment
Every
agenda shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly
address the Board of Directors, committee or funding council on any item affecting
higher education, subject to each entity’s reasonable regulations on time,
security, and order. Please refer to ASI
Policy Statement #018 for more information.
(1) The
Chair of the Board of Directors may enforce a fifteen (15) minute maximum time
limit on the public speakers section of the agenda, unless the Board of
Directors waives this limit by majority vote.
Clause 3. Special
Meetings
a. Special
meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chair of the Board of
Directors, or by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
b. Special
meeting of a standing committee may be called by the Chair of the committee, or
by a majority of the members of the committee.
c. Notice
A
special meeting may be called by delivering personally or by mail written
notice, at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, to each member of the Board of
Directors or of the standing committee, whichever is calling a special meeting,
and to any medium or other party to be directly affected by the meeting, and to
any other individual or medium that has requested notice in writing.
(1) Such
notice shall specify the time and place of the special meeting and a brief
description (twenty (20) words or less) of each item of business to be
transacted.
(2) No
other business shall be considered at these meetings.
(3) Written
notice may be dispensed with as to any member who:
(a) Provides the
ASI Executive Assistant with a waiver of written notice prior to the time the
meeting convenes; or
(b) Is actually
present at the time the meeting convenes.
d. Emergency
Meetings
In
the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon which prompt action
is necessary due to the disruption of threatened disruption of public
facilities, the Board of Directors may hold an emergency meeting without
complying with the twenty-four (24) hour notice requirement or the twenty-four
(24) hour posting requirement of this section, or both, so long as the Board of
Directors provides a minimum of one hour notification by telephone (if
telephone services are functional) to the public media and complies with
Education Code Sections 89306.5(c) and (d).
Please also refer to ASI Policy Statement #040 for additional
information.
Clause
4. Quorum and Voting Privileges
a. A
quorum shall be present and at all regular and special meetings for the
official transaction of business.
b. A
quorum shall consist of a majority of the directors.
c. In
order to be counted in quorum and vote, a director must be present from the
time a motion is seconded to the calling of the question on that motion, as
well as meet attendance requirements for that meeting.
Clause
5. Closed Meetings
a. The
Board of Directors, committee or funding council may hold a closed meeting,
from which the public is excluded, only if it has provided sufficient notice of
such meeting and only to consider:
(1) Negotiations
relative to real property; or
(2) Certain
litigation pursuant to advice of legal counsel; or
(3) Certain employment matters, or
(4) Collective
bargaining, or
(5) Certain matters
relating to a particular employee (unless the employee requests a public
hearing); or
(6) To confer with
law enforcement officials, or
(7) Such other
matters as specifically enumerated in Education Code Section 89307.
b. For
the purposes of the above section, “employee” shall not include any person
elected or appointed to office.
c. Prior
to holding any closed meeting, the Board of Directors, committee or funding
council shall disclose, in an open public regular meeting, the item(s) to be
discussed in the closed meeting. No
other items shall be considered in the closed meeting.
d. Immediately
after any closed meeting, the Board of Directors, committee or funding council
shall reconvene into a public regular meeting prior to adjournment and make
disclosure of what actions, if any, were taken in the closed meeting.
Section 11. ACTION.
Clause 1. The
Board of Directors, committees and funding councils shall not take action on
any item unless notice and agenda of the meeting where the item will be
discussed and acted upon has been legally provided for under the Education Code
and all other appropriate law or unless an emergency situation exists. Please also refer to ASI Policy Statement
#040 for more information.
Clause 2. Any
action taken by the Board of Directors, excluding internal committee
appointments and election of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of
Directors, must be submitted to the ASI President for approval. Action becomes effective upon the signature
of the ASI President, or if not vetoed in writing, within nine (9) legal
days. The Board may override any
presidential veto by a two-thirds vote within fourteen (14) legal days of the
Board of Directors’ written receipt of a veto.
Section 12. CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
Clause
1. Election and term of office.
a. The
Board shall elect, by a majority role call vote, a director who will serve as
Chair of the Board (hereinafter referred to as Chair).
b. This
election shall be held at the first and last meeting of every fall and spring semester.
c. The
Chair elected at the first meeting of the fall semester shall serve through
December 31. The Chair elected at the
last meeting of the fall semester shall serve from January 1 until the Chair ins
elected at the first meeting of the spring semester. The Chair elected at the first meeting of the
spring semester shall serve through June 30.
The Chair elected at the last meeting of the spring semester shall serve
from July 1 until the Chair is elected at the first meeting of the fall
semester. The ASI President shall serve
as Chair in the absence of the chair and vice-chair.
Clause
2. The Chair shall serve as the
executive secretary of the Board.
Clause
3. Within three (3) business days of
election, the Chair elected at the first meeting of the fall and spring
semester shall appoint each member of the Board to serve on at least one
standing committee, except the Audit Committee, which will be appointed by the
Board of Directors.
Clause
4. The Chair of the Board of
Directors shall serve as the Chair of the Operations Committee.
Clause
5. The Chair of the Board shall serve
as an ex-officio member of all ASI committees, except the Audit Committee.
Clause
6. The Chair, or a director
designated by the Chair, shall serve as representative of the Board on the
Titan Student Union Governing Board, the Athletic Council and the Academic
Senate. The Chair, or the Chair's
designee, shall serve for one year or the duration of the position providing
he/she remains a member of the Board during that period. If the Board
representative is unable to complete his/her term, the Chair shall select a
representative to complete the vacated position within ten days after the
position is declared vacant.
Clause
7. Removal of the Chair shall occur
by a two-thirds roll call vote of the Board, or in the event that the Chair
loses his/her position as director.
Clause
8. In the event the Chair of the
Board should resign, a written notice of his/her resignation shall be submitted
to the ASI President and to the Board.
Clause
9. In the event of a vacancy in the position
of Chair through resignation, removal, recall, ineligibility, or death, the
Vice-Chair shall assume the position of the Chair, and a new Vice-Chair shall
be elected at the following meeting.
Section 13. VICE-CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
Clause
1. Election and term of office.
a. The
Board shall elect, by a majority of a roll call vote, a director who shall
serve as Vice-Chair for the Board.
b. This
election shall be held at the first meeting of every semester.
c. The
Vice-Chair, elected in the fall semester, shall serve through December 31. The Vice-Chair, elected in the spring
semester, shall serve through June 30.
Clause
2. The Vice-Chair shall preside in
the absence of the Chair.
Clause
3. The Vice-Chair shall be
responsible for maintaining/organizing the ASI Board of Directors’ Office
(TSU250).
Clause
4. The Vice-Chair shall be
responsible for monitoring and making sure basic lines of communication are
established and functioning among the Board and their constituents.
Clause
5. The Vice-Chair shall be
responsible for distributing all paperwork pertaining to meetings in a timely
fashion to the respective members of the Board.
Clause
6. The Vice-Chair shall be
responsible for helping the Board Chair maintain and keep up to date the
information in the ASI Board of Director’s Handbook.
Clause
7. The Vice-Chair shall be removed by
a two-thirds vote of the Board. The
method of removal shall be by a roll call vote.
Clause
8. In the event the Vice-Chair should
resign, a written notice of his/her resignation shall be submitted to the Chair
and to the Board.
Clause
9. In
the event of a vacancy in the position of Vice-Chair, through resignation,
removal or recall, a new Vice-Chair shall be elected at the meeting at which
the vacancy is announced.
ARTICLE V
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Section 1. TERM OF OFFICE. Each officer shall serve for a one
calendar year term commencing July 1.
Section 2. ASI PRESIDENT
Clause
1. The ASI President (hereinafter
referred to as President) shall be the Chief Executive Officer and shall act as
head of the ASI Government.
Clause
2. The President shall be an
ex-officio member of all ASI committees, except the Audit Committee.
Clause
3. The President shall submit a
budget proposal to the Finance Committee of the Board on or before April 5 of
each fiscal year.
Clause
4. In the event there is no elected
Chair or Vice-Chair, the President shall serve as Chair. In serving as Chair or Vice-Chair, the
President shall not be eligible to vote.
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5. The President shall appoint ASI
program directors and be directly responsible for their activities.
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