A.S. COUNCIL Bylaws 2

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Terms of Office

A.S. Council members terms shall be a calendar year, or in the case of vacancies, the unexpired term.

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Ex-Officio Members

Ex officio members shall be officially seated on the A.S. Council. They shall have full rights, except that of voting, and shall include:

The A.S. Executive Director or duly appointed representative.
An Alumni Association representative to be appointed by the Alumni Association Board.
The A.S. President's Cabinet members.

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Member Vacancies

Any vacancy in an elected or appointed office of the A.S. Council or its Boards shall be filled by special election or appointments as deemed appropriate by the A.S. Council. Such a successor shall serve until the next general election. (Revised 04/28/99)

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Executive Committee

The A.S. Council shall have an Executive Committee composed of the President, the Executive Vice President, the Vice President of External Affairs, the Vice President of Finance and the Vice President of University Affairs of the Association, plus eight (8) additional members who shall be elected by the A.S. Council from its membership, to serve for a term of one year, unless Executive Committee member no longer sits on A.S. Council. A.S. Council will fill the vacated position by the process originally used. The Executive Committee shall be chaired by the A.S. President. (Revised 05/13/98, 11/18/98, 4/17/02)
The Executive Committee shall be subject to the direction of the A.S. Council in the administration of the Council's affairs.
The Executive Committee shall be authorized to appoint an A.S. Parliamentarian who shall be ex officio, non voting member of the A.S. Council. The Parliamentarian shall be a part-time employee for A.S. and paid an hourly wage.

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Standing Committees

The A.S. Council shall organize five (5) Standing Committees to be called the Awards Committee, the Elections Committee, the Committee on Committees, the Rules Committee, the Audit Committee and the Executive Committee, composed of a Chairperson and at least three (3) other members of the Associated Students, who shall be nominated by the A.S. President and approved by the A.S. Council. The charge and specifications to these committees shall be delineated in the A.S. Standing Committee Codes (further defined in A.S. Council, Sections 33-40 of these Bylaws and Articles I-VIII of the Standing Committee Code).

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Board and Committee Membership

Ex officio members shall be officially seated on the A.S. Council. They shall have full rights, except that of voting, and shall include:

With the exception of the Chairperson, each student-at-large member of the A.S. Boards and Standing Committees shall serve for a term of one semester, and shall be eligible for reappointment, with priority given to returning members. (Revised 4/25/01)
No member of the A.S. Council shall hold voting membership on more than one Standing Committee or A.S. Board, except the External Affairs Board, the University Affairs Board and the Cultural Arts and Special Events Board, which shall be only in addition to their assigned Board and/or Committee, with the exception of the Executive Officers or unless otherwise stipulated in these Bylaws. (Revised 4/25/01, 7/17/02)
The President Pro Tempore shall have membership on both Executive and Rules Committees.
After each A.S. Council member has been placed on a board/committee, he/she may serve as a member on one additional board/committee. If a newly elected or appointed Council member requests appointment to a second board/committee served by a Council member, they may do so as approved by the A.S. Council.

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Board and Committee Appointments (Revised 04/28/99)

As soon as possible following the spring election, the newly elected Executive Vice President shall formulate recommendations on A.S. board and committee assignments made under Officers, Section 20 (d), A.S. President. The appointees recommended by the Executive Vice President-Elect shall be formally approved by the new A.S. Council. (Revised 04/28/99)
As soon as possible, following the beginning of the fall semester, the Executive Vice President shall formulate recommendations on A.S. board and committee assignments made under Officers, Section 20 (d), A.S. President. The appointees recommended by the Executive Vice President shall be formally approved by the A.S. Council. (Revised 04/28/99)

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Role of Standing Committees

Except as provided in these Bylaws, standing committees shall be advisory to the Council and subject to Council direction in the development and implementation of Association policy and practices.

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Authority of the Executive Committee

The Executive Committee has the power to appoint ex officio non voting members with concurrence of A.S. Council.
The Executive Committee will act on Associated Students matters and fulfill the official powers of the Council during any summer or winter recess/intercession. When action is taken by the Executive Committee, minutes explaining the action will be distributed to all Council members as soon as possible at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting.

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Parliamentarian

The Parliamentarian shall be selected in the following manner:

Applications will be open for ten (10) school days, announced on two separate days by advertisements in regularly published A.S. media.
Applications shall be screened by the Executive Committee and their majority choices shall be submitted to the A.S. Council for ratification by a majority vote of those Council members present and voting.
The term shall run from spring to spring.
The A.S. Parliamentarian may be removed by a two thirds (2/3) vote of the Executive Committee, pending a vote of concurrence of those A.S. Council members present and voting at a regular meeting of the Council.

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Limitations on Employment

No voting member of the Associated Students Council or its governing boards shall be an employee of the Associated Students with the sole exception of the President, Executive Vice President, Vice President of External Affairs, Vice President of Finance and Vice President of University Affairs. (Revised 11/18/98, 7/17/02)