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==VII.A. SUMMER BOARD OF DIRECTORS==
==VII.A. SUMMER GOVERNANCE==
1. The Board of Directors shall delegate all the powers of the Board of Directors except to change the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws to a body which shall be called the “Summer Board of Directors.” The President of the Summer Board of Directors is responsible for archiving minutes of its meetings and making them available to the regular Board of Directors. The Spring Board will prescribe up to 2 focus issues for attention by the Summer Board, and the Summer Board may create Task Forces to address a limited number of specific issues.
1. The Board may create a committee of Directors to act with the full power of the Board during the summer contract period.  


2. The Summer Board shall consist of:
==VII.B. THE CABINET OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS==
 
1. Consists of the President, all of the Vice-Presidents, and two additional Directors.
:a. A number of summer Board members each year shall not be less than 6 nor more than 8 elected by the Spring Board by the second to last meeting of that semester.
 
:b. The President and the Summer Vice-President, without voting rights.
 
:c. One alumni representative, to be elected by the Alumni Association.
 
:d. One EA representative, to be elected by the Employees’ Association.
 
:3. Quorum shall consist of an absolute majority of the membership of the Summer Board


:4. The Summer Board shall make no appropriations in excess of 0.1% of the annual operating budget of the corporation for any item, project or budget category unless it has first declared that said action is an extraordinary matter such that the interests of the corporation compel immediate action. Said declaration shall require an absolute two-thirds vote of the Summer Board for action.
2. Shall convene regularly to implement policies as established by the Board of Directors.


:5. Each member of the Summer Board shall cast one vote.
3. Shall take action in the event of an emergency when there is no time to call a meeting of the Board of Directors.


:6. The Spring Board will make a specific effort to encourage outgoing and incoming Board and Cabinet members to run for Summer Board.
4. All actions taken by the Cabinet shall be reported to the Board at the next meeting of the Board of Directors.


:7. At least one member of the Summer Board must represent the apartments units and efforts will be made to represent small, medium and large houses.
5. The Board of Directors shall have the power to overrule or amend any decisions made by the Cabinet.


[''Board approved 12/12/13'']
6. Quorum for the Cabinet shall be four.


==VII.B. THE CABINET OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS==
7. Each of the Cabinet members shall have one vote. All decisions of the Cabinet shall be made by majority vote.
1. Spring and Fall
:a. Consists of the President, all of the Vice-Presidents, and two at-large cabinet members.
:b. Shall convene regularly to implement policies as established by the Board of Directors.
:c. Shall take action in the event of an emergency when there is no time to call a meeting of the Board of Directors.
:d. All actions taken by the Cabinet shall be reported to the Board at the next meeting of the Board of Directors.
:e. The Board of Directors shall have the power to overrule or amend any decisions made by the Cabinet.
:f. Quorum for the Cabinet shall be four. In the event that quorum cannot be attained, the Executive Director and/or Operations Manager may be brought in as voting members.
:g. Each of the Vice-Presidents and at-large members shall have one vote. All decisions of the Cabinet shall be made by majority vote.
:h. The President shall be the chair of Cabinet.


[''Board approved 12/12/13'']
8. The President shall be the chair of Cabinet.


==VII.C. STANDING COMMITTEES==
==VII.C. STANDING COMMITTEES==
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2. Standing committee structure and jurisdiction is at the discretion of the Board as outlined in Section I of the Policy Directory.
2. Standing committee structure and jurisdiction is at the discretion of the Board as outlined in Section I of the Policy Directory.


3. Board may make non-standing committees that may, with the mandate of the Board of Directors, deliberate and refer action items to the Board of Directors as a normal standing committee would.
3. Board may make non-standing committees and task forces that may, with the mandate of the Board of Directors, deliberate and refer action items to the Board of Directors as a normal standing committee would.
 
4. Each student Director must serve on at least one committee or task force.


4. Each student board representative must serve on at least one standing committee.
5. No standing committee or task force may seat more than one Director from a unit.


5. No standing committee may seat more than one permanent, voting board representative from any individual unit, though other board representatives may still attend and a specific vote sharing procedure shall be outlined in the policy directory for such cases. (See Policy Directory 1.B.13)
6. A member or Director may request that an item be put on a committee agenda by contacting a committee’s or task force's executive chair, and the executive must work with them to prepare the item for discussion.


6. If a member or board representative wants to bring an item to committee, they may request that the item be put on a committee agenda through the respective committee’s executive chair, and the executive must work with them to prepare the item for discussion.


[''Membership approved 3/19/15.'']


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Latest revision as of 17:15, 11 May 2015

VII.A. SUMMER GOVERNANCE

1. The Board may create a committee of Directors to act with the full power of the Board during the summer contract period.

VII.B. THE CABINET OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. Consists of the President, all of the Vice-Presidents, and two additional Directors.

2. Shall convene regularly to implement policies as established by the Board of Directors.

3. Shall take action in the event of an emergency when there is no time to call a meeting of the Board of Directors.

4. All actions taken by the Cabinet shall be reported to the Board at the next meeting of the Board of Directors.

5. The Board of Directors shall have the power to overrule or amend any decisions made by the Cabinet.

6. Quorum for the Cabinet shall be four.

7. Each of the Cabinet members shall have one vote. All decisions of the Cabinet shall be made by majority vote.

8. The President shall be the chair of Cabinet.

VII.C. STANDING COMMITTEES

1. Standing committees will work out the details of particular action items, be they events, projects, policies, etc., and vote by a majority to send those items to the Board of Directors.

2. Standing committee structure and jurisdiction is at the discretion of the Board as outlined in Section I of the Policy Directory.

3. Board may make non-standing committees and task forces that may, with the mandate of the Board of Directors, deliberate and refer action items to the Board of Directors as a normal standing committee would.

4. Each student Director must serve on at least one committee or task force.

5. No standing committee or task force may seat more than one Director from a unit.

6. A member or Director may request that an item be put on a committee agenda by contacting a committee’s or task force's executive chair, and the executive must work with them to prepare the item for discussion.


[Membership approved 3/19/15.]

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