嗨碰视频FC Bylaws - August 2008
Article I. Name
The name of the body hereby constituted is the 嗨碰视频 Faculty Council (嗨碰视频FC).
Article II. Mission
The purpose of the 嗨碰视频 Faculty Council is to promote and foster the welfare of system faculty, in non-collective bargaining issues, through the combined creativity and expertise of faculty representatives from system institutions.
Article III. Responsibilities and Functions
The 嗨碰视频FC will participate in the process of 嗨碰视频 governance by advising, recommending, and consulting with the Chancellor or the Chancellor鈥檚 designee(s) concerning the establishment of rules and regulations deemed necessary or appropriate for the promotion of the general welfare of the 嗨碰视频.
The 嗨碰视频FC will formulate and recommend to the Chancellor or the Chancellor鈥檚 designee(s) 嗨碰视频 policies and procedures related to but not exclusive to system faculty.
The 嗨碰视频FC will develop and maintain a system-wide communications network to provide for efficient transmission of relevant information to faculty.
Article IV. Voting
Each institution within the 嗨碰视频 shall have one vote on any matter brought before the 嗨碰视频FC and that vote shall be cast by the voting representative or designee.
A voting member may designate an alternate to a meeting that the member cannot attend.
Any decisions or recommendations by the 嗨碰视频FC must receive majority approval from each of the three institutional tiers (research, four-year, and two-year school) groupings.
Voting normally takes place during a meeting of the 嗨碰视频FC. However, voting may also take place by electronic communication or other means as determined by the officers in consultation with the membership of the 嗨碰视频FC.
Article V. Membership
Membership of the 嗨碰视频FC will be comprised of one voting representative from each participating system institution. The representative for a participating institution must be a member of that institution’s faculty body and selected by a process determined by the faculty unit of that institution. In addition to attending 嗨碰视频FC meetings in person, the council also permits participation via video or phone conferencing methods.
Article VI. Officers and Duties
Section 1. Officers. The officers of the 嗨碰视频FC shall be a Chair and a Chair-Elect, who shall become Chair the following year. The officers shall perform the duties prescribed by these bylaws and by the parliamentary authority adopted by the 嗨碰视频FC.
Section 2. Eligibility. Only voting members of the 嗨碰视频FC are eligible to serve as officers.
Section 3. Nomination and Election. At any meeting the 嗨碰视频FC will nominate at least one candidate for any vacant office. The officers shall be elected as described above in Article IV.
Section 4. Terms of Service. The term of service of an officer of the 嗨碰视频FC shall begin at the conclusion of the meeting at which (s)he is elected and end when his/her successor is named, and shall typically be one academic year.
Section 5. Duties. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the 嗨碰视频FC. The Chair-Elect shall prepare minutes of each meeting. The primary duty of the officers shall be to communicate recommendations and decisions to the 嗨碰视频 Chancellor or Chancellor’s designee. The chair and chair-elect shall prepare the agenda in consultation with the 嗨碰视频FC members.
Article VII. Parliamentary Authority
The rules contained in the current edition of Robert鈥檚 Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the 嗨碰视频FC in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order the 嗨碰视频FC may adopt.
Article VIII. Amendments
Any proposal to amend or repeal these Bylaws shall be submitted to the officers in writing at least 30 days prior to the meeting of the 嗨碰视频FC at which they will be discussed. The voting shall be conducted in compliance with Article IV.
Drafted by Juone Brown-Johnson (Fort Valley State University), Rose Metts (Savannah State University), Russell Porter (Clayton State University), Paul Alberto (Georgia State University), Thomas Hancock (Georgia Gwinnett College), Kerri Johnson (Darton College), Robert Lightfoot (Waycross College), John Settimi (Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College), Margaret Smith (Bainbridge College), Craig Turner (Georgia College & State University), William Vencill (University of Georgia), and Leanne West (The Georgia Institute of Technology), Elizabeth Combier (North Georgia College and State University).