bylaws: article 5

Executive Committee

 

Section A: Representative Assembly Delegates

 

The three delegates to the Executive Committee shall be elected by the Assembly at the first Fall meeting from a list of representatives by secret ballot with each representative casting votes for 1 to 3 members.

 

Section B: Duties and Responsibilities

 

The Executive Committee

 

1. Shall advise the President regarding

 

A. Appointment, direction, and dismissal of Association employees, excluding temporary student workers, determining their qualifications, fixing their compensation, and prescribing their duties.

 

B. Setting the agenda for Representative Assembly meetings.

 

C. Authorizing contributions up to $100 each to in memoriam scholarship funds established in the name of deceased former Association members.

 

D. Authorizing changes in Association investments.

 

2. May perform, when classes are not in session, the functions of the Representative Assembly, subject to later approval or disapproval by the Assembly.

3. Shall in conjunction with the President, annually review the performance of the Executive Secretary and other permanent employees, and shall determine the need for cost-of-living adjustments or other alterations in the hours or conditions of employment.

4. May require, by petition of fifty (50%) percent of the Executive Committee, that the President to call a meeting of the Representative Assembly, the Executive Committee, or the general membership.

 

Section C: Quorum

 

A quorum of the Executive Committee shall consist of a majority of its members.