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I. MEETINGS
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II. PLACE OF BUSINESS


III. MEMBERSHIP
I.A.GENERAL Membership Meetings


IV. ORGANIZATION OF UNITS
1.Calling general membership meetings


V. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
a.The Board of Directors shall have power to call a general membership meeting at any time.


VI. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
b.The President of the corporation must call a meeting immediately upon the receipt of a petition signed by 20% of the membership requesting a membership meeting. Members must be given not less than two days notice of any meeting, the time, place and purpose of which shall be specified in the call for the meeting. All Membership Meetings shall be held at wheelchair accessible locations.


VII. COMMITTEES
2. 40% of the membership shall constitute a quorum, providing that at least 50% of the units have at least 10% of their membership present; a quorum shall be necessary to transact any official business.


VIII. VOTING PRIVILEGES
3.A majority vote of the members present shall be necessary to pass a resolution, motion or approval.


IX. POWERS OF MEMBERSHIP PETITION/VOTING
4.A meeting shall have all the powers granted to the Board of Directors and may pass any measures it deems necessary.


X. FEES AND ASSESSMENTS
5.All such measures shall be effective unless vetoed by a vote of three-fourths of the total membership of the Board of Directors. In the event of such veto, however, it shall be followed within two weeks by a secret ballot of the entire membership on the issue, and a simple majority vote of all the members is necessary to overrule the veto.


XI. AUDITS


XII. RULES OF PROCEDURE
I.B.Directors’ Meetings


XIII. AMENDMENTS
1.Calling Board of Directors’ meetings


XIV. BY-LAW JURISDICTION
a.The President must call a meeting of the Board of Directors at least once a month during regular sessions of the University and may call any others which s/he deems necessary.


XV. SEAL OF THE BERKELEY STUDENT COOPERATIVE
b.The President must call a meeting of the Board of Directors upon the request of four members of the Board.


RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BERKELEY STUDENT COOPERATIVE REGARDING BOND FINANCING TRANSACTION
c.The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the time and place of its meetings, except as noted in (a) and (b) of this section. All Board of Directors meetings shall be held at wheelchair accessible locations.
 
d.Members must be given not less than two days notice of any meeting, the time and place of which shall be specified in the call for the meeting.
 
2.Quorum classifications and Voting
 
a.A quorum shall consist of sufficient members of the Board empowered to cast two-thirds of the total possible votes (a number equal to the total number of members), providing the majority of the units of the association are represented by at least one director.
 
b.In the absence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors, subjects requiring prompt consideration may be submitted by mail or email to its members and their votes taken by correspondence when so ordered by the President or Secretary<ref name="ftn4"><sup>On May 3, 2007 the Board designated the ED as Secretary and the OM as Assistant Secretary</sup></ref>. Not less than two-thirds affirmative votes shall be required to pass any measure submitted by mail or email to the Board of Directors.
 
c.In the event that quorum is lost after the Board of Directors has been duly convened with quorum, the meeting may remain convened so long as there are sufficient members present empowered to cast one half of the total possible votes. Passing any motion shall require a majority of quorum documented by a roll call. Therefore it takes over one third of the total possible votes to pass a motion. This paragraph shall be in effect only to the extent that it conforms to applicable state law.
 
# A simple majority vote of the Board shall be necessary to pass a resolution, motion, or approval.
# An absolute two-thirds majority of the Board of Directors shall be necessary to amend or suspend the Personnel Code, unless ten days written notice of the proposed amendment has been given.
# The Board of Directors and Cabinet may not fine or otherwise penalize any house or individual member without the unit or individual member notified a week in advance, directed to the resource of the Member Advocate, and given adequate opportunity to speak on his/her/their own behalf to the Board of Directors or Cabinet.
# The Board of Directors shall be empowered to consider, amend, pass and reject action items (see section VIII.1). These action items must be on the agenda drawn up by Cabinet and approved by a majority of the board at the beginning of the meeting in order to be discussed during the meeting. A 2/3rds vote of the representatives can add to or remove an action item or discussion item from the agenda if it is judged to be necessary (as per section VIII.2.e)
 
7.It is under the discretion of the president to decide if a particular action taken by the Board lies within the scope of the current discussion -- if s/he deems it to be in violation of the normal legislative process, s/he may refer the issue back to a committee or to Cabinet. This decision may be overruled by an absolute majority of the Board of Directors members.
 
8.Motions and formal voting procedures will only be considered as part of an action item discussion (see VIII.1) – but a discussion item may be made an action item as per section VIII.2.e.
 
9.A period at the beginning of every board meeting shall be reserved for soliciting new ideas and concerns from members of the organization.
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 16:48, 2 September 2010

I.MEETINGS


I.A.GENERAL Membership Meetings

1.Calling general membership meetings

a.The Board of Directors shall have power to call a general membership meeting at any time.

b.The President of the corporation must call a meeting immediately upon the receipt of a petition signed by 20% of the membership requesting a membership meeting. Members must be given not less than two days notice of any meeting, the time, place and purpose of which shall be specified in the call for the meeting. All Membership Meetings shall be held at wheelchair accessible locations.

2. 40% of the membership shall constitute a quorum, providing that at least 50% of the units have at least 10% of their membership present; a quorum shall be necessary to transact any official business.

3.A majority vote of the members present shall be necessary to pass a resolution, motion or approval.

4.A meeting shall have all the powers granted to the Board of Directors and may pass any measures it deems necessary.

5.All such measures shall be effective unless vetoed by a vote of three-fourths of the total membership of the Board of Directors. In the event of such veto, however, it shall be followed within two weeks by a secret ballot of the entire membership on the issue, and a simple majority vote of all the members is necessary to overrule the veto.


I.B.Directors’ Meetings

1.Calling Board of Directors’ meetings

a.The President must call a meeting of the Board of Directors at least once a month during regular sessions of the University and may call any others which s/he deems necessary.

b.The President must call a meeting of the Board of Directors upon the request of four members of the Board.

c.The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the time and place of its meetings, except as noted in (a) and (b) of this section. All Board of Directors meetings shall be held at wheelchair accessible locations.

d.Members must be given not less than two days notice of any meeting, the time and place of which shall be specified in the call for the meeting.

2.Quorum classifications and Voting

a.A quorum shall consist of sufficient members of the Board empowered to cast two-thirds of the total possible votes (a number equal to the total number of members), providing the majority of the units of the association are represented by at least one director.

b.In the absence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors, subjects requiring prompt consideration may be submitted by mail or email to its members and their votes taken by correspondence when so ordered by the President or Secretary[1]. Not less than two-thirds affirmative votes shall be required to pass any measure submitted by mail or email to the Board of Directors.

c.In the event that quorum is lost after the Board of Directors has been duly convened with quorum, the meeting may remain convened so long as there are sufficient members present empowered to cast one half of the total possible votes. Passing any motion shall require a majority of quorum documented by a roll call. Therefore it takes over one third of the total possible votes to pass a motion. This paragraph shall be in effect only to the extent that it conforms to applicable state law.

  1. A simple majority vote of the Board shall be necessary to pass a resolution, motion, or approval.
  2. An absolute two-thirds majority of the Board of Directors shall be necessary to amend or suspend the Personnel Code, unless ten days written notice of the proposed amendment has been given.
  3. The Board of Directors and Cabinet may not fine or otherwise penalize any house or individual member without the unit or individual member notified a week in advance, directed to the resource of the Member Advocate, and given adequate opportunity to speak on his/her/their own behalf to the Board of Directors or Cabinet.
  4. The Board of Directors shall be empowered to consider, amend, pass and reject action items (see section VIII.1). These action items must be on the agenda drawn up by Cabinet and approved by a majority of the board at the beginning of the meeting in order to be discussed during the meeting. A 2/3rds vote of the representatives can add to or remove an action item or discussion item from the agenda if it is judged to be necessary (as per section VIII.2.e)

7.It is under the discretion of the president to decide if a particular action taken by the Board lies within the scope of the current discussion -- if s/he deems it to be in violation of the normal legislative process, s/he may refer the issue back to a committee or to Cabinet. This decision may be overruled by an absolute majority of the Board of Directors members.

8.Motions and formal voting procedures will only be considered as part of an action item discussion (see VIII.1) – but a discussion item may be made an action item as per section VIII.2.e.

9.A period at the beginning of every board meeting shall be reserved for soliciting new ideas and concerns from members of the organization.




  1. On May 3, 2007 the Board designated the ED as Secretary and the OM as Assistant Secretary