Bylaws

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I. MEETINGS

A. 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 such a 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.

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
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 to its members and their votes taken by correspondence when so ordered by the President or Secretary. Not less than two-thirds affirmative votes shall be required to pass any measure submitted by mail 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 (equal to one half of the total number of members). Taking such action shall require a majority of quorum, documented by a roll call, as long as the meeting itself does not have quorum. In other words, it takes one half of the total possible votes to entertain a motion and 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.
3. A simple majority vote of the Board shall be necessary to pass a resolution, motion, or approval.
4. 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.
5. An absolute two-thirds majority of the Board of Directors shall be necessary to amend the Barrington Policy, unless ten days written notice of the proposed amendment has been given.