Adopted: 3/31/2004
Ratified: 4/21/2014
Constitution of the Columbia University African Students Association
Meetings and Procedures
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Section 1. G-body meetings of the ASA will be held every week. The ASA E-Board will determine the date and time of each meeting.
Section 2. All procedural and urgent issues shall require a simple majority vote of the ASA E-Board. Procedural issues are issues which use ASA resources (e.g. money, manpower, etc.). Urgent issues are issues which require an immediate stance on a situation, topic or viewpoint using the ASA name and support.
Section 3. In cases of non-urgent issues that require a stance by the ASA, members must be informed (at a g-body meeting, at a town hall meeting, etc) and a â…” motion of the members present must be met before a decision is rendered. If the â…” vote is not met, the ASA will take a neutral stance on the issue
Section 4. All official voting will be anonymous and there will be no voting in absentia
Section 5. There will be a transitional meeting at the end of each current E-board member’s tenure in which each E-board member must give a report and brief incoming E-board members on their duties as part of the ASA E-board.
Section 6. Each outgoing E-board member is responsible for compiling a detailed list of duties, responsibilities, recommendations and/or advice concerning their position which will all be compiled into a single transitional file or document for the incoming and future boards.
Section 7. An ASA quorum consists of 20 active members of the general body, including E-board members; a motion shall only be subjected to a vote when the quorum has been met.