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| - The President of the Association shall call all meetings of the Executive Committee, and set its agenda. | - The President of the Association shall call all meetings of the Executive Committee, and set its agenda. | ||
| - The Executive Committee shall meet on a weekly basis to discuss all business coming before the Association legislative bodies. | - The Executive Committee shall meet on a weekly basis to discuss all business coming before the Association legislative bodies. | ||
| - | - Unless an alternate mechanism is specified in this Constitution, the Executive Committee shall have the power, by [consensus]((Interpreted as part of the October 1, 1999 Letter of Acceptance to mean "an opinion or position reached by a group as a whole, where each member of the group is willing to accede to the decision", and subsequently ratified by the Association legislative bodies. See Appendix A, Sections 11 and 12 for details.)) to decide if a given issue affects either the graduate or undergraduate population individually, or both jointly. In the absence of an alternate mechanism and in the absence of [consensus] of the Executive Committee, the issue shall be assumed to affect both populations. | + | - Unless an alternate mechanism is specified in this Constitution, the Executive Committee shall have the power, by [consensus]((Interpreted as part of the October 1, 1999 Letter of Acceptance to mean "an opinion or position reached by a group as a whole, where each member of the group is willing to accede to the decision", and subsequently ratified by the Association legislative bodies. See Appendix A, Sections 11 and 12 for details.)) to decide if a given issue affects either the graduate or undergraduate population individually, or both jointly. In the absence of an alternate mechanism and in the absence of [consensus]((as per footnote 1)) of the Executive Committee, the issue shall be assumed to affect both populations. |
| - | - [The Executive Committee shall have the power, by [consensus]((as per footnote 1)), to call joint meetings of the Association legislative bodies.]((Original footnotes do not exist)) | + | - [The Executive Committee shall have the power, by [consensus]((as per footnote 1)), to call joint meetings of the Association legislative bodies.]((Interpreted as part of the October 1, 1999 Letter of Acceptance to mean "in the absence of consensus, there will be no joint meeting of the Association legislative bodies", and subsequently ratified by the Association legislative bodies.)) |
| - | - [The Executive Committee shall have the power, by [consensus]((as per footnote 1)) to force joint consideration of any item of business by the Association legislative bodies. This joint consideration shall not necessarily imply the need for a joint meeting of the Association legislative bodies.]((Original footnotes do not exist)) | + | - [The Executive Committee shall have the power, by [consensus]((as per footnote 1)) to force joint consideration of any item of business by the Association legislative bodies. This joint consideration shall not necessarily imply the need for a joint meeting of the Association legislative bodies.]((Interpreted as part of the October 1, 1999 Letter of Acceptance to mean "that for items of business that the Executive Committee deems deserving of joint consideration, these items must be approved by both legislative bodies according to procedures identified in the Constitution or in each legislative body's respective By-Laws; and that without such approval from both legislative bodies, no action is taken", and subsequently ratified by the Association legislative bodies.)) |
| - The Executive Committee shall have the power, by [consensus]((as per footnote 1)), to name any other members of the Association ex-officio members of the Executive Committee. | - The Executive Committee shall have the power, by [consensus]((as per footnote 1)), to name any other members of the Association ex-officio members of the Executive Committee. | ||
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| ===== Section 5. Powers and Responsibilities ===== | ===== Section 5. Powers and Responsibilities ===== | ||
| - The President shall serve as the chief administrator and executive of all Association functions. She or he shall oversee and coordinate the day to day operations and activities of the Association. The President shall see to it that all measures adopted by the Association legislative bodies are carried out and enforced. | - The President shall serve as the chief administrator and executive of all Association functions. She or he shall oversee and coordinate the day to day operations and activities of the Association. The President shall see to it that all measures adopted by the Association legislative bodies are carried out and enforced. | ||
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| - The President of the Association shall have the power to delegate authority to other members of the Association to carry out executive tasks within the Association. In particular, the President may form a cabinet to assist her or him in administration of the Association. The President of the Association shall have power to remove members of the cabinet at will. The members of the Cabinet may also be removed by a two-thirds vote of each Association legislative body. | - The President of the Association shall have the power to delegate authority to other members of the Association to carry out executive tasks within the Association. In particular, the President may form a cabinet to assist her or him in administration of the Association. The President of the Association shall have power to remove members of the cabinet at will. The members of the Cabinet may also be removed by a two-thirds vote of each Association legislative body. | ||
| - During winter quarter, the President of the Association shall deliver a State of the Association address open to all members of the University community. Notice of the address must be made in a public place two weeks before the address. Members of the Association shall then have the opportunity to publicly address the President of the Association. | - During winter quarter, the President of the Association shall deliver a State of the Association address open to all members of the University community. Notice of the address must be made in a public place two weeks before the address. Members of the Association shall then have the opportunity to publicly address the President of the Association. | ||
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| - | ===== Interpretation Footnotes ===== | ||
| - | //**The following is not text of the Constitution and is not binding.** The 2007 Constitution listed footnotes (above, footnotes 3 and 5) that did not have actual text associated with them. Those footnotes presumably listed that those clauses were inserted or modified as a result of a letter of acceptance from the Office of the President.// | ||
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