The Graduate Student Council shall serve the interests and advocate on behalf of the graduate population. The Graduate Student Council shall also organize programming for, and encourage the development of, the graduate community. Because the input and viewpoints of all members of the graduate population are important, the GSC shall make all decisions by consensus, unless otherwise specified in the Constitution, the Association By-Laws and Policies, or these By-Laws.

A. The GSC shall refer to the Graduate Student Council.
B. The graduate population shall be all members of the Association in graduate or professional degree programs.
C. The elected members of the GSC shall be those who were selected in either a special or general Association election.
D. The appointed members of the GSC shall be those who were chosen, in accordance with the Constitution and these By-Laws, to fill vacant GSC seats.
E. The voting members of the GSC shall be those who are eligible to vote in the votes mandated in the Constitution, the Association By-Laws, or these By-Laws. It shall encompass both the elected and appointed members of the GSC.
F. The members of the GSC shall be the elected members and the appointed members, and all other members of the graduate population present at a GSC meeting.
G. A seat on the GSC shall be considered vacant if the individual occupying it has resigned, ceased to be a member of the district to which the seat corresponds, been expelled from the GSC, or died.
H. Unless otherwise specified, a vote of the GSC shall be a vote by the voting members of the GSC only.
I. A graduate student organization or GSO shall refer to any student organization whose membership and/or audience is drawn substantially from the graduate population, with the exception of the GSC.

A. The GSC Policies shall contain the details of the organizational structure of the GSC. They shall contain information sufficiently important to require some form of GSC approval to change, but sufficiently malleable that the rigidity of the GSC By-Laws modification procedure would be inappropriate.
B. The GSC Policies shall govern in all cases where they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the Constitution, the Association By-Laws,these By-Laws, or the Association Policies.
C. The GSC Policies shall be included as an Appendix to these By-Laws.
D. The GSC Policies may be modified by consensus of the members of the GSC. Any such decision may be overridden by a majority vote of the GSC.

A. The Chair (or her/his designee) shall be responsible for ensuring that the meetings are run in a fair and efficient manner. The voting members of the GSC may overrule any particular decision of the Chair (or her/his designee) in this regard by majority vote.

1. Unless otherwise specified in the Constitution, the Association By-Laws, or these By-Laws, each decision of the GSC shall be made by the consensus of those members of the graduate population present at the meeting during which the decision was made, and there shall be no quorum requirement for consensus decisions.
2. In the event that consensus cannot be reached, the fallback decision-making procedure shall be a majority vote by the GSC's voting members, and presence of 1/2 of voting members at a meeting shall constitute quorum for votes.

C. Minutes from a previous meeting shall be considered approved at a meeting if they are posted at least 24 hours before the meeting and no objections to the contents of the minutes are raised.