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| ===== Section 2: Definitions ===== | ===== Section 2: Definitions ===== | ||
| - | **A.** The GSC shall refer to the Graduate Student Council. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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.\\ |
| ===== Section 3: GSC Policies ===== | ===== Section 3: GSC Policies ===== | ||
| - | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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. | + | **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.\\ |
| ===== Section 4: Rules of Order ===== | ===== Section 4: Rules of Order ===== | ||
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| - 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. | - 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. | ||
| - 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. | - 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. | ||
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