ASSU Documentation

The order of business for each joint meeting of the Association legislative bodies, except when otherwise specified, shall be as follows:

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting
4. Acceptance of the Orders of the Day and Action Calendar
5. Open Forum
6. Reports of Association Committees and Departments
7. Report of the Executive Committee
8. Report of the Financial Manager
9. Action Items of Association Committees and Departments
10. Action Items of the Executive Committee
11. Action Items of the Financial Manager
12. Old Business
13. New Business
14. Final Comments
15. Adjournment

Reports should be made by the head of a Department or the chair of a Committee,or a member of the Department or Committee designated by her/him. Written reports shall be included in the agenda packets. Oral reports shall be confined to matters arising since the writing of the written report, changes in procedure or administration, and important issues currently under consideration. The Presiding Officer shall entertain questions from the members of the Association legislative bodies and direct them to the individual making the report after each written and/or oral report has been concluded. Any member of an Association legislative body may, at any time at least one minute after the beginning of an oral report, interrupt the speaker and call for an ending of the report by moving the previous question. If this motion passes, then the questioning period shall immediately commence. Any member of the Association legislative bodies may, at any time at least one minute after the beginning of the questioning period, interrupt the speaker and call for an ending of the questioning period by moving the previous question. If this motion passes, then the next item of business in the Orders of the Day shall be considered. no action items shall be considered at this time, unless otherwise specifically provided for in these Rules. All original main motions shall be considered action items. Action items shall be considered in the order presented in the Action Calendar.

1. Call to Order
At the time the meeting is scheduled to begin, the Presiding Officer, or in her/his absence any member of the Executive Committee, shall call the meeting to order.

2. Roll Call
At each meeting the Presiding Officer shall call the roll to determine which members of each Association legislative body are present and which absent. It is the duty of any member arriving after the roll call to inform the Presiding Officer of her/his presence.