BYLAWS OF THE COUNCIL OF FACULTY DELEGATES

Revised March 1992

1.00 Composition of the Purdue University Calumet Faculty.  The voting members of the Purdue University Calumet Faculty shall be defined as follows:  full-time regular, adjunct and visiting instructional faculty with professorial rank; full-time regular, adjunct and visiting instructional faculty with rank of instructor and one year of service; and administrative staff with academic rank.

2.00 Powers of the Council of Faculty Delegates.  The Council of Faculty Delegates, hereinafter called the Council, was established on June 7, 1968, when the Board of Trustees approved the Articles of Organization of the Faculty of Purdue University Calumet, subsequently amended, hereinafter called Articles of Organization.  These Bylaws are designed to implement the provisions of that document which pertain to the organization and operation of the Council.

The Council is the governing body of the Purdue University Calumet Faculty.  It exercises the legislative and policy-making powers that have been delegated to the Faculty by the Board of Trustees subject only to review and check by the Purdue University Calumet Faculty as defined in Article VIII of their Articles of Organization.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL

3.00 Composition.  The Composition of the Council shall be in accordance with Article V.A. of the Articles of Organization.

3.01 Eligibility.  Members of the Faculty, as defined in Article II and Article V.B. of the Articles of Organization, shall be eligible for election to the Council of Faculty Delegates.

3.02 Election of Delegates.  The election of delegates shall be in accordance with Article V.C. of the Articles of Organization.

3.03 Recall.  The recall of a delegate shall be in accordance with Article V.D. of the Articles of Organization.  Should a recall petition be passed, the Council shall request the dean of the school to convene the school involved, within three weeks, for the purpose of considering the petition.  The Chancellor shall report the action of the school to the Council at the next regular Council meeting.

3.04 Vacancy in Unexpired Terms.  The schools shall be responsible for filling the vacant unexpired terms of delegates to the Council of Faculty Delegates, except where otherwise mandated.

COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL

4.00 Council Committee Authority.  The Council shall establish its standing committees and determine their duties and responsibilities.  These committees shall be directly responsible to the Council.

4.01 Committee Structure.  The Council establishes the following committees:

A. Standing Committees.  The following shall be the standing committees of the Council:

Agenda Committee

Nominating Committee

Student Affairs Committee

Faculty Affairs Committee

Research and Educational Policy Committee

Resources and Planning Committee

B. Subcommittees.  A standing committee can appoint subcommittees, which are responsible to and report to the standing committee.  Subcommittees must consist of members of the standing committee, except when otherwise authorized by the Council.

C. Subordinate Committees.  The Council may establish subordinate committees whose duties, responsibilities, and membership shall be defined by the Council.  Subordinate committees authorized by the Council shall continue in existence no longer than four years, unless reestablished by the Council.  Reestablishment shall be mandated first for the Council authorized subordinate committees of the Student Affairs Committee; the following year for the Council authorized subordinate committees of the Resources and Planning Committee; the next following year for the Council authorized subordinate committees of the Research and Educational Policy Committee; and the subsequent year for the Council authorized subordinate committees of the Faculty Affairs Committee.

The process of reestablishment of subordinate committees shall begin within one year of the approval of this Bylaw.  The process of reestablishment of subordinate committees shall be completed by the sixth Council meeting of each year.

D. Ad Hoc Committees.  Ad hoc committees of the Council may be created by the Council according to Article VI of the Articles of Organization.  The membership of an ad hoc committee may include Council delegates, faculty members, and students.  These committees shall have such powers and perform such duties and shall act for such time as are designated in the resolution calling for their appointment, but no ad hoc committee shall be appointed to perform any regular duties already specifically assigned to a standing Council committee.

4.02 Membership.  All voting Council members, except the Chairperson, shall serve on at least one, but no more than two, of the standing committees of the Council.  The student delegate on the Council shall serve on the Student Affairs Committee.  All committee assignments, with the exception of service on the Agenda Committee, shall be for the duration of a delegate's term on the Council.

If a member of a standing Council committee should become dissatisfied with the committee to which he has been assigned, he may ask the Nominating Committee to poll members of the standing committees to ascertain if any other delegate would be willing to change committee assignments with him.  If no such change can be arranged, he must serve his committee assignment for one year before he may again request a change.  Committee membership, except for the Agenda Committee, shall be determined from lists of nominees presented by the Nominating Committee to the Council for final approval no later than the last Council meeting of the academic year.  Additional nominations may be made from the floor of the Council.

In order to serve the needs of the Council, committees may include the student delegate to the Council of Faculty Delegates or other students of Purdue University Calumet, selected through the student government of Purdue University Calumet as voting members.

The normal term of student members of standing committees will be the school year for which they are selected, with the provision that no student shall serve more than two (2) consecutive years.

4.03 Chairpersons of the Council Committees.  Each committee shall select a chairperson prior to the last regular Council meeting who shall hold that office for a one-year term starting on July 1.  A chairperson may succeed himself.  No student member may be elected chairperson.  The Secretary of the Council, the Chairperson of the Agenda Committee, and the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee shall be informed of the selection of the committee chairpersons for the new term.  No chairperson of a standing Council committee shall also be chairperson of a Council committee which reports to, or is under the purview of, his standing Council committee.

4.04 Reporting of the Council Committees.  Each Council committee shall report to the Council at the Council's request or at the request of the Agenda Committee.  A Council Committee may give information, as it sees fit, to any other organ of the University and to any committee of the Council or of the Faculty.

4.05 THE AGENDA COMMITTEE

A. Membership.  The Agenda Committee shall consist of the Chairperson of the Council; the chairpersons of all standing committees of the Council; and the Secretary of the Council, who is ex-officio without vote.  Only the chairpersons of the standing committees of the Council shall be eligible to chair the Agenda Committee.

B. Duties and Responsibilities.

1. The Agenda Committee shall propose the agenda for every session of the Council.  It shall insure the distribution of the agenda to every member of the Council at least five school days before each regularly scheduled meeting.

2. The Agenda Committee shall schedule an annual report of the Council's standing committees to the Council and to the Faculty.

3. The Agenda Committee shall receive communications from any faculty member or group of faculty members who wish to present any proposal before any meeting of the Council.  The Agenda Committee shall:

a. Place such a proposal on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the Council which follows receipt of the proposal by fifteen or more days, or if the agenda is full, on the agenda of the next regular Council meeting, or

b. Place the proposal before a special session of the Council called by any appropriate means, or

c. Refer the proposal to one or more of the Council committees for study.  The Agenda Committee may recommend that the proposal be referred to a specific committee for consideration.

If a proposal is referred to a Council committee for study, the Council committee concerned shall submit its recommendations concerning the proposal, together with the proposal in its proposer's original or amended form, to the Agenda Committee within thirty days of referral.  The Agenda Committee shall be required, unless the proposer desires otherwise, to place the proposal and any committee recommendations regarding the proposal on the agenda of the Council meeting which is to convene fifteen or more days thereafter.

4. The Agenda Committee shall enable representatives of the student government to present to the Council at appropriate times recommendations on matters of concern to the student government.

5. The Agenda Committee shall arrange for any person or persons, who may have special resources or insights that might aid the Council in its deliberations on specific agenda issues, to be in attendance at the appropriate Council meetings.

6. The Agenda Committee shall serve as coordinator of the activities of Council committees on common, related, or interdependent matters.  This coordination may be achieved by allocation of the matters coming before the Agenda Committee to the appropriate one or more committees, by calling for joint committee reports, or by requesting joint Council and/or Council committee sessions.

7. The Agenda Committee shall route to the appropriate Council committee or committees, documents, proposals of an individual or group of individuals, or papers on any matters pertaining to the Council's affairs.

8. The Agenda Committee may, on its own initiative, refer to the appropriate standing Council committee matters of overall interest to the University or the Council.  It may request committees of the Council to make studies and reports on subjects of concern to the Council.

9. The Agenda Committee and the Chancellor shall establish the agenda for regularly scheduled faculty convocations and shall assure the issuance and distribution of these agendas to each member of the faculty at least five school days prior to the scheduled convocations.

10. The Agenda Committee shall have only the powers enumerated in the Articles of Organization and these Bylaws and nothing contained in the powers granted to it shall be interpreted to mean that it has any legislative authority.

11. The Agenda Committee shall function as an "Interim Committee" authorized to act for the Council during the period from the official end of an academic year to the official start of a new one.  This "Interim Committee" may act for the Council only on such matters requiring an immediate response and permitting no delay until the first regular session convenes or until a special session could be called.  A minimum of three voting members must be present to conduct business.  Should it become apparent at the time of the last regular session of the Council that fewer than three voting members will be available during the summer, any available Council member or members with vote may be elected at this time to serve on the "Interim Committee" for the summer.  A report of the actions of the "Interim Committee" during the summer session shall be made to the Council at its first meeting in September.

12. The Agenda Committee shall review the Articles of Organization and Bylaws of the Council of Faculty Delegates and recommend corrections or amendments in order to keep them consistent with organizational practices and in harmony with Purdue University Calumet's program and activities; draft or place before the Council its recommendations concerning the text of all amendments to Articles of Organization and Bylaws; consider other matters referred to it by the Council and report its findings and recommendations as appropriate; review all newly adopted policies of Purdue University faculties and its Board of Trustees for their implications on organizational structure within the Purdue University Calumet Council of Faculty Delegates.

4.06 THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE

A. Membership.  The Nominating Committee shall consist of an odd number of Council delegates, at least five in number, who are not chairpersons of standing Council committees.

B. Duties and Responsibilities.

1. The Nominating Committee shall nominate annually, one meeting prior to the last Council meeting of the academic year, members for all standing committees of the Council and circulate the names of nominees with the agenda for the meeting at which the election is to take place.  (Additional nominations may be made from the floor of the Council.)

2. The Nominating Committee shall solicit, within the first three weeks of every Spring Semester, by mail questionnaire, information concerning faculty preferences for committee assignments.  (It shall respect faculty preferences as much as possible in arriving at nominations.)

3. The Nominating Committee, following consultation with the appropriate Council committees, shall nominate, one meeting prior to the last Council meeting of the academic year, faculty members for appointment to the various Council committees.

4. The Nominating Committee shall nominate, when requested by appropriate authority, faculty members for appointments to committees not reporting directly to the Council.

5. The Nominating Committee shall nominate, in the event of a mid-year vacancy on a Council committee, as soon as practicable, a replacement to stand for election.

6. The Nominating Committee shall recommend, one meeting prior to the last Council meeting of each academic year, the size of each of the standing committees.  The Council must approve all changes in the size of standing committees.

4.07    STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

A. Membership.  The Student Affairs Committee shall consist of at least five Council Delegates, including that member appointed to the Council from the administrative units which are directly involved in the activities concerned with the administration and welfare of the student body, but always an odd number, to be selected by the Council from the list of nominees provided by the Nominating Committee.  The appointed administrator shall not serve as Chairperson.  The student delegate on the Council shall serve on the Student Affairs Committee.  Student members will be selected as specified in Bylaw 4.02.  Students will serve with vote in a ratio of one student member to two faculty members.

B. Duties and Responsibilities.

1. The Student Affairs Committee shall be concerned with the general social, cultural, and practical welfare of all students of the University.  Specific non-classroom matters of concern to this committee shall include but not be limited to:  athletic affairs (both intramural and intercollegiate), counseling, scholarships, loans, conduct and discipline, health, living conditions, student political activities and organizations.  Further, the Student Affairs Committee shall be concerned with student government actions and recommendations, extra-curricular activities, provisions of equal rights and responsibilities, and any other matters which would enhance the University environment of the student for learning and living.

This committee shall undertake a continuing study, in close collaboration with student government and administrative offices concerned with student affairs, of existing rights, privileges, and obligations of students; it shall seek to determine that association of freedom and responsibility most conducive to the development of individual integrity in students.  It shall also undertake a continuing study, for its own information and the Council's, of student activities on other campuses throughout the country.

2. The Student Affairs Committee shall initiate development projects for matters under its purview and shall undertake the necessary study and research needed to present such projects to the whole Council for further action and implementation.

3. The Student Affairs Committee shall study and research all matters referred to it by its subcommittees, by any other committees under its purview, or by the Council.

4. Whenever, in order to carry out its assignments, the Student Affairs Committee deems it proper and useful, it shall propose ad hoc advisory subcommittees recruited from the faculty within or without the Council, and the general staff, and the student body, subject to the consent of the Council and appointment by the presiding officer of the Council.  The findings and recommendations of such subcommittees shall be reported to the Student Affairs Committee, which in turn shall incorporate such findings in its own action on the matter being considered.

4.08 THE FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

A. Membership.  The Faculty Affairs Committee shall consist of at least three Council Delegates, but always an odd number, to be selected by the Council from the list of nominees provided by the Nominating Committee.

B. Duties and Responsibilities.

1. The Faculty Affairs Committee shall be concerned with those matters which pertain primarily to the responsibilities, rights, privileges, opportunities, and welfare of the Faculty, collectively and as individuals.  The following topics fall within the purview of the Faculty Affairs Committee:

a. Academic freedom and tenure

b. Academic promotions

c. Faculty compensation and benefits

d. Faculty documents and records

e. Faculty grievances

f. Orientation of new faculty

g. Standards of appointment

h. Patents and copyrights

i. Professional standards and ethics

j. Social events, recreation

2. The Faculty Affairs Committee shall initiate development projects for matters under its purview and shall undertake the necessary study and research needed to present such projects to the whole Council for further action and implementation.

3. The Faculty Affairs Committee shall study and research all matters referred to it by its subcommittees, by any other committees under its purview, or by the Council.

4. Whenever, in order to carry out its assignments, the Faculty Affairs Committee deems it proper and useful, it shall propose ad hoc advisory subcommittees recruited from the faculty within or without the Council, and the general staff, and the student body, subject to the consent of the Council and appointment by the presiding officer of the Council.  The findings and recommendations of such subcommittees shall be reported to the Faculty Affairs Committee, which in turn shall incorporate such findings in its own action on the matter being considered.

4.09    RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE

A. Membership.  The Research and Educational Policy Committee shall consist of at least three Council Delegates, but always an odd number, to be selected by the Council from the list of nominees provided by the Nominating Committee.

B. Duties and Responsibilities.  The Research and Educational Policy Committee shall be concerned with those campus matters related to the plans, functioning, objectives, and accomplishments of the educational processes followed by Purdue University Calumet.

1. These matters are understood to encompass, but are not limited to, the following cited for the purpose of illustration:

a. Academic standards and the improvement of instruction, including ancillary services needed to accomplish this

b. Grades and grading systems

c. Scholastic probation

d. Dismissal for academic reasons and reinstatement

e. Standards for admission and granting of academic placement

f. Educational policies related to course scheduling

g. Honors programs

h. Coordination of curricula, subject matter and standards for interdepartmental operation

i. Promotion of scholarly research

j. Coordination of research projects on an interdepartmental level

k. Coordination of programs of instruction, study, or research

l. Expansion of academic offerings and degree programs and the creation of new schools

m. Long-range educational policy planning

2. The Research and Educational Policy Committee shall initiate development projects for matters under its purview and shall undertake the necessary study and research needed to present such projects to the whole Council for further action and implementation.

3. The Research and Educational Policy Committee shall study and research all matters referred to it by its subcommittees, by any other committees under its purview, or by the Council.

4. Whenever, in order to carry out its assignment, the Research and Educational Policy Committee deems it proper and useful, it shall propose ad hoc advisory subcommittees recruited from the Faculty within or without the Council, and the general staff, and the student body, subject to the consent of the Council and appointment by the presiding officer.  The findings and recommendations of such subcommittees shall be reported to the Research and Educational Policy Committee, which in turn shall incorporate such findings in its own action on the matter being considered.

4.10 THE RESOURCES AND PLANNING COMMITTEE

A. Membership.  The Resources and Planning Committee shall consist of at least three Council Delegates, but always an odd number, to be selected by the Council from the list of nominees provided by the Nominating Committee.

B. Duties and Responsibilities.

1. The Resources and Planning Committee shall be concerned with, but shall not be limited to, consideration of the following matters:

a. Planning and optimal utilization of the physical facilities of the University, including buildings, the library, scientific and other equipment, and educational aids.

b. Studies of staff needs, utilization, and planning.

c. Interdepartmental cooperation for improved facilities and staff utilization.

d. Non-academic planning, including architecture, landscaping, parking, and traffic.

e. The academic calendar.

2. The Resources and Planning Committee shall initiate development projects for those matters under its purview and shall undertake the necessary study and research needed to present such projects to the whole Council for further action and implementation.

3. The Resources and Planning Committee shall study and research all matters referred to it by its subcommittees, by any other committees under its purview, or by the Council.

4. Whenever, in order to carry out its assignments, the Resources and Planning Committee deems it proper and useful, it shall propose ad hoc advisory subcommittees recruited from the Faculty within or without the Council, and the general staff, and the student body, subject to the consent of the Council and appointment by the presiding officer of the Council.  The findings and recommendations of such subcommittees shall be reported to the Resources and Planning Committee, which in turn shall incorporate such findings in its own action on the matter being considered.

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF FACULTY DELEGATES

5.00    Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Council shall normally be held on the second Monday of September and January and on the first Monday of all other months from October through May inclusive.  The date of the regular meeting may, under unusual circumstances, be displaced by not more than seven days by action of the Agenda Committee.  The new date must be announced in writing by the Agenda Committee at least seven days in advance of the actual date of such a meeting.

The Council may be convened for special sessions by the Chancellor or when written petition signed by 20% of the members of the Council is submitted to the Chairperson of the Agenda Committee.  Members of the Council shall be given written notice of the special session by the Agenda Committee at the earliest possible date and not less than three school days before the meeting.  Only subjects specifically listed in the proposed agenda for a special meeting may be considered at that meeting.

The Chancellor or, in his absence, his representative, or the Chairperson of the Agenda Committee may convene a special emergency session of the Council.  In the event that Purdue University Calumet confronts an emergency which -- in the well-considered judgment of the Chancellor -- seriously threatens the welfare of the University and requires an immediate response and decision by the Council, he may convene a special emergency session on the same day, but not sooner than two hours following the completion of individual telephone calls to the members of the Council, informing them of the event.

5.01    Officers of the Council.  Officers of the Council shall be as specified in Article V.A.8. of the Articles of Organization with the further condition that the Secretary shall be provided with clerical assistance by the administration.

5.02    Quorum.  Two-thirds of the voting members of the Council shall constitute a quorum.  No substitute shall be permitted to serve during the absence of a delegate.  The presence of a quorum shall be determined by the Secretary at the beginning of each meeting and at other times only at the request of a delegate from the floor.  Upon instruction from the presiding officer or upon request from any delegate, the Sergeant-at-Arms may attempt to secure the attendance of additional Council members needed to complete a quorum.

5.03    Attendance at Meetings.  Meetings of the Council shall be open to all faculty members, students, and members of the press, as observers, and to other persons invited to attend by the Agenda Committee or the presiding officer.

5.04    Executive Sessions.  At any meeting, the Council may declare itself in executive session by majority vote of the voting delegates present, and thereby exclude all observers designated as such in Bylaws Section 5.03.  Observers explicitly designated by majority vote of the voting delegates present may remain in attendance.  The purpose of the executive session is for discussion only, and no decisions of the Council shall be made while in executive session.

5.05    Order of Business.  The normal order of business at each regular meeting of the Council shall be as follows:

A. Call to order

B. Approval of minutes of the previous meeting

C. Approval of the agenda

D. Chancellor's Report

E. Special business of the day

F. Unfinished business

G. Reports of Committees

H. Other new business

I. Adjournment

5.06    Agenda.  The agenda for a regular meeting of the Council, as prepared by the Agenda Committee, as well as appropriate documents when possible, shall be distributed to members of the Council at least five school days before that meeting.  In the case of special meetings, the agenda shall be available to members of the Council at least three school days before the meeting.

The agenda shall indicate what Council documents are to be dealt with, what committees are to report, and what petitions are to be presented.  Allotments of time for presentation of reports or documents may be indicated.

The agenda of regular meetings as prepared by the Agenda Committee is subject to acceptance or modification by the Council as the third order of business during each meeting by consent or majority vote.  After the agenda for a meeting has been accepted by the Council, the order in which items are dealt with, and specific allotments of time, shall be changed only by majority vote.

5.07 Numbering Documents.  The Secretary of the Council shall assign a unique identifying number to all documents which are placed on the agenda of a Council meeting.

5.08 Documents "For Discussion Only."  When documents to be considered by the Council represent major policy recommendations, or when the committee originating the document requests it, the Agenda Committee shall place such documents on the agenda of a meeting "For Discussion Only." At this meeting the Council may take final action on these documents only in unamended form, and by two-thirds majority of those voting members present.  Otherwise, and as normal procedure, the document shall be placed on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the Council "For Action."

As implied in Bylaws Section 5.06, other agenda items may be converted to "For Discussion Only" by consent or majority vote.

5.09    Amendments to Documents "For Discussion Only."  When a document is on the floor, "For Discussion Only," amendments to that document may be proposed and discussed but not passed; discussion may be terminated by consent or by postponing temporarily.  Substantive amendments to documents which have been considered "For Discussion Only" by the Council must be submitted to the Agenda Committee for distribution to the delegates five days before the meeting when the document is to be submitted for action.

5.10 Voting.

A. Decisions of the Council shall be determined by a majority of voting members present, unless contrary requirements are specified elsewhere in the Bylaws or in the Articles of Organization.

B. Upon all occasions when a majority vote is not apparent after viva-voce voting, the presiding officer shall call for a vote by show of hands.

C. Any member of the Council may request that the Secretary of the Council call the roll of the delegates for the purpose of recording individual votes.  The entire record of the roll-call votes shall be incorporated in the minutes of the meeting.  This request shall be granted without debate.  The roll-call vote shall supersede any other vote on the same motion.  This roll-call rule shall apply except in cases where secret written ballots are specified by the Articles of Organization or when two or more persons have been nominated for the same elective position.  Secret written ballots shall also be used in the latter case.

D. When, as specified in the Articles of Organization or the Bylaws, decisions of the Council shall be determined by a percentage or fraction of its members, rather than by majority vote, that percentage or fraction shall always be defined in whole numbers, with point five or above being considered the next highest number.

5.11    Advice of Faculty.  By two-thirds vote of those voting delegates present, the Council may seek the advice and counsel of the faculty on any issue through a mail ballot.  The Agenda Committee shall make appropriate arrangements for the handling of the mail ballot.

5.12    Implementation of Council Actions.  The presiding officer at each meeting shall be responsible for taking the appropriate actions called for by decisions of the Council.

5.13    Minutes.  The minutes of each meeting shall be prepared for distribution to members of the Faculty, to the Secretary of the Student Government, and to the editor of the student paper within ten days after each meeting.  They shall be written and published by the Secretary of the Council and shall consist of a summary of events that have occurred in a meeting.  Tape recordings of all meetings shall be kept on file by the Secretary for two years.  These meeting tapes shall be available to anyone who was authorized to attend the meeting or session involved, but their review shall be under the supervision of the Secretary of the Council or his designee.

LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY

6.00    Review of Council Actions.  Council actions are subject to review and check by the Purdue University Calumet Faculty through the following procedures:

A. If any Convocation of the Purdue University Calumet Faculty rejects a previous action of the Council, the Agenda Committee shall give due notice to all members of the Council of this action and attempt to arrange for appropriate committee consideration of the matter.  This appropriate committee shall present its recommendation at the next regular meeting of the Council.

B. Article VIII.(2) of the Articles of Organization describes the procedure whereby the Faculty can force the immediate reconsideration of the Council's action.  In such a case, a meeting of the Agenda Committee shall be held as soon as possible.  The Agenda Committee shall determine the most effective method for consideration of the objections contained in the petition.  It shall schedule the petition for consideration by the Council at the earliest regular meeting consistent with due consideration of the petition by an appropriate committee or at a special meeting of the Council called for at an earlier date.

C. If, in either of the above two procedures, the Council reaffirms its original action, the issue must be submitted, along with appropriate documents summarizing the two opposing views, to a mail ballot of the Purdue University Calumet Faculty.  The matter at issue shall be acceptance or final rejection of the Council's reaffirmed action.  The Agenda Committee shall allow the presentation of a variety of views if proponents of these views present them in appropriate documents.  The mail ballot must be sent out within two weeks of the Council's reaffirmed action or at least five school days before the date of the Spring Commencement, whichever is earlier.  The decision of a simple majority of the Faculty in such a ballot shall be final.

PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

7.00 Business of the Council shall be transacted according to Roberts Rules of Order except when these are in conflict with the Articles of Organization or the Bylaws.

7.01 The Parliamentarian.  The Parliamentarian shall be selected according to Article V.A.8.c. of the Articles of Organization.

AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS

8.00 An amendment to the Bylaws of the Council shall be treated as a document "For Discussion Only" which may be adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the voting members present at a regular meeting of the Council.  The text of the proposed amendment must be distributed with the agenda for that meeting.  If the proposed amendment is approved by a simple majority of those voting, but not by two-thirds of those voting members present, it may then be adopted at the next regular meeting by vote of a simple majority.