Constitution of the CSEGSA
I. Name, Purposes and Powers
Name
Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Student Association;
hereafter referred to as the CSEGSA.
Purposes
- To act as the agency of the graduate student body of Computer
Science & Engineering in matters affecting graduate student
life and departmental affairs.
- To promote communication and interest in the affairs of the
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, the Graduate
Student Association, and the University Community.
Powers
- The CSEGSA shall initiate, enact, and administer on matters,
with the authority of the graduate students of Computer Science
& Engineering, which concern the graduate students of Computer
Science & Engineering as a whole and the students' relationship
to the Department of Computer Science & Engineering.
- Committees of the CSEGSA shall act, with the authority of the
graduate students, in their designated areas of responsibility.
- The CSEGSA may make recommendations to the proper Departmental
and University authorities on all matters of graduate student
welfare under this constitution.
II. Membership
All presently enrolled graduate students in the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering, or students presenting a statement
from the Chairman of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering
certifying them to be graduate students of Computer Science &
Engineering, shall be active members of the CSEGSA.
III. Organization
Executive Committee
The officers of the CSEGSA shall be known as the Executive Committee.
The officers shall be a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and
Secretary.
- Duties
- President
- Shall be the chief executive of the CSEGSA
- Shall be the chairman at the meetings of the CSEGSA
- Shall be the primary CSEGSA representative to all activities,
internal and external, to the Department of Computer Science
& Engineering, and shall appoint all additional representatives
except as indicated by this constitution.
- Shall be an ex-officio member of the Department of
Computer Science & Engineering Executive Committee
and the graduate student representative at Faculty Meetings.
- Shall be, or shall appoint a representative to be an
ex-officio member of each Ad-Hoc Committee.
- Vice-President
- Shall assist the President in his/her administrative
duties.
- Shall perform the duties of the President in his/her
absence.
- Shall announce all regular CSEGSA meetings to its members.
- Treasurer
- Shall assist the President and Vice-President in their
administrative duties.
- Shall act as the chief fiducuary agent for the CSEGSA.
- Shall report the current financial status of the CSEGSA
to its members at its regular meetings.
- Shall be responsible for purchasing any item to be
used directly by the CSEGSA.
- Secretary
- Shall assist the President and Vice-President in their
administrative duties.
- Shall supervise the annual election of the representatives
to the departmental committees and the Graduate Student
Association Senate.
- Shall be responsible for the minutes, correspondence,
and all records of the CSEGSA.
- Shall coordinate all committees of the CSEGSA, and
regulate their communication to its members
- All members of the CSEGSA are eligible to hold office.
- Elections for members of the Executive Committee shall take
place in the Spring semester for a term beginning on July 1 of
that year until June 30 of the following year.
- All members of the CSEGSA are eligible to vote in these elections
- The officers shall be elected by a simple majority vote of
the CSEGSA.
Representatives
- The CSEGSA recognizes and is represented at the Graduate Student
Association and the following departmental committees by elected
representatives:
- Graduate Studies
- Graduate Affairs
- Facilities
- Recruiting
- Colloquium
- Library.
- All members of the CSEGSA are eligible to hold representative
positions.
- Representatives to Departmental Committees(other than the CSEGSA
Executive Committee) shall be elected by a simple majority vote
of the CSEGSA held at the beginning of the Fall semester.
- Representatives(Senators and Alternates) to the Graduate Student
Association shall be filled at the beginning of the Fall semester
in accordance with the Graduate Student Association Constitution
and the By-Laws.
Ad-Hoc Committees
- Ad-Hoc Committees shall be created by order of the CSEGSA President
or a simple majority vote of the CSEGSA.
- All members of the CSEGSA are eligible to hold positions on
Ad-Hoc Committees.
- Representatives shall be elected to Ad-Hoc Committees by a
simple majority vote of the CSEGSA.
IV. Meetings
Rules of Order
In its deliberations, the CSEGSA shall be guided by:
- The constitution and by-laws of the Graduate Student Association,
- Robert's Rules of Order(revised), and
- The judgement of the chairman of the meeting.
Quorum
A quorum for the purpose of convening a regular meeting shall
be ten (10) active members of the CSEGSA.
V. Amendments
This constitution may be amended by the CSEGSA.
Procedures
- Any active member of the CSEGSA may propose an amendment.
- It must be read at a regular meeting of the CSEGSA prior to
being voted upon.
- It must be approved by one-fourth (1/4) of the active membership of the CSEGSA
in an official election.
VI. Acceptance
This constitution shall be the procedure of organization for the
Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Student Association, and
shall supersede all previous constitutions. It shall go into effect
at the end of five calendar days after the approval of this document.
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