East Carolina University Faculty Manual

PART X.

BYLAWS OF THE FACULTY ASSEMBLY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

V.        Meetings

A.  Unless otherwise ordered by the Agenda Committee, there shall be at least four stated meetings of the assembly during the academic year at dates and places to be established at the last regular meeting of the preceding academic year.  All assembly members shall be informed of these dates by that time.  The regular fall meeting shall not be scheduled for a date prior to September 1.

B. Special meetings shall be called:

1.   By the president of The University of North Carolina at his discretion.

2.   By the Agenda committee on its initiative.

3.   By the chairman when a request is made to him by any institutional delegation.

C.  The site of the regular meetings of the assembly shall be determined by majority vote of members present, subject to A., above.  Special meetings may be held at whatever location seems most advisable to the chairman.

D.  No meeting of the assembly shall be a legal meeting at which there are present fewer than a majority of the assembly members.

E.  Advance notice of all meetings shall be circulated to members so as to be received at least two weeks prior to the meeting.  For special meetings in emergency situations, this provision may be waived by action of the Executive Committee.

F.   The agenda for each meeting must be circulated so as to be received at least ten days in advance of the meeting (except in case of emergency as referred to in section V.E.).  If an agenda item requires action by the Faculty Assembly, the recommendation shall be submitted to the secretary by any assembly member, and the secretary shall be responsible for distribution of the recommendation with the agenda, or as soon thereafter as possible.  The above shall not preclude any assembly member from performing this distribution without use of the secretary.  No item of business may be acted upon by the assembly unless the recommendation has been distributed to the assembly twenty-four hours before action is to be taken.  Except that the twenty-four-hour rule may be waived by EITHER (1 ) a two-thirds vote of the members present at the meeting during which action is to be taken, OR (2) by virtue of the fact that the item of business requiring assembly action received a majority vote of a quorum of a standing or ad hoc assembly committee.  The agenda shall be open to all items submitted in time to meet the requirements of this article.