Proposed Amendments

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The proposed amendments are in bold font. After reading, if you have a comment, please use our suggestions form <A HREF="id9_sba_suggestion_box.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Info"><U>here</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> 1) Attendance Policy Amendments: Constitution Art. 4</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>ARTICLE FOUR</U></B></I><B><U>:  REMOVAL FROM OFFICE</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <I><U>Section One</U></I>:                       Any Executive Officer, Class Representative, ABA Representative or S.B.A. Faculty Representative may be removed from office by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Administrative Board.</div> <bR> <div> <I><U>Section Two:  Absences</U></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Sub. 1</I>:                 The Secretary of the S.B.A. shall keep an attendance file on all Administrative Board members.  Notification of unexcused absences by any member shall be forwarded to the individual by the Secretary.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Sub. 2</I>:                 An Administrative Board member may miss three meetings with a valid excuse before action will be taken against that member.  Any excused absences after three will count as unexcused absences and go against that member's record for the year.  Excused absences must be cleared within forty-eight (48) hours of the missed meeting by the Secretary.</div> <div> <B>Sub. 3.     If an Administrative Board member is tardy five times, the five tardies will count towards one unexcused absence.  A tardy shall be defined as five or more minutes late to a regularly scheduled meeting. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sub. 4.     An Administrative Board member must attend and participate in all SBA events at which he/she is signed up to work.  Failure to do so will count as an unexcused absence.   However, uncontrollable circumstances may be taken into account at the SBA Administrative Board's discretion.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Sub. 5</I>:                 A member will be removed for failure to attend two regularly scheduled meetings without a valid excuse during that year (term of office).  Regularly scheduled meetings include faculty meetings for faculty representatives and all special meetings called of which notice has been posted three class days prior to the special meeting date.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 2) Elections Amendment: By-Law Two</div> <bR> <div> <I><U>Section Fifteen</U></I>:     Newly elected Administrative Board members shall take official office the Monday immediately following their election. The incumbent Administrative Board shall facilitate the transition between administrations. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Section Sixteen:</U></B></I><B>  Part-time students shall be considered members of their entering class.  When the entering class graduates, these part-time students shall be considered part of the 3L class until they graduate.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>