Article I. General Provisions

Section 1. The Electorates. The academic professional staff whose appointments as academic professionals require at least fifty percent of full-time shall elect the Council. The academic professional staff, as defined in the University of Illinois Statutes, Article II, Section 5, consists of those employees whose positions have been designated by the President and Chancellor as meeting specialized administrative, professional, or technical needs. Members of the Central Administration academic professional staff whose principal offices are on the Urbana-Champaign campus shall be members of the electorate. Unless otherwise specified, the President, Vice-Presidents, the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellors, the deans of the colleges, and the chief executive officers of the academic units shall not be members of the electorate. The Chancellor (or the President in the case of Central Administration academic professional staff) may, after consultation with the Council, identify additional senior administrative officers to be excluded from the electorate.

Section 2. Composition of the Council. The Council shall consist of twenty members, elected as provided in Article III, below.

Section 3. Officers. At the regular June meeting, members will elect from their number a Chair, a Vice-Chair, a Secretary, a Grievance officer, and a Communications officer. Term of office shall be from June 1 through May 31.

Section 4. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of the Council, plus one additional Council member to be elected at the regular June meeting. The Chair and Secretary shall also serve, respectively, as the Chair and Secretary of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall meet whenever the Chair, or two members thereof, shall find it necessary for the transaction of any business, which is urgent and cannot be postponed to a regular meeting of the Council. The Executive Committee shall possess all the powers of the parent body when in session, except that it shall not overrule, revise, or change previous acts of the Council, or take from subcommittees any business referred to them by the Council. The Executive Committee shall make a record in writing of all its actions and submit it to the Council at its next regular meeting for incorporation into the minutes thereof.

General Provisions - Sections 5-10

Bylaws Effective as of June 1, 2002

Article 2 - Records & Files Article 3 - Election Procedures Article 4- Officer Duties Article 5- Grievance Procedures Article 6- Amendments

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