JMC Student Council Constitution

A pdf version of the constitution is included in the Student Handbook online. The constitution was last updated in March, 2006.

Article IV - Functions of Student Council Members

Section 1: Rights and Privileges of Council Members

1. Voting members shall have one vote each on all motions, except for the president, who shall vote only to break a tie.
2. Each voting member shall have the right to introduce motions.
3. All members, voting and nonvoting, shall have the right to make reports, to initiate or to participate in debate, and to address the student council on all issues.

Section 2: Responsibilities of Council Members

1. Attendance
   1. Voting members are required to attend all regular meetings. Should a voting member or alternate representative be absent without valid excuse from two or more meetings during the course of a year, that member shall have his/her voting privileges suspended. At this time, the representative's constituents will be notified and will be given the privilege of holding a new election should they desire. Illness or any absence required for official college or personal business shall constitute a valid excuse for absence. Any unusual excuses may be brought before the council for consideration. The secretary must be notified prior to any student council meetings for any excuse to be considered valid.
   2. Nonvoting members, especially those who regularly report to the council, are expected to attend all regular meetings or to send a representative in their place. Each student/faculty committee must have at least one representative present at each meeting. Should no Student/Faculty committee representative be present without a valid excuse for two or more meetings during the course of a year, the Council at its discretion will take action, which can include dismissal of the offending representative(s) from his or her committee position.
2. Representatives and their constituents
   Representatives of the first- and second-year classes are expected to report to their constituencies the results of each monthly meeting. (Henceforth student council representatives shall encompass both voting members and the alternate representative.) Prior to all regular meetings the representatives should solicit the advice, opinions, and suggestions of their constituents with regards to old issues or to new issues which the classes would like to have addressed.
3. Participation in the student council.
   Each student council representative is expected to participate as a member of one or more standing or special student council committees when his or her involvement is requested by the president or vice president of the student council.

Section 3: Duties of Officers

1. The duties of the president shall be:
1. To call meetings to order.
2. To preside at meetings of council.
3. To enforce the constitution.
4. To appoint committees unless otherwise directed by council.
5. To provide the student council secretary with an agenda for each upcoming meeting.
6. To carry out such other duties as may be required by the council or by right of office as generally understood.
7. To supervise any election in which a conflict of interest arises for the vice president.
2. The duties of the vice president shall be:
1. To act for the president in his absence.
2. To supervise the work of all temporary committees.
3. To assume the office of the president should it become vacant.
4. To supervise the orientation program for incoming first-year students.
5. To supervise all elections carried out under the auspices of student council except when such supervision entails a conflect of interest.
6. To organize and oversee the appointment of all student/faculty committee representatives.
7. To supervise and regulate all student organizations.
8. To oversee the formation of any new organization.
9. To solicit annual reports from each student organization and to print a composite of these reports for distribution.
3. The duties of the secretary shall be:
1. To keep a complete record of all council proceedings.
2. To compile an agenda from the other officers and to provide printed copies of this agenda at all meetings.
3. To post a copy of the minutes of each student council meeting on the student council bulletin board within two weeks of the previous meeting.
4. To supervise the student note service, oversee member sign-up each semester, and scribe list creation each block, along with the treasurer.
5. To carry out other such duties as commonly assigned to the office.
4. The duties of the treasurer shall be:
1. To maintain an exact record of all accounts.
2. To receive funds and to set the rate of collection of the student activities fee as directed by the student council.
3. To disperse funds appropriated by the council.
4. To provide up-to-date summaries of the status of the treasury at each regular meeting.
5. To solicit and obtain annual budget requests and detailed expenditures for each organization requesting student council funding.
6. To supervise the student note service, oversee member sign-up each semester, and scribe list creation each block, along with the secretary.
7. To organize and run the annual budget meeting of the student council.
8. To perform such other duties as delegated by the council or which are commonly required of this office.

Last revised: June 1997