Section 2. The Association shall have the following functions:
a) To inform and consult with faculty and seek to represent their interests
to all agencies whose decisions affect the faculty. It will gather and
disseminate information to the faculty on issues before the legislative
and executive branches of California’s government, other relevant units
dealing with higher education, campus and University administration, and
the Board of Regents.
b) To facilitate collective bargaining legislation by continually informing
itself and the faculty on all relevant issues. It will monitor and may
attempt to influence any legislation affecting the interests and welfare
of the faculty. Upon approval of the Association membership it shall seek
to become the exclusive collective bargaining agent for the faculty.
c) To encourage the formation, development, maintenance, and coordination
of liaisons with parallel or similar organizations on other campuses of
the University of California.
Section 2. The criteria for membership may be altered only on approval, in a mail ballot of the membership, by a simple majority of the total membership, or, if less than 75 percent of the membership cast valid ballots, by two-thirds of those casting valid ballots. The Executive Board and interested members may make their views on the proposed alteration of membership criteria known to the membership at the time of mailing ballots.
Section 3. Race, color, creed, national origin or sex of those eligible for membership shall not be a bar to membership.
Section 2. The officers of the Association shall be Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. The terms of office shall begin October 1 and end September 31. However, in 1979, as a result of the first election, the Vice Chair and Secretary shall serve from the time elected until September 31, 1980, and the Chair and Treasurer shall serve from the time elected until September 31, 1981.
Section 3. The terms of office of the other seven Board members shall also extend from October 1 through September 31. However, in 1979, as a result of the first election, three shall be chosen by lot to serve until September 31, 1980, and the other four shall serve until September 31, 1981.
Section 4. Officers and Board members may be removed by a simple majority of those voting by mail ballot. A petition for recall of any Board member must be instituted by 10 per cent of the membership.
Section 5. Vacancies on the Executive Board shall be filed by action of the Executive Board for the period of the unexpired term. In the case of the Chair, the Vice Chair shall succeed the Chair. The Board shall have the power to fill vacancies for the period of the unexpired term occasioned by death, resignation, undue absence, or inability to serve.
Section 6. Elections for the Board shall be by mail vote of the members in good standing as of April 1st. Ballots shall be mailed no later than May 5th.
Section 7. There shall be a Nominating Committee for Board elections, which shall consist of three Association members in good standing as of the date of appointment (no later than April 1st). The Executive Board shall make the appointments; no member of the Board may be appointed to the Nominating Committee.
Section 8. On or before April 10th, the Nominating Committee shall propose one or more candidates for each Board position to be filled at that election. On or before April 13th, the Board will distribute by mail to the members the names of the persons nominated by the Nominating Committee; such notice also will indicate that further nominations may be made on petition of 25 members in good standing as of April 1st, or 5 per cent of the membership, whichever is smaller. Such petitions shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Association on or before April 27th. The names of all candidates nominated by the Nominating Committee and by petition shall be placed on the ballot, with a designation of the method by which each was nominated. All nominees shall have given approval for inclusion of their names on the ballot.
Section 9. Only Association members in good standing as of April 1st shall be eligible to be candidates for the Board.
Section 10. Each voter may vote for as many candidates as there are posts to be elected, and the winning candidates shall be determined by plurality vote.
Section 11. The Board shall appoint a committee of three persons to be responsible for the conduct of the election and the counting of the vote. The Board shall announce the results of the election within seven days of the close of the ballot period.
Section 12. The first election, to be held in the Fall Quarter, 1979 (as indicated in Section 3 above), shall be conducted by procedures parallel to those set forth in this Article, with suitable adjustments of dates.
Section 2. The Chair shall preside over meetings of the Association and of the Executive Board, shall issue the call for such meetings, and shall supervise the administration of the Association’s program.
Section 3. The Vice Chair shall assist the Chair in the supervision of the general program of the Association and shall act in the Chair’s stead at all Association and Board meetings which the Chair is unable to attend.
Section 4. The Secretary shall be responsible for keeping the records of the Association, for preparing a record of the minutes of all regular and special meetings of the Association and all meetings of the Executive Board, and for issuing notice of the call to regular and special meetings of the Association when instructed to do so by the Chair.
Section 5. The Treasurer shall serve as the custodian of Association funds and shall be responsible for keeping these funds in a suitable depository, for keeping the Association’s financial statement up to date at all times and for making it available to the Association upon request, and for maintaining and keeping a current list of the membership in good standing, which list shall be available at any Association meeting when called for. The Treasurer shall prepare a financial report for distribution to the membership at least once a year. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the disbursing of funds of the Association as authorized by the Executive Board.
Section 6. Members of the Board shall perform such other functions as the Board may determine. The Association or the Board may establish committees as required by circumstances.
Section 7. The Board shall employ such staff as is necessary for the effective functioning of the Association. The staff will operate under the direction of the Chair, for the Executive Board.
Section 8. The Chair shall issue a call for a meeting of the Executive Board upon request of three members of the Board.
Section 2. Paid-up membership shall be a prerequisite for Association membership in good standing.
Section 2. The Chair shall call a special meeting of the Association within two weeks when requested to do so by a majority of the Executive Board or on petition signed by ten per cent of the Association members in good standing.
Section 3. The quorum for any Association meeting shall be 25 Association members in good standing or ten per cent of the membership, whichever is less. Any action taken at a membership meeting shall be submitted for approval by the membership by mail ballot upon request of one-third of the members in attendance at that meeting or of a majority of the Executive Board.
Section 4. The Secretary shall issue a notice of any regular or special meetings of the Association at least seven days prior to the meeting date, unless the Executive Board shall determine that circumstances require shorter notice.
Section 2. Amendments may be proposed by a majority vote of the Board or by petition of at least ten per cent of the voting members of the association or by twenty-five members of the Association, whichever is less.
Section 2. Except as otherwise specified in these by-laws, those eligible to vote in any mail ballot shall be all members in good standing as of one month before the date on which the ballots are mailed. Unless the Executive Board shall declare that an emergency exists requiring a shorter period, all ballots postmarked within two weeks from the date of mailing of a mail ballot shall be counted.
Section 3. Except as otherwise specified in these by-laws, matters submitted to the membership by mail ballot shall require only a simple majority of those casting valid ballots.
Section 2. The organization does not contemplate pecuniary gain
or profit to its members and is organized for nonprofit purposes.