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CUASA Council
The Council of the Association is responsible for determining Association policy and passing/amending By-laws, subject to the provisions of the Constitution and to such directions as may be given at any Annual or General Meeting.
Council consists of the officers of the Association and representatives of the academic sub-units of the University. For the purpose of Council representation the term academic sub-unit shall mean a department, an institute or school without departmental divisions, the library, and such other group of Association members as may be specified by By-law from time to time.
Representation of sub-units is based on the following criteria: sub-units having not less than six and not more than twenty members shall elect one representative; sub-units with more than twenty members, but not more than forty members, shall elect two representatives; sub- units with more than forty members shall elect three representatives; sub-units with fewer than six members shall be permitted to join with other sub-units of their choice to enable them to jointly have the number of members required to elect one or more representatives.
Representatives shall be elected by the members of the Association in their respective sub-units for a term of three years (deemed to commence on July 1 of the year of their election), and shall be eligible for re-election.
The Council meets at the call of the Steering Committee, or when requested by any five members of Council and, in any event, six times during the period from September to May of each academic year, with one such meeting normally scheduled in April. The agenda shall normally be the responsibility of the Steering Committee, but any item or question requested by a member of Council or supported by a petition of fifteen members of the Association shall be placed on the agenda of the next meeting of Council and shall normally be voted upon at the meeting.
The President normally presides at Council meetings, and shall cast a vote only in the event of a tie.
A quorum for meetings shall be one-third of the members of Council.
The Council will fill any vacancies arising by resignation or otherwise in any offices of the Association and in the membership of any committee.
Any vacancies in the membership of Council, arising by resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by by-election in the corresponding sub-units. The term of any member of Council elected in such a by-election shall be deemed to have a commenced on July 1 immediately preceding the election.