2. Meetings of the Student Senate
In addition to the rights and duties provided in the Constitution, meetings of the Student Senate shall be conducted as follows:
In addition to the rights and duties provided in the Constitution, meetings of the Student Senate shall be conducted as follows:
2.1. The president shall post written notice of the date, time and place of each meeting of the Student Senate on the one-day board at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
2.2. Except as provided in the Constitution and these Bylaws, meetings of the Student Senate shall be conducted according to the latest version of Robert’s Rules of Order.
2.3. Class representatives, officers and other seminarians may submit written proposals to the president for consideration by the Student Senate according to the following requirements:
2.3.1. Such proposals must be signed by (1) two or more class representatives or (2) one or more officers, who shall be considered the Student Senate sponsor/s of the proposal.
2.3.2. The president may, in his discretion, place such a proposal on the agenda either for the next meeting or the following meeting of the Student Senate. |
2.4. Class representatives and officers (but not other seminarians) also may submit oral proposals for consideration by the Student Senate according to the following requirements:
2.4.1. Such proposals shall be in the form of an oral motion made at a meeting of the Student Senate. An oral motion of a class representative must be seconded; an oral motion of an officer need not be seconded.
2.4.2. The president (or whoever is presiding at the meeting) may, in his discretion, place such an oral proposal on the agenda either for the meeting at which the oral proposal is made or the following meeting of the Student Senate. |
2.5. In addition to the rights and duties provided in the Constitution, the president may, in his discretion, allow class representatives, officers and other seminarians to address the Student Senate.
2.6. A resolution may be approved at a meeting of the Student Senate only if there is a quorum of at least five voting class representatives and/or officers present at the meeting.
2.7. The secretary shall take minutes of each meeting of the Student Senate. Those minutes shall be presented to the Student Senate at the following meeting for its modification or approval by resolution.