ASSOCIATION OF
(APSCUF) LOCK HAVEN CHAPTER
CONSTITUTION
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Adopted - November 13, 1972 Amended - May 7, 1974 Amended - November 10, 1975 Amended - April 4, 1977 Amended - May 2, 1986 Amended - February 2, 1988 Amended - September 13, 1991 |
Amended - March 2, 1993 Amended - April 1, 1997 Amended - March 3, 1998 Amended - November 3, 1998 Amended - February 1, 2000 Amended - November 5, 2002 Amended - May 3, 2005 |
ARTICLE I - NAME
The name of this organization shall be the LOCK HAVEN CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FACULTIES, hereinafter referred to as "the Chapter".
ARTICLE II - PURPOSE
Section 1. To promote within the professional personnel of Lock Haven University the highest type of professional practices; to encourage active participation in the solution of problems; to engender a genuine spirit of professional ethics; and to seek constantly for harmonious relations between the Chapter and the University Administration, the Student Body, other campus Bargaining Units, the Council of Trustees and the general public.
Section 2. To promote, encourage and assist national, state and local professional educational organizations and to urge cooperation among such organizations and the members thereof.
Section 3. To cooperate with community organizations and civic bodies having worthy educational objectives and to aid in interpreting to the public the problems and functions of public higher education.
Section 4. To promote faculty and coaches participation in the formulation of educational policies for these institutions.
Section 5. To encourage faculty and coaches to exercise their rights and privileges as citizens and to assume appropriate leadership responsibility in civic affairs.
Section 6. To promote the professional welfare of the faculty and coaches of
Section 7. To aid in improving salaries, tenure, sound retirement systems and other conditions of employment that will enable faculty and coaches to function as a vital factor in educational progress.
ARTICLE III – MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING PRIVILEGES
Section 1. All APSCUF members in good standing who are
employed at
Section 2. The annual dues and methods of collection shall be determined by the State APSCUF Legislative Assembly.
Section 3. All active members of the faculty and coaches’ bargaining units are eligible to become candidates for office and vote in meetings of the membership. When an issue before the local membership pertains only to an individual bargaining unit, only the members of that bargaining unit shall vote on that issue.
ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the Chapter shall be a President, a Vice President, a President-Elect, a Past-President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.
Section 2. Election of President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be by secret ballot of the membership. Elections shall be conducted by the Nominations and Elections Committee in accordance with the charge/operating procedures approved and amended by the membership at a regularly scheduled meeting.
Section 3. Terms of Office
a.
President-Elect shall serve a term of one year
and take office on May 15th of all even-numbered years. After the
completion of this term, the President-Elect shall succeed to the Presidency
for a two-year term. After completion of this term, the President shall serve a
one-year term as Past-President.
b.
The Vice President shall serve a term of two
years and take office on May 15th of even-numbered years.
c.
The Secretary shall serve a term of two years
and take office on May 15th of odd-numbered years.
d. The Treasurer shall serve a term of two years and take office on the first day of the Chapter’s fiscal year of odd-numbered years.
Section 4. If a vacancy occurs in the office of President, the Vice President shall succeed to that office for the unexpired portion of the term. Vacancies in other offices shall be filled by special election by the membership.
Section 5. Duties of Officers:
a. President - The President shall preside at all meetings of the membership and the Executive Council. He/She shall appoint, in consultation with the Executive Council members, all standing and special Chapter committees not otherwise provided for and shall be an ex-officio member of all Chapter committees, except the Nominations Committee. He/She shall appoint, in consultation with the Executive Council, the faculty and coaches component to all College-Wide standing committees. He/She shall be an ex-officio member of all contractual committees.
b. Vice President - The Vice President shall serve as a member of the Executive Council and shall assume all duties of the President in case of absence or shall succeed to the office of President upon the resignation of the President.
c. President-Elect
- The President-Elect shall serve as a member of the Executive Council and
after one year shall succeed to the Presidency.
d. Past-President – The Past-President shall serve as a member of the Executive Council.
e. Secretary - The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Chapter, and the Executive Council. The Secretary shall receive and hold the minutes of all meetings of the Chapter standing and special committees, College-Wide committees and contractual committees.
f. Treasurer - The Treasurer shall receive and deposit all funds in a bank in the name of the Chapter. Disbursements shall be authorized by the Executive Council. This account shall be audited annually by a committee appointed by the President.
Section 6. No person shall hold more than one of these offices simultaneously.
ARTICLE V - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Section 1. Membership
a. All officers shall be members of the
Executive Council.
b. Elected faculty delegates to the Legislative Assembly of APSCUF and their alternates shall be members of the Executive Council (see Article X for election procedures).
c. Chairpersons of the Negotiations, Grievance, Legislative, and CAP Committees shall be members of the Executive Council (see Article VII for election procedures).
d. Five (5) members elected at large shall be members of the Executive Council. Three (3) members-at-large shall be elected in April of odd-numbered years and two (2) in April of even-numbered years.
e. One representative from the Clearfield Branch Campus shall be a member of the Executive Council. The representative shall be elected in April of odd-numbered years by faculty teaching 1/2 time workload or greater at that campus.
f. The local coaches’ representative to the State Coaches Committee shall be a member of the Executive Council. The representative and an alternate shall be elected in April of even-numbered years by members of the coaches’ bargaining unit. The alternate serves in the case of the absence of the regular representative. The coaches’ representative to the State Coaches Committee or alternate may also serve as coaches’ delegate or alternate delegate to the Legislative Assembly.
g. The local coaches’ chair (Article XII,
Section 2) shall be an Executive Council member.
h. The Faculty Athletic Representative shall be
a non-voting member of the Executive Council.
Section 2. The Executive Council shall carry out the policies and instructions of the membership. The Executive Council shall act for the membership when the Chapter is not in session. The Executive Council shall initiate policy in the absence of, but consonant with, previously established policy. The Executive Council shall act in an advisory capacity to the President.
ARTICLE VI - GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Section 1. A quorum shall be one-half of the members
present when a meeting is called to order.
Section 2. Regular Meetings:
a. There shall be at least four (4) regular meetings of the membership during the fall semester. There shall be at least four (4) regular meetings of the membership during the spring semester. The first meeting shall be held during the first thirty (30) days of the school calendar year. The Executive Council shall prepare a calendar of regular meetings for the year to be presented to the membership for approval at the first regular meeting.
b. The
agenda for all regular meetings shall be organized by the Executive
Council. The Executive Council shall
invite members to submit items for inclusion on the agenda.
c. Membership shall be notified at least one (1) week in advance of the date, time and place of the regular meetings. This notification shall be in writing and shall include the Agenda for the meeting. The President's report and all reports from standing committees should be in writing and distributed to the members at the regular meetings.
Section 3. Special Meetings:
a. Special meetings may be called by the President or, upon the request of 10% of the membership.
b. The membership shall be notified at least three (3) working days in advance of the date, time and place of a special meeting. This notification should ordinarily be in writing and should include the Agenda for the meeting.
Section 1. Definitions and Responsibilities
a. Standing committees are those specifically mentioned in these Bylaws or the Bylaws of State APSCUF. All other Chapter committees are special committees.
b. Except as otherwise provided by these Bylaws and the Bylaws of State APSCUF, all standing and special Chapter committees are responsible to the Executive Council and to the membership and their authority is derived there from; action taken by such committees are subject to approval or disapproval by the membership or the Executive Council.
Section 2. Nominations Committee:
a. A Nominations Committee of five (5) members shall be elected by the membership three with terms commencing on May 15th of each odd-numbered year and two with terms commencing on May 15th of each even-numbered year. The President shall designate one of the elected members as Chairperson.
b. The committee shall present to the membership a slate of candidates at least one week prior to an election.
Section 3. Grievance Committee:
a. A Grievance Committee shall consist of five (5) members elected by and from members of the faculty bargaining unit and one (1) member elected by and from the coaches’ bargaining unit.
b. Three (3) committee members shall be elected in April of odd numbered years and three (3) shall be elected in April of even numbered years.
c.
The Grievance Committee shall elect its own
Chairperson subject to the approval of the Executive Council.
d.
The local Chairperson of the Grievance Committee
shall serve as our representative to the Faculty Statewide Grievance Committee.
e. The coaches’ member of the Grievance Committee shall serve as our representative to the Coaches’ Statewide Grievance Committee.
f. The Grievance Committee shall implement the grievance procedure described in the current faculty and coaches’ Collective Bargaining Agreements.
g. The Grievance Committee shall be governed by the policies of the faculty and coaches’ Statewide Grievance Committees.
Section 4. Faculty Negotiations Committee:
a. A
Negotiations Committee Chairperson shall be elected by and from the members of
the faculty bargaining unit in April of even-numbered years.
b. As the need arises, additional committee members shall be appointed by the President and ratified by the membership at the next regular meeting following appointment.
c. Functions of the Faculty Negotiations Committee shall be:
(1) To prepare proposals and submit them to the State-Wide Negotiating Committee.
(2) To prepare proposals to be negotiated for its group and to submit them to its negotiating team.
(3) To submit agenda items for Meet and Discuss sessions and to assist the Meet and Discuss Team by serving as a source of information on matters of Faculty concern.
Section 5. Legislative Committee:
a. The Executive Council shall appoint representatives to the Legislative Committee.
b. The Legislative Committee shall elect its own
Chairperson.
c. The function of the Legislative Committee shall be to generate and promote the passage of desirable legislation within the guidelines and general policy established by the Legislative Assembly.
Section 6. Gender Issues Committee:
a. The Executive Council shall appoint representatives to the Gender Issues Committee.
b. The Gender Issues Committee shall elect its own Chairperson.
c. The function of the Gender Issues Committee shall be to receive and gather information regarding working conditions and other related issues to gender; to bring such information to the attention of the local Executive Council; and to advise and make recommendations concerning gender related issues to the local Executive Council.
Section 7. In case of a vacancy in any elected standing committee, an election shall be conducted at the next regular membership meeting.
Section 8. The Executive Council and/or President shall establish such other committees to facilitate chapter business. Members on such other committees shall be appointed by the President in consultation with the Executive Council and ratified by the membership at its next regular meeting following appointment. The duration of special committees and length of membership of committee members shall not exceed two (2) years without review of the membership.
ARTICLE VIII - CONTRACTUAL COMMITTEES
The Contractual Committees include the Curriculum, Promotion, Tenure and Sabbatical Leave Committees. Membership on contractual committees shall be as determined in the Collective Bargaining Agreements. The Nominations Committee shall prepare a slate of candidates to the contractual committees when required.
ARTICLE IX - SPECIAL OFFICERS
Section 1. The President may name Special Officers as required for specific purposes or functions. Such officers shall serve at the pleasure of the President, subject to ratification by the membership at its first regular meeting following appointment.
Section 2. Special Officers shall include, but not restricted to, the following functions: Membership, Special Services, Health and Welfare, Public Relations, Student Liaison and Parliamentarian.
Section 1. Delegates to the Legislative Assembly shall represent the membership in the Legislative Assembly meetings of State APSCUF.
Section 2. Number of delegates
a. There shall be one regular and one alternate
faculty delegate to the Legislative Assembly for each 50 members of the faculty
bargaining unit, or major portion thereof, in the local chapter.
b. There shall be one regular and one alternate coaches’ delegate to the Legislative Assembly.
Section 3. The President shall serve as one of the delegates to the Legislative Assembly. The President-Elect or Past President shall serve as an alternate delegate to the Legislative Assembly.
Section 4. Election and Term of Delegates
a. The faculty delegates shall be elected by and
from the members of the faculty bargaining unit in April and shall serve two
(2) year terms beginning September 1 of the year of election. Alternate faculty delegates shall be elected
at the same time and in the same manner as regular delegates, except that the
President-Elect or Past President shall automatically be designated as an
alternate.
b. The coaches’ delegate shall be elected by and
from the members of the coaches bargaining unit in April and shall serve two
(2) year terms beginning September 1 of the year of election. Alternate coach delegates shall be elected at
the same time and in the same manner as regular delegates. Coaches’ delegates
may also serve as a coaches’ representative or alternate to the Statewide
Coaches’ Committee.
c. Regular or alternate delegate vacancies shall be filled by special election in the local association for the duration of the unexpired term only.
ARTICLE XI - MEET AND DISCUSS TEAM
Section 1. The Meet and Discuss Team of the Chapter shall consist of the President of the Chapter, the Vice President, the President-Elect or Past President, the Chairperson of the Grievance Committee, the Chairperson of the Negotiations Committee, the local Coaches’ Representative to the Statewide Coaches’ Committee, and one (1) member of the Committee of Legislative Assembly Delegates. The President shall name additional members each session to fill the Chapter's Meet and Discuss compliment.
Section 2. The Meet and Discuss Team shall represent the Chapter at Meet and Discuss meetings with the local administration.
Section 3. Minutes of Meet and Discuss shall be distributed to the membership after each meeting.
ARTICLE XII – COACHES
Section 1. All coaches shall meet regularly to conduct relevant business.
Section 2. A chair of the coaches shall be elected in April of even numbered years; the election shall be conducted by the Nominations and Elections Committee.
Section 3. The coaches will have a Meet and Discuss as provided for in their contract. This Meet and Discuss will follow the process and composition agreed to at the first coaches Meet and Discuss.
Section 4. The coaches Meet and Discuss team will be composed of the Chapter President, Coach Chair, Coach Grievance Representative, and the delegate and alternate to the Legislative Assembly.
ARTICLE XIII - PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, shall be the authority on all questions of procedures not specifically stated in the Constitution.
ARTICLE XIV - AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments to this Constitution may be introduced at any regular meeting of the membership, to be acted upon at the next regular meeting.
Section 2. A two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the membership, present and voting, shall be required to adopt the proposed amendment.
ARTICLE XV - RATIFICATION
A two-thirds (2/3) majority of the membership, present and voting, shall be required to adopt this Constitution.