AAUP-AFT Constitution, Page 2
AAUP Constitution, Articles IV and VARTICLE IV. OFFICERS OF THE UNION 1. The union shall have a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two Board Members. These officers, together with the Immediate Past President of the union, the Grievance Coordinators (one to represent the faculty and one to represent the academic staff), the Contract Implementation Officers (one to represent the faculty and one to represent the academic staff), the Information Coordinator, and the Chairperson of the Council, shall be voting members of the Executive Board, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws. The immediately-elected Past President shall serve as a voting member of the Executive Board for a term of two (2) years immediately following his/her vacating of the presidency (provided that he/she serves at least six (6) months of his/her presidential term). In the event that a President leaves office having served less than six (6) months, the Executive Board shall determine which Past President shall serve on the Executive Board. In addition, any and all elected Past Presidents shall be members of the Executive Board without vote given that the time period of four (4) years consecutively following the initiation of his/her last term of office as President has not lapsed. The Executive Board shall, as it considers necessary, appoint two additional voting members from any inadequately represented components of the bargaining unit (no more than one from any inadequately represented unit). The Chairperson of the Council shall serve on the Executive Board. 2. The President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two Board Members shall be elected for two-year terms, and may be reelected to succeed themselves. 3. The Grievance Coordinators, the Contract Implementation Officers and the Information Coordinators shall be selected by the elected members of the Executive Board annually. ARTICLE V. DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS 1. The President and Vice President shall have the duties usually associated with these offices. The President shall preside over all membership meetings and the Executive Board and shall be the Convener and a member, ex officio, of the Council. At least once each Fall and Winter Semester the President shall report to the membership on the activities of the Executive Board. The President shall be the official representative of the union. He/she shall be a nonvoting member ex officio of every committee, not to be included in the quorum count, unless appointed as a voting member in the usual manner. 2. The Vice President shall act in the absence of the President as the presiding official of the union and the Executive Board and shall assist in the duties of the President. 3. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the union and the Executive Board meetings, maintain the official records of the union, prepare the agenda for membership meetings (with the advice of the President), circulate notices to the membership, conduct the correspondence appropriate to the office, and keep the membership records and rolls of the union. 4. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the collection of all union monies, and for the discharge of all financial obligations of the union. The Treasurer shall present an annual financial report, and in consultation with the President, prepare an annual budget, for consideration of the Executive Board. The Treasurer shall make available the financial records to any member, provided that adequate notice is given. The Treasurer shall annually present the books of the union for an audit or review by a Certified Public Accountant who is not a member of the collective bargaining unit. The Treasurer may delegate any of these duties to the Executive Director of the union, but such delegation does not vitiate the Treasurer's responsibility to insure their proper discharge. 5. The Executive Board shall select whatever representatives are required as delegates to state and national union or other bodies.
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