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Frequently Asked Questions

A - Senator Attendance:
1. How often must I attend Senate meetings?
2.
What happens if I miss too many meetings?
3.
How do I send an alternate if I cannot attend?
4.
How many times can I send an alternate?
5.
What happens if I send an alternate too many times?
6.
Who is responsible for tracking Senator attendance?

B - Council Attendance:
7.
How often must I attend Senate meetings?
8.
What happens if I miss too many meetings?
9.
How can I get my student activity fee account unfrozen?
10.
When are attendance records reset?

C - Council Voting Rights:
11.
What do I have to have my Academic Council considered a legal member of the Senate?
12.
How can my Council lose the right to vote?
13.
How can my Council's right to vote be reinstated?
 



Section A - Senator Attendance:

1.
How often must I attend Senate meetings?
A: You must maintain an "adequate attendance" while a student Senator. If you miss two
consecutive meetings or three over your entire term you may be removed from your position
by the Chair.
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2. What happens if I miss too many meetings?
A: You may be removed from your position by the Chair if you cannot make adequate
attendance.
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3. How do I send an alternate if I cannot attend?
A: You must send another member of your divisional council. The alternate will count
towards quorum and will be given full voting privileges. You must inform the Administrative
Vice President of your alternate a minimum of 24 hours before a regularly scheduled senate
meeting.
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4. How many times can I send an alternate?
A: An alternate can only be sent three times to regular senate meetings during a student
Senator's term.
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5. What happens if I send an alternate too many times?
A: If you exceed the allowance of three times during a term your absences will be counted
as unexcused and you may be removed from your position.
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6. Who is responsible for tracking Senator attendance?
A: The Administrative Vice President is responsible for compiling and distributing all
Senator attendance records.
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Section B - Council Attendance:

7. How often must I attend Senate meetings?

A: A divisional council or governing body must not miss two consecutive Senate meetings. (
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8. What happens if I miss too many meetings?
A: Until representation is re-established your council or governing body will have their
student activity fee account frozen by the Senate. The Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
and Enrollment Management is responsible for authorizing the freezing of student activity
fees.
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9. How can I get my student activity fee account unfrozen?
A: You must re-establish representation on the Senate by sending representative to two
consecutive Senate meetings.
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10. When are attendance records reset?
A: At the beginning of each semester. (
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Section C - Voting Rights:

11. What do I have to have my Academic Council considered a legal member of the Senate?

A: Your Academic Council must send an updated officer list to Administrative Vice President
and the Student Life Office before the first SGA Senate meeting of the academic year. Those
Academic Councils represented at the first meeting of the academic year will be granted the
right to vote and be considered legally holding office.
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12. How can my Council lose the right to vote?
A: Your Council will lose the right to vote if your representatives miss two consecutive
Senate meetings.
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Return to Questions)

13. How can my Council's right to vote be reinstated?
A: Your Council's right to vote will be reinstated when your representatives attend two
consecutive Senate meetings.
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Return to Questions)


 

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