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Article I - Name
The name of this committee shall be the Dean’s Advisory Council (the “DAC”) of the E. J. Ourso College of Business (the “College”) of Louisiana State University (the “University”). The DAC is an initiative of the College and is not the intention of the members to form an unincorporated association or any other juridical person.
Article II - Purpose
The DAC is a committee of volunteers established for the purposes of promoting and supporting the educational programs of the College and strengthening the College’s role within the University by increasing its resources and enhancing its outreach.
Article III - By-Laws
The operating procedures of the DAC shall be established by its By-Laws.
Article IV - Membership
The membership of the DAC shall include all members as of the date of the adoption of this Statement of Principles and any members elected after such date. The Dean of the College (the “Dean”) may assign faculty members, staff and students of the College to the DAC ex-officio. Ex-officio members will participate fully in all activities of the DAC, including committees, and will ensure that the DAC ‘s activities are consistent with the policies of the College and the University.
Article V - Officers
The officers of the DAC shall be a President, a Vice-President, and an immediate Past President.
Article VI – Executive Committee
The officers and the chairs of the standing committees shall comprise the Executive Committee. The Dean and such faculty members, staff and students of the College as the Dean shall appoint will be ex-officio members of the Executive Committee.
Article VII - Funds and Liability
All funds received by the DAC shall be deposited in the LSU Foundation. All funds shall be disbursed through the LSU Foundation at the discretion of the Dean.
No member of the DAC shall be liable to the DAC except for his or her unpaid pledges and no personal liability shall attach to any member of the DAC in connection with any of its undertakings. Members of the DAC, including officers and members of the Executive Committee, shall have no authority to borrow money or incur any obligation, indebtedness or liability in the name of or on behalf of the DAC. No member of the DAC shall have any authority to obligate the DAC, any other member of the DAC, the College or the University.
Article VIII - Amendments
This Statement of Principles may be amended upon reasonable notice by a majority vote of the members present or participating electronically at any meeting of the DAC or by a majority vote of all the members in an election called for that purpose by the Dean or the President.
Adopted March 30, 2007
BY-LAWS
Article I - Membership
Section 1. Members elected prior to the adoption of this By-Laws shall serve out their remaining terms.
Section 2. Members elected after the adoption of these By-Laws shall serve three year terms.
Section 3. While the DAC assesses no dues, it is expected that DAC members will support its programs financially.
Article II - Meetings of the Entire Membership
Section 1. The DAC shall meet at such times and places as the Dean shall determine. Reasonable notice shall be given.
Section 2. DAC members may participate in meetings by telephone, video-conference, e-mail or any other electronic means which permits the participants to be identified with reasonable certainty.
Article III - Nominations and Elections
Section 1. The Dean and the Executive Committee shall nominate officers and new members. In the ordinary course the nominee for President will be the serving Vice-President. Serving members may be nominated for additional terms at the discretion of the Dean and the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Members shall vote on nominations for officers and new members (i) at a meeting of the DAC and election shall be by a majority of the members present at or participating electronically in such meeting, or (ii) in an election called for that purpose by the Dean or the President and election shall be by a majority vote of all the members.
Section 3. Nominees for membership in the DAC shall serve provisionally until elected.
Article IV - Officers
Section 1. The officers shall begin service upon the close of the meeting or election at which they are elected.
Section 2. Any vacancy in office shall be filled for the balance of the term through appointment by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee.
Section 3. The officers shall have only the powers and duties assigned to them by the Dean.
Section 4. An officer’s normal term of office shall be two years.
Article V - Committees
Section 1. The President shall appoint members of committees for terms of one year and shall appoint a chair of each committee.
Section 2. The following committees shall be standing committees:
1. Academic;
2. Alumni and Public Relations;
3. Business Partnerships;
4. Financial; and,
5. LSU Business Building Oversight Committee
Section 3. Other ad hoc committees shall be appointed as deemed necessary by the President.
Article VI - Amendments
These By-Laws may be amended upon reasonable notice by a vote of two-thirds of the Executive Committee or by a majority vote of the members present or participating electronically at any meeting of the DAC or by a majority vote of all the members in an election called for that purpose by the Dean or the President.
Article VII - Dissolution
In case of dissolution of the organization, funds remaining in the LSU Foundation/DAC accounts shall be distributed for the benefit of the College according to the direction of the Dean.
Article VII – Action by Written Consent
Any actions of the DAC and the Executive Committee which may taken in a meeting may be taken by the written consent of a majority of their respective members. For the purposes of these By-Laws facsimile transmission, e-mail, text messaging or any other form of electronic transmission of text shall be considered a “writing”.
Adopted: March 30, 2007
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