Article IV - Officers
SECTION 1
The officers of the academic faculty shall be the presiding officer, the secretary, and the parliamentarian.
SECTION 2
The presiding officer of the academic faculty shall be a tenured faculty member who is a full-time employee of the College. The presiding officer shall serve two years and shall not serve concurrently on a standing committee. Nomination and election of the presiding officer shall follow the same procedures as standing committee elections.
SECTION 3
The presiding officer shall follow parliamentary procedure, which shall inform the activities of the presiding officer at all faculty meetings.
SECTION 4
The secretary of the faculty shall be appointed by the presiding officer at the first faculty meeting of each academic year and approved by a majority of the voting members present.
SECTION 5
The secretary shall follow parliamentary procedure, which shall inform the activities of the secretary of the academic faculty.
SECTION 6
The parliamentarian shall be appointed by the presiding officer at the first faculty meeting of each academic year and approved by a majority of the voting members present.
SECTION 7
The duties of the parliamentarian shall be to advise the presiding officer and the academic faculty on rules of procedure and to make procedural rulings during faculty meetings.