VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

OSCEOLA CAMPUS FACULTY ASSOCIATION

 

BYLAWS

 

PREAMBLE

 

Article III, Section A of the Constitution of the Valencia Community College Faculty Association, hereinafter referred to as the College-wide Constitution, in part states, “a campus faculty association shall include the members of the Association whose place of employment is on that campus.”  Pursuant thereto, the Osceola Campus Faculty Association is hereby established.  Its powers and responsibilities shall be governed by the following laws.

 

 

ARTICLE I

Name

 

The name of the organization shall be the Valencia Community College Osceola Campus Faculty Association.

 

 

ARTICLE II

Purposes

 

The purpose of the organization shall be

1. to advise the chief administrative officer on Osceola Campus on matters of campus improvements and faculty-related interests, and

2. to promote communication and mutual understanding within the faculty, and between the faculty and other groups.

 

 

ARTICLE III

Membership

 

Section 1.        Pursuant to Article II, Section A of the Constitution, the voting membership of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association shall include, “Full-time professors, librarians, counselors and other professionals who devote at least sixty (60) percent of their regularly assigned duties to instructing or counseling students” and whose principal place of employment is on the Osceola Campus of Valencia Community College.

 

Section 2.        Adjunct professors whose primary place of employment is Osceola Campus shall be considered non-voting members of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association during the period they are under contract with Valencia Community College.

 

ARTICLE IV

Officers

 

Section 1.        The officers of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association shall be President and Vice President.

 

Section 2.        The Vice President shall be elected from and by the voting membership of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.  This officer shall be elected in December of each year, the exact date to be set by the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.  Candidates for this office shall be nominated in writing (with the candidate’s prior consent) and elected by a written ballot and a majority vote in a manner determined by the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.  Officers shall take office upon election and shall serve one year from taking office.

 

Section 3.        At the December Osceola Campus Faculty Association meeting, the incumbent Vice President shall assume the office of President and serve in that office for the following year.

 

Section 4.        If the Osceola Campus Faculty Association President resigns office before the expiration of term, the Vice President shall assume the office for the remainder of the unexpired term.  If the unexpired term is less than four months, that President shall continue in office for the succeeding year.  In such case, the Osceola Campus Faculty Association shall elect an interim Vice President to serve the remaining term of the vacated Vice Presidential position.

 

Section 5.        If the Osceola Campus Faculty Association President is in line to become college-wide President in May, the Osceola Campus Faculty Association shall elect a Vice President the preceding February.  When the Osceola Campus Faculty Association President steps down to become college-wide President, the Vice President shall become President and the Vice President-elect shall become Vice President.

 

Section 6.        Should the position of Osceola Campus Faculty Association President and Vice President be vacant at the same time, the longest-serving Representative at Large shall serve as Acting President until an election for President is held at the next regular Osceola Campus Faculty Association meeting. 

 

Section 7.        Vacancies in the unexpired term in the office of Vice President shall be filled by election at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association, pursuant to Section 2 above.

 

 

ARTICLE V

Duties of Officers

 

Section 1.        Officers shall perform the duties prescribed by the Constitution of the Valencia Community College Faculty Association, these bylaws, and by the parliamentary authority adopted by the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.

 

Section 2.        The President shall speak for the Osceola Campus Faculty Association on all matters pertaining to its concern.

 

Section 3.        The Vice President shall work with the President, act on behalf of the President when necessary, and perform other duties as requested.

 

Section 4.        The President and Vice President shall fill the Osceola Campus representative seats on the Faculty Council.

 

 

ARTICLE VI

At-Large Representatives

 

Section 1.        Two (2) at-large representatives shall be elected by the voting membership of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.  The at-large representatives must be voting members of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.

 

Section 2.        At-large representatives shall serve two-year terms, and those terms will be staggered such that one representative will be elected each year.  No at-large representative shall serve more than two successive two-year terms.

 

Section 3.        Election of the at-large representatives shall take place in December of the year the terms end, the exact date being set by the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.  Candidates shall be nominated in writing (with the candidate’s prior consent) and elected by a written ballot and a majority vote in a manner determined by the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.

 

Section 4.        A vacancy in an unexpired term of an at-large representative shall be filled by election at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association, pursuant to Section 3 above.

 

 

ARTICLE VII

Meetings

 

Section 1.        Regular meetings shall be held each month during Sessions 1 and 2 and at least once during each of Sessions A and B.  Meeting dates shall be fixed at the first meeting in each of Sessions 1 and 2.  Special meetings may be called by the President.  Osceola Campus Faculty Association members shall be notified at least three (3) days in advance of the time and place of meetings.

 

Section 2.        Items for the Osceola Campus Faculty Association agenda that require a proposal for vote must be circulated at least five days prior to the meeting date to Osceola Campus Faculty Association voting members.  Should it become necessary, the five day prior notification provision may be waived by a 3/4 vote of the quorum present at a meeting.

 

Section 3.        A quorum shall consist of twenty-five percent (25%) of the voting members of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

Executive Committee

 

Section 1.        The Executive Committee shall comprise the Osceola Campus Faculty Association President, Vice President, and the at-large representatives.

 

Section 2.        The Executive Committee may perform such duties as authorized by the Osceola Campus Faculty Association membership.  The committee shall act on majority vote.

 

 

ARTICLE IX

Committees

 

Section 1.        Unless otherwise provided by the Osceola Campus Faculty Association, the President shall appoint standing and special committees of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.

 

Section 2.        Membership on committees may include voting and non-voting members of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association.  Non-voting members of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association may be allowed voting privileges for committee actions at the request of the committee chair and the approval of the President.

 

 

ARTICLE X

Amendment of Bylaws

 

Section 1.        The bylaws of the Osceola Campus Faculty Association may be amended by the Osceola Campus Faculty Association membership by a two-thirds (2/3) vote or by written ballot by two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast.

 

Section 2.        Any amendment to these bylaws shall be distributed in written form to the Osceola Campus Faculty Association membership at least one week prior to the meeting or written ballot.

 

 

 

Bylaws initial draft of 11/12/99 by Dave Rogers

Bylaws revised draft of 2/21/00 by Dave Rogers

Bylaws revised draft of 2/22/00 by Dave Rogers

Bylaws revised draft of 6/17/06 by Deidre Holmes DuBois

Bylaws revised draft of 7/13/06 by Deidre Holmes DuBois