Section 1.

Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Chancellor except as may be otherwise provided in this article or by union contract.

1. Normally the term of appointment shall be for three years; student appointments shall be for one year.

2. There shall be twelve appointed members: three members shall hold faculty appointments; three shall hold academic staff appointments; three shall hold classified appointments, and up to three shall be students appointed by the Student Government Association (SGA).

3. Approximately one-third of the members shall be appointed each

spring semester, prior to the election of officers for the succeeding

      fall semester.

4. The Executive Subcommittee shall solicit names of potential

members of the university community and shall provide a list of

nominees to the Chancellor no later than March 1^st of each year.

5. Members may be reappointed for one successive term.

Section 2.

There shall be four ex-officio members in addition to the appointed members who shall be non-voting members.

A.      The Assistant to the Chancellor for Equity and Affirmative

Action who represents the Chancellor.

B.      The Director of Personnel Services.

C.      The Associate Vice Chancellor for personnel and Budget.

D.      The Coordinator of Disability Services.

Section 3.

Members who will be absent from a meeting should notify a member of the Executive Subcommittee.

Section 4.

Resignations from the Committee shall be written and shall be submitted to the Chair.  In the event of a resignation, the Executive Subcommittee may recommend a nominee(s) to the Chancellor, who may appoint an individual to complete the unexpired term.

Section 1.

The officers shall consist of Chair, Associate Chair, and Executive Committee-person At-large.

Section 2.

Officers shall be elected at the final meeting of the spring semester and take office at the first September meeting.

Section 3.

Officers shall serve a one-year term and may be reelected for one successive

term in the same position.

Section 1.

The elected officers shall serve as an Executive Subcommittee.  The Executive Subcommittee may conduct the affairs of the full Committee when necessary during any interim period or between regular meetings of the full Committee.  Actions of the Executive Subcommittee shall not conflict with the decisions,  actions, or policies of the full Committee, and are subject to the review of the full Committee upon the request of any member.

Section 2.

Subcommittees may be established by action of the Executive Subcommittee or by the full Committee.  When a subcommittee is established by full Committee action, the method of appointment of members shall be stipulated in the motion to establish the body.

Section 3.

Unless specifically provided for in the charge to a Subcommittee, no action of such a body shall become final until reported to and acted upon by the full Committee.

Section 1.

Normally the committee shall meet at least two times per month during each month from September through April except that the Committee will meet only once a month in November, December, and January.

Section 2.

Special meetings may be called by the Chairperson and shall be called by the Chairperson upon the written request of the Executive Subcommittee or of one third of the membership of the full Committee.

Section 3.

A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

Section 4.

Committee actions shall be adopted upon an affirmative vote by a majority of

The voting members present.  An abstention is counted as a non-vote.                                      

Section 5.

Meetings of the Executive Subcommittee shall be called at the request of any member of the Executive Subcommittee, at the direction of the full Committee, or at the discretion of the Chairperson.

Section 6.

All meeting of the Equity & Affirmative Action Committee and any of its subordinate bodies shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 19, Subchapter IV (Wis. Stats. 1985-86), the Open Meetings Law.

Section 1.

Except where these bylaws specifically provide otherwise, the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order shall be the parliamentary authority used in conducting the business of the Equity & Affirmative Action Committee.  In the event of a conflict, the bylaws shall take precedence.

Section 1.

Amendments to the bylaws may be adopted at a regular meeting of the Committee by a two-thirds majority vote of the entire Committee.

Section 2.

A proposed amendment shall have been published and distributed to all Committee members at least one week prior to the meeting at which the amendment will be considered.