charter draft

i put this together using the adjunct's charter
and made some changes...

what do y'all think...

New College of California Interim Student Council Charter (NCSC)
Statement of Purpose

The Student Council of New College of California shall serve as an organized creative body through which the students of New College shall have a democratic voice and a vehicle for developing school policies and their implementation.

The purpose of the Student Council is to provide a forum and a basis for representing and organizing New College Students from all of the college’s academic and professional programs to participate in decision-making at the school in order to insure that the college hold a dignified place in the community as a just, sustainable, respectful, democratic and progressive institution for students, faculty, and staff.


Objectives and Functions:
1.
The mission of the NCSC is to confer with, advise, and communicate with the Administration, The Board of Trustees of New College of California (BOT), Core Faculty Council (FC) and Adjunct Faculty Government, as is appropriate, with regard to matters of interest to the Students and other matters of school-wide importance.
2.
The NCSC will seek to advise the BOT and others on modifications of current school-wide policies and the development of new school-wide policies of concern to the Students.
3.
The NCSC will seek to represent the needs of students by having 2 voting seats on the board of trustees as well as 2 reps sitting on all previous and newly formed committees.

II.
Organization:
1.
The NCSC shall be comprised of all Students from the Valencia Street Campus, the North Bay Campus and the Law School Campus. Members must be current or previously enrolled students. of New College of California.

2.
The NCSC shall elect, by a simple majority of members attending, a chair for each meeting at the previous meeting. This chair will be a rotating position – although if necessary a person may chair 2 consecutive meetings – but then must wait 4 meetings before being eligible to chair again.

3.
The NCSC may elect other representatives, as necessary, in accordance with its bylaws.

4.
The NCSC shall record minutes of meetings and make them publicly available to the entire New College Community, together with any necessary exhibits or attachments on the NCSC website.

III.
Operations:
1.
The NCSC shall adopt its own bylaws. The bylaws shall provide for regular stated meetings of the Council, which shall be held at various locations.

2.
Decision making will be done by modified timed consensus – and then simple majority.

3.
Records of the activities of the NCSC shall be kept and transmitted to the appropriate successor officers of the NCSC.

4.
The NCSC shall adopt and operate in accordance with the New College Policy on Rights, Grievances and Community Conduct.

IV.
Ratification and Amendment of the Charter
1.
This Charter shall be presented by the Charter Formation Committee to attending Student Council Memebrs. The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority.

2.
An amendment to the Charter may be introduced in the NCSC by any member of the NCSC; and approved by a simple majority of the membership of the NCSC.

3.
The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority.