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[[Image:Eus_council_logo.png|right|200px]]The '''''EUS Council''''' is the foremost representative body of the EUS. Meeting twice a week during the academic year, it's responsibilities include holding the [[Executive Committee]] accountable, enact initiatives to improve student's experience, and defining policies and resolutions to enact further change. The EUS Council is primarily outlined in [[EUS_Constitution#SECTION_II:_THE_COUNCIL|Title II Section II of the EUS Constitution]].
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[[Image:Eus_council_logo.png|right|200px]]The '''''EUS Council''''' is the foremost representative body of the EUS. Meeting every other week during the academic year, its responsibilities include holding the [[Executive Committee]] accountable, enact initiatives to improve student's experience, and defining policies and resolutions to enact further change. The EUS Council is primarily outlined in [[EUS_Constitution#SECTION_II:_THE_COUNCIL|Title II Section II of the EUS Constitution]].
  
<center> [[Council:2016-2017|'''''Abridged council meeting motions can be found here''''']]</center>
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==Powers & Duties==
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The powers and duties of council, as outlined in [[Constitution#TITLE III: The EUS Council|Title III]] of the constitution, are as follows:
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*Act as the advisory body of the EUS, which represents the opinions and values of its Regular Members;
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*Hold the Executive Committee, SSMU Representative(s), Engineering Senator(s), and the Board of Governors accountable to their duties;
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*Ratify positions-holders, including but not limited to: Associate Members, conference delegates, and financial committee members.
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==Meetings==
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The EUS Council ''must'' meet at least once every four weeks during the academic year, but tends to meet every two weeks. Anyone is permitted to attend, excluding the event of a confidential session, which can be called by a 2/3 majority vote. Quorum for Council shall be 50% of it's membership, 29 people.
  
 
==Membership==
 
==Membership==
 
The EUS Council is made up of  
 
The EUS Council is made up of  
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* The [[Executives|EUS Executives]]
 
* The [[Executives|EUS Executives]]
* U1-U4 Representatives of each [[Departmental Society]]
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* U1-U4 Representatives of each [[Departmental Societies|Department]]
* The President of each [[Departmental Society]]
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* The President of each [[Departmental Societies|Department]]
 
* The Design Team Representative
 
* The Design Team Representative
 
* The Clubs Representative
 
* The Clubs Representative
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* The [[SSMU Representatives]]
 
* The [[SSMU Representatives]]
 
* The [[Speaker|EUS Speaker]] (non-voting)
 
* The [[Speaker|EUS Speaker]] (non-voting)
This is a total of 54 voting members; as such, quorum shall be 27.
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This is a total of 58 voting members; as such, quorum shall be 29.
==Powers & Duties==
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The powers and duties of council, as outlined in [[EUS_Constitution#Article_22:_Powers_and_Duties|Article 22]] of the constitution, are as follows:
 
* Act as the governing body of the EUS, empowered to make decisions and take actions on behalf of the EUS
 
* Enact initiatives to improve the experience of the [[regular members]]
 
* Maintain financial authority as outlined in the [[Financial Bylaws]] and [[Financial Policy]]
 
* Define and uphold [[Policies]] and [[Resolutions]]
 
* Ratify the [[CRO]], [[DRO]]s, and the electoral calendar
 
* Establish [[committees]]
 
 
 
Council, as it relates to other entitites
 
* Hold the [[Executive Committee]], [[Engineering Senator]], and [[SSMU Reps]] accountable, in addition to adding mandates
 
* Reverse decisions taken by the [[Executive Committee]]
 
* Be held accountable to [[General Assembly]]
 
 
 
==Meetings==
 
The EUS Council ''must'' meet at least once every four weeks during the academic year, but tends to meet every two weeks. Anyone is permitted to attend, excluding the event of a confidential session, which can be called by a 2/3 majority vote. Quorum for Council shall be 50% of it's membership, 27 people.
 

Latest revision as of 09:30, 21 November 2022


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The EUS Council is the foremost representative body of the EUS. Meeting every other week during the academic year, its responsibilities include holding the Executive Committee accountable, enact initiatives to improve student's experience, and defining policies and resolutions to enact further change. The EUS Council is primarily outlined in Title II Section II of the EUS Constitution.


Powers & Duties

The powers and duties of council, as outlined in Title III of the constitution, are as follows:

  • Act as the advisory body of the EUS, which represents the opinions and values of its Regular Members;
  • Hold the Executive Committee, SSMU Representative(s), Engineering Senator(s), and the Board of Governors accountable to their duties;
  • Ratify positions-holders, including but not limited to: Associate Members, conference delegates, and financial committee members.

Meetings

The EUS Council must meet at least once every four weeks during the academic year, but tends to meet every two weeks. Anyone is permitted to attend, excluding the event of a confidential session, which can be called by a 2/3 majority vote. Quorum for Council shall be 50% of it's membership, 29 people.

Membership

The EUS Council is made up of

This is a total of 58 voting members; as such, quorum shall be 29.