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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#Article_22SECTION_II:_Powers_and_Duties_THE_COUNCIL|Article 22 Title II Section II of the EUS Constitution]].
<center> [[Council:2016-2017|'''''Abridged council meeting motions can be found here''''']]</center>
* The [[Speaker|EUS Speaker]] (non-voting)
This is a total of 54 voting members; as such, quorum shall be 27.
==Powers & Duties==
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.