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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY ADVISORY COUNCIL
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
OHIO UNIVERSITY

CONSTITUTION

PREAMBLE

The Advisory Council of the School of Accountancy of the Ohio University College of Business is committed to the goals of academic excellence established by Ohio University and operates with the approval of the College of Business at Ohio University.

ARTICLE I

NAME

Section 1
The name of the organization shall be Ohio University School of Accountancy Advisory Council ("The Council").

ARTICLE II

OBJECTIVES

Section 1
The objectives for the Council are to advise and assist the School of Accountancy at Ohio University. The objectives include:

A. Providing a channel of communication between the faculty of the School of Accountancy and the professional community.

B. Providing a source from which the faculty and School Director may seek and receive advice related to faculty involvement in the profession and community, recruiting of accounting students, curriculum development necessary to meet the needs of a dynamic business environment, and other matters.

C. Providing the accounting faculty a forum to discuss their research programs and their implications for practice.

D. Communicate to the faculty current accounting issues and concerns deserving of academic study.

E. Assisting in the development of plans to obtain financial support for vital needs not funded through the state budget such as research projects, faculty salary supplements, library, student grants, and equipment.

F. Reviewing the status of private funds of the School and advising the Director on matters related thereto.

G. Identifying with and promoting a positive image of the students, faculty, and programs of the School in the professional community and to the general public.

H. Provide an outside voice to the University administration relative to the School of Accountancy's mission, needs, directions and activities.

I. Assisting the faculty in finding opportunities that will enable them to obtain the relevant practical experience necessary for a quality program and which meet the requirements for such experience established by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business for accreditation of programs in accounting.

J. Assisting the faculty and administration in recruiting and retaining students and faculty of the highest quality.

K. Assisting the School in maintaining accreditation of the accounting program by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business.

ARTICLE III

MEMBERSHIP, OFFICERS, AND MEETINGS

Section 1
The Council shall consist of persons knowledgeable in the field of accounting, including public accounting and serving in positions in business enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, and governmental entities. Council members should be at the senior level of management and generally have been in a career for at least ten years.

Section 2
The Council members are initially elected for a three year term unless selected to fill an unexpired term. Members may be selected for additional three years. Selection for additional terms follows the same procedure as for initial selection.

Section 3
The election of officers for a year (July to June) shall usually be conducted at the Spring meeting for the next year.

Section 4
The officers of the Council shall be (1) a Chair, and (2) a Vice Chair. Additional officers will be determined by vote of the membership. The Director of the School of Accountancy shall serve as Executive Secretary to the Council.

Section 5
The Council shall normally hold two regular meetings each year on dates selected and announced at least thirty days in advance by the Council Chair. Typically, these meetings will be held in October and May of each academic year. Special meetings may be called, if deemed necessary, by the Council Chair or the Executive Secretary.

Section 6
A Quorum shall be constituted by a majority of the voting members of the Council.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

In order to facilitate its objectives and to better assist the School of Accountancy with its programs and activities, the Advisory Council shall operate under the following standing committees:

A. Executive Committee: -- Chair, Vice Chair, Chairs of Membership Committee, past Chairs, the Executive Secretary to the Council and such other person(s) serving at the pleasure of the Chair. This Committee will conduct any necessary business between regular meetings of the Council. The Executive Secretary shall be a nonvoting member of the Executive Committee and a nonvoting member of the Advisory Council

B. Committee on Membership -- shall consist of at least five members appointed by the Executive Committee. The Committee on Membership shall recommend to the Advisory Council candidates to fill vacancies on the council. The Committee shall also make nominations for the office of Chair and Vice Chair and recommendations to the Executive Committee as to membership on all committees.

Other committees shall be appointed as needed by the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE V

AMENDMENTS

Section 1
The Constitution or the By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the membership voting at a scheduled meeting of the Council or, for absentees, by mail or fax ballot.

BY LAWS

TITLE A

Purpose

A. The purpose of the By-Laws is to identify' the methods by which provisions of the Constitution for the School of Accountancy Advisory Council shall be applied to the operation of the Council.

TITLE B

Officers

A. Term of Office - An officer's term of office shall be one year and commence at the conclusion of the annual Spring meeting. Officers may be elected to a maximum of three consecutive one-year terms.

B. The duties of the Chair shall be to perform as the executive head of the Council and shall preside over its meetings. The Chair, in performing these functions, shall:

be the executive head of the Council and shall preside over its meeting;
be responsible for establishing the agenda for the meeting,
decide points of order;
have the power to appoint any officer in case of vacancy; and
have general responsibility for programs at regular meetings.

C. The duties and rights of the Vice Chair are:

to assist the Chair in the performance of assigned duties;
to succeed to the Chair's power and duties in the event of absence or disability, and
to succeed to the position of Chair at the expiration of the Chair's term when the Chair has been elected to a third term.

D. The duties of the Executive Secretary are:

to keep complete minutes of all meetings;
to be responsible for general correspondence;
to assist the Chair with the structuring of programs at regular meetings;
to ensure communication between School of Accountancy faculty and the Advisory Council
to coordinate meetings and activities of the Advisory Council and Membership Committee in conjunction with the Advisory Council Chair or Committee Chair, and
to report on the status and use of private funds.

TITLE C

Advisory Council Membership

A. The Committee on Membership shall make recommendations concerning membership to the Advisory Council. Subject to the approval by a majority of the members of the Advisory Council present, the individuals recommended by the Committee on Membership shall be appointed. Any member elected to the office of Chair or Vice Chair, whose term would have otherwise expired prior to taking office as Chair or Vice Chair, shall automatically be re-appointed to Council membership for three years from the date elected.

B. Members shall be appointed for three-year terms commencing at the end of the Spring meeting or at the beginning of the meeting immediately following their appointment to the Council.

C. The Council shall be limited to 36 full members twelve of whose terms expire each year. In addition to full members, the Council may have Sustaining Emeritus Members of any number and 15 Associate Members. Sustaining Emeritus Members are former full members who completed one or more full terms and who maintain fund raising and pay dues. Sustaining members may attend and speak, but not vote. Sustaining Emeritus Members are not limited, but will be surveyed each year by the Executive Secretary concerning their desire to continue, meeting of the fund raising requirement, and the payment of dues. Associate Members are discussed in Title D.

D. Each member of the Accounting Advisory Council shall be responsible for fund raising at a minimum amount of $500 a year inclusive of matching funds from the donor's employer.

E. Each member shall be required to pay annual dues in an amount determined by the Executive Committee and ratified by the full Council. Each member will pay his/her travel costs for attendance at meetings.

TITLE D

Associate Membership

A. Individuals who do not meet the requirements for membership due to the length of their professional career may be elected as Associate Members.

B. The Committee on Membership may nominate individuals for participation on the Advisory Council with the status of Associate Membership. Subject to the approval by a majority vote of the Advisory Council, the individuals recommended by the Committee on Membership shall be appointed. Each individual nominated should have received at least a bachelor's degree arid have been in career at least two years from, but no more than ten years from the commencement of their initial term.

C. Terms for an Associate Members shall be for a period of three years beginning at the meeting immediately following their appointment to the Council. An Associate Member may not serve for any additional terms.

D. Associate members have non-voting status and may not chair a committee.

E. Each Associate member shall be encouraged to raise funds at a minimal amount of $250 a year, inclusive of matching funds from the donor's employer.

F. The presidents of the Alpha Kappa Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi and the Graduate Accounting Student Association will serve a ex officio associate members and do not count against the limit of fifteen.

TITLE E

Nomination of Officers and Committee Chair

A. The Committee on Membership shall make nominations for the office of the Chair, Vice Chair and Chairs of the Membership Committee at each Spring Meeting.

B. Nominations may also be made by other Council members with permission from the nominee prior to the submission of the nominee's name.