Article III : Governance

SECTION A- Representative Assembly
The Council shall be governed by a Representative Assembly consisting of one delegate from each member institution. A delegate shall be a ful time faculty member engaged in the work of career and technical education and human resource development who has been designated by the member institution.

SECTION B - Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees shall consist of the three officers along with three other delegates elected each year at the annual meeting of the Representative Assembly to serve for terms of three years. Terms shall be staggered so that one new trustee is elected each year after the first year of Council operation.

SECTION C - Criteria for Membership on the Board of Trustees
Board of Trustee members shall be full-time members who have been designated as delegate(s) of member institution(s). In the event that a trustee ceases to be a delegate of the member institutions, that office will be vacated and a new trustee will be elected by the Representative Assembly to complete the unexpired term. (While an institution may send a substitute delegate to the Council meetings, the substitute may not serve as a member of the Board of Trustees.)

SECTION D - Officers
The officers shall consist of President, Vice President and /or President Elect and Secretary-Treasurer. The Vice President shall be elected annually. When the President, who shall serve a two-year term, begins the second year of office, the person elected Vice President is designated as President Elect. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected for a two-year term. The officers shall comprise the Executive Committee.

SECTION E - Editorial Committee
The Editorial Committee shall consist of an editor and two associate editors elected by the membership of the Council. All three positions shall be elected the first year (one three-year term [Associate Editor], one two-year term [Associate Editor], and one year term [Editor]). Thereafter, one Associate Editor shall be elected each year. Election of a replacement (new) Associate Editor shall take place at the annual meeting of the Council.

SECTION F - Parliamentarian
A Parliamentarian will be appointed by the President and confirmed by a vote of two-thirds of the delegates at the Representative Assembly and may be appointed on a year-to-year basis with no limit in the time he/she serves.

SECTION G - Duties of the Representative Assembly
The Representative Assembly shall elect the officers and other Board of Trustees members.
The Representative Assembly shall approve the policies and guidelines for the Council including the annual program of activities.
The Representative Assembly shall meet at least annually or at the call of the Board of Trustees of the Council. There shall be one annual Representative Assembly meeting. Special Representative Assembly meetings may be called by the Board of Trustees of the Council or by petition of 33 percent of the Council membership.

SECTION H - Duties of the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees shall be authorized to conduct necessary business of the Council following the Constitution and Bylaws and other guidelines developed at meetings of the Council.

SECTION I - Duties of the Officers
President. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Council, the Board of Trustees, and the Executive Committee. The President shall appoint all committees, except the Executive Committee, and may serve as an ex-officio member of those committees.
Vice President and/or President Elect. It shall be the duty of the Vice President and/or President Elect to preside at all meetings in the absence of the President and to assist the President at all times in performing the duties of that office. He/she shall be responsible for planning and conducting professional day programs in conjunction with the annual meeting and other meetings of the Council.
Secretary-Treasurer. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to keep and distribute the minutes of the meeting of the Council, its Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee. The Secretary-Treasurer will keep a roster of the persons attending meetings, will be responsible for the correspondence of the Council and will fulfill such other duties as disbursing all funds authorized by the Council and maintaining complete and accurate records of all transactions. The Secretary-Treasurer will present an annual financial report.

SECTION J - Duties of the Executive Committee
The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, the Vice President and/or President Elect, and the Secretary-Treasurer. The Executive Committee shall conduct such business as may be authorized by the Board of Trustees and/or specified in the Constitution and Bylaws.

SECTION K - Duties of the Editorial Committee
The Editorial Committee shall be responsible for recommending and implementing guidelines for the preparation, production and distribution of all publications released under Council sponsorship. Duties shall include: recommending publication priorities, identifying authors, reviewing and editing drafts, recommending and obtaining approval (from University Council members) for publications, arranging for reproduction and distribution of publications, getting Council publications into the ERIC system and fisted in professional journals, and dentifying recipients of complimentary copies of Council publications.

SECTION L - Duties of Parliamentarian
The Parliamentarian will act as advisor to the President on all matters of procedure and will interpret the application of parliamentary rules of order to situations which arise in the course of formal Council meetings.

SECTION M - Committees
The President of the Council shall appoint annually the following standing committees: The Nominating Committee and the Auditing Committee. Other special committees may be appointed as needed. The Nominating Committee shall place in nomination, at the annual Representative Assembly meeting, candidates for Board of Trustees members and for various Council offices.

The Auditing Committee shall examine the books of the Treasurer and report the findings at the annual Representative Assembly meeting.