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1. The forums shall be held as necessary and shall be open to the entire college community.
2. Any member of the college community may propose business for the agenda. The chair is responsible for publishing the
agenda prior to the forum.
3. The chair shall be responsible for relaying any proposals made during the forums to the appropriate body for
consideration.
C. To appoint committees, ad hoc or permanent, to investigate suggestions and implement programs regarding educational policy.
D. To keep the senate and campus at large informed of curriculum concerns and changes.
E. To assist the administration with the college's mandatory faculty teaching evaluations each semester. Members of the committee
shall meet with the dean of the college and other administrators involved in planning and altering these evaluations.
F. The Committee shall conduct regular outreach efforts such as surveys or tabling to gather input and opinions from the student
body to aid in agenda setting and decision making. The Committee shall be responsible for representing the opinions of the
campus community at large, rather than relying solely on the opinions of its members.
G. To carry the operating expenses of the Faculty Teaching Award Committee. An appointee from the committee will serve as the
chair of the Faculty Teaching Awards Committee.
H. The Committee may appoint members to act as a liaison to different offices and centers including but not limited to the Shared
Center, Jacobson Center, Global Studies Center, or Spinelli Center.

Article V. Organization Resources Committee

SECTION 1. MEMBERS

A. The chair:
1. The chair shall be the Treasurer of the SGA.
2. The student shall chair the Finance Committee.
3. The student shall supervise operational finances of the SGA.
4. The student shall prepare the budget for the following year.
5. The student shall call and preside over all meetings of the committee.
6. The student shall be elected in the spring all college election for a term of one year.
7. The student may run for the position of chair and be elected for no more than two terms.
8. The term shall begin at the first cabinet meeting of the academic year following the regular spring election. It shall end
on the last cabinet meeting in that same academic year. The student shall be available for counsel for the remainder of
the year.
9. The student shall sit on Cabinet.
10. The student shall have weekly office hours.
11. The student shall oversee the budgeting, fundraising, and chartering processes of all organizations through regular
communication with the vice chair chartering.
12. The student shall be responsible for providing budget training to all members of the committee, in conjunction with the
director of the office of student engagement.
13. The student shall serve as a resource to all chartered organizations.
14. The student shall have weekly meetings with the director of the office of student engagement.
15. The student shall have the power to call audits of organizations, and is responsible for assisting and advising
organizations that are in debt.
16. The student shall be a non-voting member of the committee, except in the case of a tie.
17. The student shall have served on the committee for no less than two semesters prior to assuming office.
18. The student should be a rising junior or senior.
19. The student may not hold a leadership position (Executive Board, Executive Council, etc.) in any campus organization.
20. In the event that the office of chair of the ORC is vacated, it shall be filled, for the remainder of the term, by the vice
chair of chartering.
21. The student shall oversee the budgeting and fundraising processes of all chartered organizations.
22. The student shall oversee the allocation of SAF monies.
23. The student shall be responsible for providing appropriate budgeting information about each chartered organization to
each member of the committee.
24. The student shall collect and process applications to the Zero-Year Organization Fund, and shall present the
applications to the committee.
25. The student shall present any proposed changes to the SGA Senate to be passed.
B. The vice chair of chartering;
1. The student shall sit on the Senate Rules Committee
2. The student shall oversee the chartering process for all student organizations.
3. The student shall be elected internally by a greater than 50% vote consisting of all members of the previous ORC,
excepting the ORC Chair. This vote shall be held at the meeting coinciding with the spring election.
4. The student may run for the position and be elected for no more than two terms.
5. The student shall be a non-voting member of Senate.
6. The term shall begin at the first senate meeting of the academic year following the regular spring election. It shall end on
the last senate meeting in that same academic year. The student shall be available for counsel for the remainder of the
year.
7. The student shall have weekly office hours.

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