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Article VI    (Duties

The Convenor(s) shall:

Be the official representatives of SAB.
• Facilitate and supervise the overall direction of SAB programming.
• One Convenor must attend all Administrative Council and ESG meetings and retreats.
• One Convenor must attend all Event Committee meetings and retreats.
• Hold at least one planning retreat per semester.
• Meet once a week with the Advisor(s).
• Hold a SAB meeting weekly.
• Assist in the selection process of the Equipment Manager.
• Coordinate and facilitate good relations with the Security Office, the Student Development Office, and the Director of Student Activities.
• Communicate with booking agencies, review media materials and coordinate the contacting of entertainment.
• Be responsible for the planning, coordinating, executing, implementing, attending and evaluating events sponsored and co-sponsored by SAB.
• Work closely with the Advisor while contracting talent and events.
• Recruit diverse new members to fill SAB positions and membership, encouraging contributions from all cultural and social groups of the Earlham campus.

The Business Manager/Secretary shall:

• Maintain financial records.
• Communicate with booking agencies, review media materials and coordinate the contacting of entertainment.
• Maintain the office in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Update and revise all SAB documents.
• Send minutes from SAB meetings to SAB members by email the day after the meeting.
• Recruit diverse new members to fill SAB positions and membership, encouraging contributions from all cultural and social groups of the Earlham campus.

The Publicity Manager shall:

• In consultation with the other officers, plan, organize, coordinate and execute all promotions of SAB.
• Keep an adequate stock of publicity supplies in the SAB office.
• Establish and enforce appropriate deadlines for information submission.
• Maintain the office in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Recruit diverse new members to fill SAB positions and membership, encouraging contributions from all cultural and social groups of the Earlham campus.

The Equipment Manager(s) shall:

• Regularly inventory all SAB equipment.
• Submit a written inventory to the Advisor and Convenors at least once per semester.
• Work closely with the Director of Instructional Media and Technology.
• Report immediately any misplaced, damaged, lost, or stolen equipment to the Student Activities Office and Campus Security.
• Work with other campus constituencies in co-sponsorship for equipment needs.
• Maintain the sound equipment room in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Hold two training sessions each semester for sound equipment and lights.
• Develop a working manual for sound and light equipment.

The Students at Large shall:

• Communicate with booking agencies, review media materials and coordinate the contacting of entertainment.
• Be responsible for the planning, coordinating, executing, implementing, attending and evaluating events sponsored and co-sponsored by SAB.
• Perform whatever duties are required for the function of the event.
• Work closely with the Advisor while contracting talent and events.
• Maintain the office in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Recruit diverse new members to fill SAB positions and membership, encouraging contributions from all cultural and social groups of the Earlham campus.
• Conduct a survey once a semester

All Board Members shall:

• Provide a channel through which non-SAB members may receive assistance to co-sponsorship events with SAB (i.e., all aspects of organization prior to SAB review, monetary and/or otherwise).
• Be responsible to help run events, frequently.
• Attend meetings consistently.

Grounds for Removal:

• The officer is not fulfilling his/her assigned duties or are abusing privileges.
• The officer has been directly and clearly confronted by the Convenor and/or other officers regarding his/her performance and the performance has not improved.
• The officer has received a written statement from the Convenor regarding his/her performance and the performance has not improved.

Process for Removal once grounds have been established:

• Any member of SAB may, with prior notice to the Convenor, recommend removal of an officer during a private meeting with the Advisor and Convenor. The Director of Student Activities will be informed immediately.
• In the case that the Convenor is recommended for removal, the Board shall select a student member by consensus to preside over the removal proceedings. The President of Student Government must be consulted prior to this procedure.
• The officer in question will have a discussion with the officers and Advisor.
• The officers shall meet in closed session, without the officer in question, to review the case and render a decision by consensus. A quorum of 4 must be present in order to reach consensus.

 

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