3359-1-04 Meetings of the board.

(A) Meetings.

(1) Regular meetings shall be held in accordance with meeting schedules adopted and from time to time amended by a vote of the majority of the board. The time and place of meetings shall be set by the board.

(2) Special meetings shall be called by the secretary upon the request of the chairperson or any two members of the board on not less than five days' notice. Emergency meetings may be called by the secretary upon request of the chairperson in accord with the provisions of Ohio law respecting public meetings.

(3) Unless otherwise specifically stated in the notice of the meeting, any business may be transacted at any meeting of the board.

(4) All regular, special, emergency, committee meetings, and executive sessions of the board shall be held in conformance with the requirements of Ohio law governing public meetings. Public meetings shall not include attendance by a majority of board members of the board or a majority of board members of any committee or subcommittee of the board at information sessions, campus events, social or other activities which do not involve a prearranged discussion of university business by such members of the board.

(B) Quorum.

A majority of the board, when duly convened, shall constitute a quorum as provided in section 3359.01 of the Revised Code.

Unless otherwise ordered by the chairperson, the usual order of business at regular meetings shall be as follows:

(1) Call to order.

(2) Report of the Chairperson.

(3) Report of the President.

(4) Consideration of minutes of previous meeting(s).

(5) Consideration of recommendations of standing committees.

(a) Educational Policy Committee/student affairs committee.

(b) External Affairs Committee.

(d) Finance and Fiscal Policy Committee.

(6) Report of special, advisory or other committees.

(7) Unfinished business.

(8) New and miscellaneous business.

(9) Guest speaker.

(10) Adjournment.

(D) Rules of Order.

"Robert's Rules of Order" shall be accepted as authority on all questions of parliamentary procedure not determined by these bylaws. Any motion shall be reduced to writing upon request of a member. The chairperson shall have authority to rule on all questions of order and answer parliamentary inquiries. The chairperson may appoint a parliamentarian, who may or may not be a member of the board, to consult with and advise the chairperson, other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure. However, the chairperson has a duty to make a final ruling on all questions of order and, in doing so, has the right to follow the advice of the parliamentarian, or to disregard it.

Effective: May 13, 1998

Certification:
Secretary
Board of Trustees

Prom. Under: 111.15

Rule Amp. Ch. 3359

Prior Effective Dates: 11/4/77, 2/16/87, 11/20/89, 12/22/89, and 12/23/95