Section 1. Three regular Faculty meetings will be held during each term at times to be set by the Faculty Executive Committee. Special meetings may be held by vote of the Faculty, or at the call of the President, the Provost, or the Faculty Executive Committee, whenever any of these will consider such meetings desirable, or at the call of the secretary of the Faculty whenever a request is made by a standing or special committee of the Faculty or by five members of the Faculty.

Section 2. All members of the Faculty are expected to attend regular and special meetings, and each member will have a vote on all questions that come before the meeting subject to limitations which may be imposed by the Faculty Executive Committee. [See Article III, Section 1, Subsection A.8]

Section 3. A quorum will consist of fifty percent of the members of the Faculty in residence that particular term.

Section 4. The President of the College, as designated by the College Bylaws, will chair regular and special Faculty meetings. In the President’s absence, the Provost will chair Faculty meetings, and in the Provost’s absence, the chair and then the vice chair of the Faculty Executive Committee will chair these meetings.

Section 5.  A secretary will be elected by the Faculty for a term of one year.  The secretary will keep the minutes of each meeting and distribute them for approval or correction at the following meeting. Copies of each set of minutes will be made for the archives of the College, for the President, and for other administrative officers and the Faculty. At least one complete collection of approved minutes of past meetings will always be available for Faculty perusal. In the absence of the secretary, the chair of the Faculty Executive Committee will appoint a substitute secretary.

Section 6. A parliamentarian will be elected by the Faculty for a term of one year. In the absence of the parliamentarian, the chair of the Faculty Executive Committee will appoint a substitute parliamentarian.

Section 7. Regular and special meetings will be conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order.

Section 8. All matters brought to the Faculty for approval must be decided by majority vote, except for the election of representatives to the Executive Committee and the Personnel Committee. In the case of elections to the Executive Committee and the Personnel Committee, candidates will be elected by a plurality vote, with the candidate(s) receiving the most votes being elected up to the number of empty seats on the committee in question (and subject to the rules regarding representation in Article III, Section 1, Subsection B and Article III, Section 2, Subsection B). The Executive Committee may authorize elections by anonymous electronic balloting for Executive and Personnel Committee representatives. In the case of an electronic election, a preliminary slate must be announced at least one week before the election period starts with a solicitation for additional nominations from the Faculty at large before a final slate is determined. The Executive Committee will determine in advance the manner in which run-off elections are to be decided.