[16507] in APO-L
Re: CAC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lee Correll)
Sun Mar 30 23:22:18 1997
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 23:25:35 -0500
Reply-To: Lee Correll <lcorrell@CAPACCESS.ORG>
From: Lee Correll <lcorrell@CAPACCESS.ORG>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199703302208.RAA11734@cap1.CapAccess.org>
On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Jeffrey N Woodford wrote:
> > 1) KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid - I truly believe that the more basic
> > chapter by-laws are the better. Define your purpose, the elected
> > officers (don't forget the Chair of the Advisory Committee) and standing
>
> Is the CAC a required office for a chapter to have? Here at Alpha
> Sigma, we really don't have a need for a CAC.
Yep. See the Articles of Association, Article VI, which says that you
will have an Advisory Committee of at least 4 advisors, and that one of
them shall be elected by the chapter to serve as the CAC. My response to
your "don't have a need" comment would be that you most certainly do have
a need - although you may not see that need right now. Properly educated
and utilized advisors would help avert or solve many of the problems which
are discussed on this list, from the composite issue of a week or so ago
to the "where did the money go?" of several months ago. Advisors should
serve specific roles in a chapter and should be utilized - otherwise, they
tend to vanish. They serve as constants in the chapter - they tend to be
around for the long term, especially if they are the faculty type, and so
provide stability as well as resources to be used. Additionally, the
relationship is not unidirectional - we must serve them as we serve
ourselves - perhaps a project for their favorite charity, for example.
Let me add (on the original topic) that I'll concur that bylaws /
constitutions can be non-lengthy, and if one takes the US Constitution as
an example, need not be modified all the time - but if you take that
approach, then other items which are not documented in said bylaws should
be documented elsewhere, either in standing rules or chapter policies.
APO chapters tend to roll everything into the bylaws/constitution level
(with some exceptions), when many things could just include references to
the national bylaws / articles of association (which is how the 1 page
bylaws came about, I believe.)
Lee Correll
Region III Director
lcorrell@capaccess.org
