SECTION V EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Article 1: Composition
- Chairperson
- Internal Vice-Chairperson
- External Vice-Chairperson
- General Secretary
- Financial Secretary
- Academic Secretary
- Publications and Publicity Secretary
- Welfare Secretary
- Sports Secretary
- Past Representative
- Year I Representative
- Year II Representative
- Year III Representative
- Postgraduates Representative
Article 2: Power
- The Executive Committee shall have the power to appoint sub-committees for any specific purpose.
- The Executive Committee shall have the power to invite any person to attend any meeting of any function of the Society.
Article 3: Duties
- Chairperson
- The Chairperson shall preside over all meetings of the Society at which he is present.
- The Chairperson shall be the chief executive of the Society and of the Executive Committee.
- Internal Vice-Chairperson
The Internal Vice-Chairperson shall assist the Chairperson in all his duties pertaining to internal affairs. He shall be the Acting Chairperson of an Executive Committee in the absence of the Chairperson.
- External Vice-Chairperson
The External Vice-Chairperson shall assist the Chairperson in all his duties pertaining to external affairs.
- General Secretary
- The General Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence and record the minutes of all meetings.
- The General Secretary shall be responsible for the keeping of all past and present records of the Society.
- Financial Secretary
The Financial Secretary shall keep an account of all income and expenditure of the Society, draft the budget, prepare the Annual Financial Report after being audited by the Honorary Auditor and shall be generally responsible for all financial matters of the Society.
The Academic Secretary shall be responsible for all the academic activities of the Society.
- Publications and Publicity Secretary
The Publications and Publicity Secretary shall be responsible for all publications and publicizing activities of the Society.
The Welfare Secretary shall be responsible for all matters relating to the student welfare of the Society.
The Sports Secretary shall be responsible for promoting all sports activities and organizing teams.
The Past Representative shall advise and assist the current Executive Committee in order to ensure continuity in the affairs of the Executive Committee.
The Year I Representative shall represent Year I students of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, to give advice and suggestions to the Society and communicate between the Society and Year I students of Department of Physics, Faculty of Science.
The Year II Representative shall represent Year II students of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, to give advice and suggestions to the Society and communicate between the Society and Year II students of Department of Physics, Faculty of Science.
The Year III Representative shall represent Year III students of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, to give advice and suggestions to the Society and communicate between the Society and Year III students of Department of Physics, Faculty of Science.
- Postgraduates Representative
The Postgraduates Representative shall represent postgraduates of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, to give advice and suggestions to the Society and communicate between the Society and postgraduates of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science.
Article 4: Meetings
- Executive Committee Meetings shall be convened at least once every academic term.
- All Executive Committee Meetings and Emergency Executive Committee Meetings shall be convened by the Chairperson, or at the request of any member of the Executive Committee seconded by two other Executive Committee members.
- At all Executive Committee Meetings, a simple majority of the Executive Committee members shall form a quorum.
- No less than seven clear days' notice shall be given for an Executive Committee Meeting.
- No less than one clear day?s notice shall be given for an Emergency Executive Committee Meeting.
- The Chairperson and the General Secretary of the Executive Committee shall be the Chairperson and the Secretary of all Executive Committee Meetings.
- All Executive Committee Meetings shall have the function to pass resolutions concerning the Society.
- Each Executive Committee member shall be represented by one vote.
- The decision of the Executive Committee Meetings shall be based on simple majority vote except otherwise stated.
- Voting rights are not transferable and hence cannot be executed by other Executive Committee members.
- Whenever two or more matters get the most votes, a second polling among these two or more matters shall be held. If they still get the same vote, the Chairperson shall have a casting vote.
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