Meetings

Section 1. Regular Meetings Regular meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held monthly unless canceled by direction of the Board of Trustees or the chair of the Board of Trustees. At the May meeting of each year, a schedule of regular meetings shall be adopted for the ensuing fiscal year and filed with the Washington State Code Reviser by the President’s Office for inclusion in the Washington State Register. Matters normally coming to the Board of Trustees in the form of a motion regarding policy change or definition, and those other matters requiring Board consensus or vote, will usually come before the Board of Trustees initially as a first reading. Discussion may follow the first reading and, at a subsequent or following meeting, the topic will be voted upon accordingly. All matters to be placed upon the written agenda shall be transmitted to the secretary of the Board.

Section 2. Special Meetings The chair of the Board or any three members therefore, may call special meetings of the Board of Trustees at any time by requesting the secretary to give at least twenty-four hours notice. The agenda and its order may be different than the order of business provided for regular meetings. Any matter relating to the college may be considered at any meetings, with the exception that the Board cannot take action on any item not included on the agenda of a special meeting.

Section 3. Public Meetings  Meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be open to the public except in executive session. Action may be considered and proposed in executive sessions, but official action shall be taken only during a public meeting.

Section 4. Quorum Three trustees shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Trustees for the transaction of business at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Section 5. Rules of Procedure Except as otherwise specified here, the proceedings of the Board of Trustees shall be governed by the rules prescribed in Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised.

Section 7. Agendum  At least seven days prior to each regular meeting, the secretary shall distribute to each member of the Board of Trustees, an agendum setting forth all substantive matters, which are to be considered at the meeting. As to those matters which are the subject of consideration and recommendation after the distribution of said agendum, a detailed report shall be made to the Board of Trustees at its meeting.

Section 8. Minutes Minutes of each meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be part of the distribution of the agendum for the next meeting.

Section 9. Communications Communications for presentation to the Board of Trustees shall be in writing and shall be presented by the president at the next regular meeting following their receipt.

Section 10. Presentations to the Board of Trustees Any interested individual or organization, upon written request to and receipt by the secretary’s office at least two weeks in advance of the next scheduled board meeting, may request that any relevant matter concerning the college, be placed on the board meeting agenda. The chair may, however, waive this two-week notification procedure if sufficient emergency exists. Individuals or organizations in making their request for additions to the Board meeting agenda, shall use the following format:

 

A. Title of the items to be considered;

B. A brief descriptive background which includes relevant facts and documentary evidence, including written materials, personal interviews, expert testimony or matters of record;

C. Identification of the requesting party, including relevant organizational affiliations and job titles.

 It shall be the prerogative of the Board not to take any action on matters that come before the Board by such presentations. In case of all presentations to the Board on behalf of organizations, special interest groups, and other multimember bodies, testimony shall normally be limited to one individual representative. In the case of all presentations, the Board reserves the right, without notice, to limit the length of any particular presentation or to reschedule presentations when, in its judgment, the demands of public business before the Board necessitate making such limitations.