Proposal Procedures and Proposal Updates

1. Suggestion or request is made to a Council Representative, or is initiated by a Council Representative.

2. Representative presents suggestion or request to the Chairperson or Executive Committee.

3. Either the Chair or Chair designate refers it to the appropriate standing committee for development, or the Executive Committee appoints an ad hoc committee to develop it.

4. The Committee votes to develop or reject the suggestion or request with an appropriate response prepared for the Chair's signature, to the originating employee.

5. If Committee develops the suggestion, once completed, it is submitted to the Council Secretary to be identified numerically as a SAC proposal.

6. The Secretary submits the numbered proposal to the Chair.

7. The Chair reviews the proposal and issues copies to all Council Representatives for review.

8. Proposals are formally presented to the Council as new or old business. The Chair opens the floor to discussion. When discussion is completed, a vote by toll is called.

9. If the proposal is not passed by the Council, it is filed in a disapproved file. A copy is also sent to the standing committee for preparation of an appropriate response, prepared for the Chair's signature, to the originating employee.

10. If the proposal is passed by the Council, the Chair presents it to the President. A copy is also sent to the standing or ad hoc committee for preparation of an appropriate response, prepared for the Chair's signature, to the originating employee.

11. The Chair monitors these proposals through meetings with the President or his designate. The Chair presents periodic reports to the Council regarding the status of these proposals.