Presidents Council

Presidents Council

Presidents Council

Terms of Reference

There shall be a Presidents Council composed of:

  • the Society’s President;
  • the Presidents of the Society’s Constituencies;
  • the Presidents of the student associations at the Affiliated Institutions;
  • the Society’s Vice-President Administration, who shall be non-voting; and
  • the President of the Graduate Student Society;
  • the staff member in the Society President’s office responsible for Constituency Relations and Projects, who shall be non-voting.

The Council shall be chaired by the Society’s President.

The Council shall designate one of its members to be Vice-Chair

The Presidents Council shall:

  • facilitate cooperation between the Constituencies and between the Constituencies and the central AMS (for the purposes of this Article the term Constituencies shall include the student associations at the Affiliated Institutions);
  • be the forum in which the Constituencies may update each other and the central AMS on activities, events, and issues within the Constituencies, including but not limited to departmental clubs, negotiations and advocacy within the University, and potential Constituency referendum campaigns;
  • be the forum through which the Executive Committee may communicate with the Constituencies;
  • advise on yearly Constituency executive orientation;
  • oversee and suggest edits to the Constituency Orientation Guide;
  • have the power to pass a Resolution advising any body within the Society, and that body shall be required to respond to the advice given;
  • have the power to pass a Resolution to put questions to any body within the Society, and that body shall be required to respond to the questions asked;
  • have the power to make recommendations to AMS Council on any issue related to AMS-Constituency relations, including but not limited to Society and Constituency events, Society and Constituency communications, media protocols, websites and social media, publications, orientations, budgets and financing, Constituency accounts, contracts, and Constituency operations;

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