EXPECTATIONS

EXPECTATIONS
FOR MEETINGS

• At the beginning of every meeting we review the minutes from the last meeting we had.
  • Everyone who attended the meeting should review and announce if there are any discrepancies.
• Members vote to approve the minutes or not.
  • Approve the minutes if: they are an accurate account of events from the previous meeting and they should be placed in the archive of all the past minutes.
  • Vote against approving the minutes if: you believe they are inaccurate in any way.
  • Abstain if: you were not at the previous meeting or didn’t have a chance to read the minutes (either in an email or at the current meeting).
• At each meeting, one of the Class Secretaries should initiate the minutes for their meeting in the ongoing document for the school year.
  • Minutes should always begin with attendance (who is present and who is missing), and then take notes on who says what throughout the meeting

• Each Class president will present their agendas and share any class announcements

• First the topic is discussed.
• When discussion has died down, the President will call a vote.
• Often there has been a lot of discussion and the student council still appears very split on the topic of discussion. In these cases a vote on whether or not we are ready to vote will occur.
  • In favor: you are ready to vote on the topic at hand.
  • Opposed: you want to discuss the topic more or get more information before voting.
  • You cannot abstain in a vote on whether or not to vote.

• EXAMPLES OF TOPICS FOR DEBATE:
  • Whether we should offer our support to a certain cause;
  • Whether to send a letter to the principal regarding a topic that concerns the student body;
  • Changes to the Student Council constitution, the high school handbook, or any other document that concerns the Council or the student body.

• • If the Council is not ready to vote on the topic, it can choose to Table, or postpone the discussion.
  • If we vote to proceed with the vote on the topic, you can vote in one of three ways:
    • In favor: you support the proposal.
    • Opposed: you do not support the proposal.
    • Abstain: you do not have enough information about the proposal.

• Once a decision is made, the executive assigns action steps and moves on to another topic.