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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

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Institutional Statute of Stellenbosch University, 2019

Chapter 2 : Governance

Faculty Boards

25. Meetings

 

(1) A meeting of a faculty board must be held before every ordinary meeting of the Senate.

 

(2) The dean:
(a) may call an extraordinary meeting at any time, and
(b) must do so at the written request of one quarter or more of the members of the faculty board.

 

(3) The purpose of an extraordinary meeting must be stated clearly and no other business may be conducted at the meeting.

 

(4) The dean presides at a meeting of the faculty board.

 

(5) If the dean is absent, the deputy dean, or if there are more than one deputy dean, one of them nominated by the dean, presides at the meeting.

 

(6) If the dean and the deputy dean or all deputy deans are absent, the secretary must request the members present to elect a chairperson for that meeting from their ranks by a show of hands.

 

(7) The quorum for a meeting of a faculty board is one third of the members.

 

(8) If for any reason there is no quorum within half an hour after the scheduled time for the meeting, the chairperson for that meeting must postpone it to a time, or a time and date not more than five working days later, at which meeting the members present form a quorum.

 

(9) A faculty board must take a decision by a majority of votes of members present and voting, each member having one vote. In the event of an equality of votes, the chairperson may exercise a casting vote, except in an election, where the procedure in clause 12(3) applies, until a candidate, or the prescribed number of candidates, receive a majority of votes.

 

(10) A faculty board must determine the procedures for its meetings in accordance with the rules.

 

(11) The chairperson may invite any person to attend a meeting of the faculty board, but such a person may not vote on any matter.