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2. Any Council member who arrives after the roll shall be marked late. Any member Present: 10points
who leaves before adjournment shall be marked as having done so and considered Excused Late: 7 points since you missed a part of the GA but you asked permission.
in the same way as one who has arrived late. Council members who leave before Late: 5 points since you missed a part of the GA but you didn’t ask permission
adjournment, but after the set schedule for the session shall be automatically
Excused Absent: 3 since you missed the whole GA but you asked permission
excused. Four unexcused cases of tardiness shall be counted as one unexcused
absence. Council members who arrive late must inform the Secretary of their excuse Absent: 0 Points since you missed the whole GA but you didn’t ask permission
before, during or immediately after the session, for consideration by the same.
3. Three consecutive absences from regular Council sessions without valid excuses
shall merit a warning from the Secretary. Four consecutive unexcused absences REQUIRED EVENT ATTENDANCE: Point Equivalent
from regular Council sessions shall mean automatic dropping of the Council
member from the roll of the Council. He shall cease to be a member of the Council Present 10 points Excused Absent: 5 points Absent: 0 points
and shall be informed by the Secretary of the fact. Failure to attend at least 60% of *There are no points allotted for late/excused late given that there is no basis for
the regular sessions per semester shall automatically subject the concerned anyone to be considered late since required events don’t have a common time-start and
Council member to deliberations by the body which shall decide upon whether or time-end that is required since all that is necessary is that we drop by, anytime during the
not to sanction the person, and what sanction shall be imposed, if in case it was
event, to help, thus, there is no measure for tardiness.
decided that a sanction is to be imposed. The sanctions shall be based on the
provisions of the University Student Council Constitution.
Note: Considered Excuses as provided by Rule XI, Section 7 of the House Rules are:
4. An activity may be declared as a mandatory USC activity by a majority vote of the
members present during session. It shall be considered as a regular Council session
under the preceding section. “Valid excuses are: health reasons, important and mandatory family occasions, greater need
in case of conflicting schedules with activities in line with Council duties, and fortuitous
5. The Secretary shall inform the dropped Council member of his status and the reason
therefore. The Secretary shall include in the notice, a statement that if the Council events.”
member wishes to return, he should explain and justify his side on the General
Assembly following the receipt of the notice. The dropped Council member shall be
reinstated if he receives an affirmative vote from 2/3 of the Council members. SAMPLE COMPUTATION