CONSTITUTION

A. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Article I: Name

The name of the Association shall be the Minnesota College and University Career Services Association (MCUCSA).

Article II: Purpose

The purpose of MCUCSA shall be to enhance and promote the concept of career planning and employment services as an integral part of the educational process and to undertake activities designed to assist students and employers to meet their employment needs. These activities shall include, but not limited to:

• fostering cooperation among career officials in the four-year colleges and universities in Minnesota
   

• encouraging research on topics relative to career choice, recruitment and career development of individuals interested in professional positions, supply and demand studies, and other matters relevant to career planning and employment services.
   

• developing and sharing of information regarding the operation of career services offices in institutions preparing personnel for professional positions.
   

• encouraging the use of career services offices by employing officials and candidates
   

• promoting high professional standards among persons and associations engaged in career planning, and recruitment.
   

• promoting efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and professionalism of career planning and employment services in the four-year institutions.

Article III: Membership

Section 1. The privilege of membership in MCUCSA shall be extended to career service professionals from all four-year baccalaureate degree granting institutions in Minnesota.

Section 2. For conducting the business of the Association each collegiate unit, as represented by an individual career services office, shall have one vote.

Section 3. MCUCSA is committed to promoting equal education and employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, creed, sex, age, religion, marital status, national origin or status with regard to public assistance or physical disability or any other group or class against which discrimination is prohibited by state or federal law.

Article IV: Officers

Section 1. The officers shall be a president, a president-elect, a secretary, and a treasurer.

Section 2. The president and president-elect are elected for a one-year term. The secretary, treasurer, and two directors-at-large shall be elected for a two-year term by a vote of the collegiate units at the Annual Meeting and shall hold office until their successors have been elected. The president-elect automatically assumes the presidency for a one-year term, one year following election as president-elect.

Section 3. In case the office of president becomes vacant, the president-elect shall assume that office for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Section 4. In the absence of the president, those duties shall be performed by the president-elect.

Section 5. When an office, other than president, is left vacant for any cause, the president, with the approval of the Executive Board, shall make the appointment to fill that office until the next Annual Meeting.

Section 6. The nominating committee is responsible for ensuring that all education systems are represented on the Executive Board.

Article V: Executive Board

Section 1. The officers named above with the immediate past president, directors-at-large elected from the membership, and an archivist appointed by the Executive Board shall constitute the membership of the Executive Board. The archivist shall be a non-voting member of the Board.

Section 2. The directors-at-large shall be elected for a two-year term in the same manner and at the same time as other elections are held at the Annual Meeting of the Association.

Section 3. The president of MCUCSA shall chair the Executive Board.

Section 4. A majority of voting members of the Executive Board shall constitute a quorum for the conducting of the business of the Association.

Section 5. The Executive Board shall be responsible for transacting the business of MCUCSA not reserved to the general membership under the Constitution.

Article VI: Meetings

Section 1. There shall be an Annual Meeting during May or June, a fall meeting, and such other meetings as may be determined by the Executive Board.

Section 2. A business meeting shall be held during the Annual Meeting and at such other times as determined by the Executive Board.

Article VII:  Amendments

Section 1. Proposed amendments to this Constitution shall be presented in writing to the Executive Board at least thirty days prior to an Executive Board meeting.

Section 2. The Executive Board shall provide for the discussion of the proposed amendments at the Annual Meeting.

Section 3. Proposed amendments shall be acted upon at the Annual Meeting on the basis of one vote per collegiate unit. If a majority of the eligible collegiate units vote in favor of an amendment, a referendum shall be sent to each collegiate unit within thirty days following the Annual Meeting.

Section 4. Ratification of an amendment shall require an affirmative majority of two-thirds of the votes of eligible collegiate units received within the thirty days after mailing the ballots. Failure to vote within the thirty days after referral of a proposed amendment shall constitute a negative vote. Once ratified, an amendment becomes effective immediately.