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 ===== Composition ===== ===== Composition =====
  
-Composed of five members, each serving a one-year term of office. ​ Three are elected at the end of the spring semester, and serve from the start of the fall semester.  ​Two are elected at the end of the fall semester, and serve from the start of the spring semester. ​ This scheme provides continuity from semester to semester.+Composed of six members, each serving a one-year term of office. ​ Three are elected at the end of the spring semester, and serve from the start of the fall semester.  ​Three are elected at the end of the fall semester, and serve from the start of the spring semester. ​ This "​staggered term" ​scheme provides continuity from semester to semester.  Terms of the Executive Committee members begin the week prior to registration in the fall or spring semester following their election.
  
-Any person who is enrolled in a UT computer science graduate program may be nominated by an other person who is enrolled in a UT computer science graduate program.+Any person who is enrolled in a UT computer science graduate program may be nominated ​for election ​by any person who is enrolled in a UT computer science graduate program ​(including themselves).
  
 ===== Duties ===== ===== Duties =====
  
-  - Oversee the creation, operation, and dissolution of other GRACS committees. +  - Oversee the creation, operation, and dissolution of other GRACS committees.  The GRACS committees are: 
-  - Manage the GRACS budget.+    - [[:​gsa|GSA]] (formerly called COGS) Committee,​ 
 +    - [[gracs:​new_students_committee|New Students Committee]],​ 
 +    - [[gracs:​social_committee|Social Committee]],​ and 
 +    - Any special [[gracs:​project_committees|Project Committees]]
 +  - Manage the [[gracs:​finances|GRACS budget]].
   - Select three of its members to hold the offices of chair, treasurer, and secretary.   - Select three of its members to hold the offices of chair, treasurer, and secretary.
 +
 +===== GRACS Offices =====
 +
 +  * **Executive Committee Member**: Attend Executive Committee meetings; discuss and vote on Executive Committee matters.
 +  * **Executive Committee Chair**: Moderate discussion and organize meetings.
 +  * **GRACS Treasurer**:​ Manage GRACS funds as authorized by the Executive Committee. (See the [[gracs:​finances|finances]] page.)
 +  * **GRACS Secretary**:​ Publicly distribute announcements and summaries of Executive Committee meetings. (See the [[gracs:​communication|communication]] and [[gracs:​taking_minutes|taking minutes]] pages.)
 +===== Meetings and Quorum =====
 +
 +  * A regular meeting schedule should be agreed, and posted on the GRACS calendar (see [[gracs:​communication|communication]]).
 +  * The committee chair or any two members may call a special meeting.
 +  * More than half of the committee membership constitutes a quorum. ​ (Committee business can be conducted only with a quorum.)
 +
 +----
 +**//See [[gracs:​|GRACS Internal Start Page]] for more GRACS administrative topics.//**
  
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