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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of Stellenbosch University, 2019Chapter 4 : The Convocation50. Meetings |
| (1) | Subject to clause 49, meetings of the Convocation take place in accordance with this clause. |
| (2) | The president or, in the absence of the president, the vice-president, must call an annual meeting of the Convocation. |
| (3) | The president must call an extraordinary meeting at the written request of 100 or more members of the Convocation. |
| (4) | The purpose of an extraordinary meeting must be stated clearly and no other business may be conducted at the meeting. |
| (5) | The secretary must give reasonable notice of a meeting, and the notice must include the agenda, in accordance with the procedures determined by the rules. |
| (6) | The president or, in the absence of the president, the deputy president, presides at a meeting of the Convocation. If both are absent, the secretary must request the members present to elect a chairperson for that meeting from their ranks. |
| (7) | The quorum for a meeting of the Convocation is 250 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 and date not more than 14 days later, at which meeting the members present form a quorum. |
| (9) | The Convocation must take a decision by a majority of votes of members present or participating, each member having one vote. In the event of an equality of votes, the chairperson may exercise a casting vote. |
| (10) | The Convocation must determine the procedures for its meetings in accordance with the rules. |
| (11) | The secretary must submit the record of a meeting to the registrar. |
| (12) | The registrar must submit advice received from the Convocation in terms of clause 48(1) to the Council, and the Senate when applicable. |
