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- 12 -SECTION IV UNIVgRSIlY ARCHIVE^ A. U. C. LIBRARY Membership, Organization and Functions of the University Councfl^-* A. Membership: 1. There shall be a University Council which shall consist of: a) The President of the University, who shall be Chairman (ex-officio). b) The Vice-President of the University, who shall be Vice-Chairman (ex-officio). c) The Dean of the Faculties (ex-officio)« d) The Chairman of the Faculty (ex-officio). e) Members of the academic staff who hold the rank of Professor. f) Not more than five representatives elected annually by the Academic Board. g) Not more than ten additional members from outside the University may be invited by the Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the President, to serve upon the University Council. Such members shall be eligible for reappointment. B. Organization: 1. The University Council shall appoint annually a secretary from among those of its members who are full-time staff of the University. 2. The University Council shall hold no fewer than four ordinary meetings in the course of each academic year. 3. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Council, under the Chairman. The Executive Committee shall be responsible for the scheduling of meetings for which sufficient prior notice shall be given, and for the preparation of the agenda, memoranda and reports to be submitted to the next plenary session of the Council. It shall be empowered to act on behalf of the Council in matters of urgency not admitting delay. Such an action shall be reported to the Council at its next plenary session. 4. The University Council may appoint such committees as it deems necessary, consisting in part, or wholly, of its own members. 5. In those instances in which the University Council and/or its Executive Committee becomes involved in administrative or basic policy matters, the concurrence of the President of the University shall be necessary to every act unless, after his non-concurrence, the act or resolution is again passed by a vote of two-thirds of the entire body in the same or the next succeeding meeting thereof; in which case final decision shall be referred to the Board of Trustees by the President. (See Article IV, paragraph 3, of the By-Laws of the Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo March, 196Q7T ... /. 1