Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of Stellenbosch University, 2019Chapter 2 : GovernanceCouncil13. Meetings |
| (1) | The Council must hold at least two ordinary meetings in each semester. |
| (2) | The chairperson: |
| (a) | may call an extraordinary meeting at any time; and |
| (b) | must call an extraordinary meeting at the written request of six or more members of the Council. |
| (3) | The purpose of an extraordinary meeting must be stated clearly in the notice of the meeting and no other business may be conducted at the meeting. |
| (4) | The registrar must give reasonable notice of every meeting to the members of the Council. |
| (5) | The chairperson or, in the absence of the chairperson, the deputy chairperson, presides at a meeting of the Council. If both are absent, the secretary must request the members present to elect from among the members referred to in clause 6(h), (i), (j), (k), (l) and (m) a chairperson for that meeting by a show of hands. |
| (6) | The quorum for a meeting of the Council is one half plus one of the members. |
| (7) | 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, or a time and date, not more than 14 days later, at which meeting the members present form a quorum. |
| (8) | The Council must take a decision by a majority of votes of members present, each member having one vote. In the event of an equality of votes, the chairperson may exercise a casting vote, except in an election, where the procedure in clause 12(3) applies, until a candidate, or the prescribed number of candidates, receive a majority of votes. |
| (9) | The Council must determine the procedures for its meetings and the meetings of its committees in accordance with the rules. |
| (10) | The chairperson may invite any person to attend a meeting of the Council, but such a person may not vote on any matter. |