WHAT IS ASA?

	ASA (Accounting Students Association) is a student organization that encourages and supports accounting students by strengthening interactions and communication among faculty, students, and business professionals.
	Meetings/events are usually held the first Thursday of every month and the third Monday of every month.  Two socials are held a semester.
	To contact the ASA, email soasa@uwgb.edu
	2010-2011 ASA officers and their contact information are as follows:

            President:    Sarah Vanslambrouck - vanssa29@uwgb.edu

            Vice President:    Tori White - whittm26@uwgb.edu

            Secretary:    Julie Wojta - wojtjn09@uwgb.edu

            Treasurer:   Ashley Zenefski -  zeneal13@uwgb.edu

            Advisor:    Steve Muzatko - muzatkos@uwgb.edu

	In order to become an ASA member: 1.    Log in or register on the  UW-Green Bay Org Sync website - http://uwgborgs.orgsync.com/ .  From your Org Sync homepage, select "Join an Org" and click the "Join" button next to Accounting Students Association. 2.    Pay dues of $15 for a semester or $20 for the academic year. 3.    Join us at events and socials!
	By-Laws of the Accounting Students Association

These bylaws are proposed as of June 30, 2003, as an amendment of the September 1, 2000 bylaws and will be followed, upon approval, indefinitely unless otherwise amended.

Membership

To be a member of ASA, students must pay dues:  $15 per semester of $20 per year.

To run for an office, the student must be a paid member of the organization with a major/minor in accounting and have completed intermediate accounting.  However, experience in other student organizations may be an exception to this criteria.

Elections

Nominations:

• Nominations are to be held at the first meeting of the spring semester.

• Nominations are to be taken for each of the following positions:

            President, Vice President, Secretary , Treasurer

Term of Office:

• President, Vice President, and Treasurer must hold office for one full year, for a maximum of one year.

• Secretary may hold that office for two consecutive terms if re-elected.

• Election is to occur during the spring semester.

• Newly elected officers will assume title of office at the last meeting of the year.

Voting:

• Only paid members of the ASA

• By secret ballot

• To be held at the last meeting before April 1.

Procedure:

• Nominate for the open position (at the first meeting of the spring semester or the next scheduled meeting if a special election.)

• Nominees will be allowed to submit referenced/prior experience/objectives to members before voting.

• Voting by secret ballot (at the last meeting before April 1.)

• Upon notification, newly elected officers will perform the duties of their position under the guidance of current officers.

• The necessary paperwork will be signed and filed at the last meeting of the spring semester.  Note: Newly elected officers will be responsible for the coordination of the end of the year social activity.

Special Election

A special election is an election held before the general election to fill a vacated spot of an officer before term of office is completed.

If both the President and the Vice President positions are vacated, the election will be for those two positions.  If only the President's position is vacated, the Vice President then becomes President and the election is for a new Vice President.  If the Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer vacates, then the election is for the position vacated.

Anyone elected in a special election is eligible to run in a general election.  A special election officer is not considered to have served a full term and is, therefore, eligible in general election.

              

Position Vacated, then		Election is for:
President		Vice President
Vice President		Vice President
Secretary		Secretary
Treasurer		Treasurer

Note:  Present officers are ineligible from running in a special election.                    

Duties of Officers

President:

• Presides over meetings.

• Establishing final details and commitments with speakers.

• Responsible for completing the contractual process with Student Life.

• Has power to delegate authority to a committee chairman for such things as tax services, entertainment/social activities, fund-raising, and any other club function.

• Responsible for drafting letters and announcements.

Vice President:

• Setting up business and dinner meetings.

• Has the power to call a meeting of committee chairpersons as necessary.

• Assumes President's position upon President's absence.

• Responsible for maintaining ASA Informational Binder.

• Head contact for committees.

Treasurer:

• Collect and record dues.

• Distribution of by-laws to members.

• Collection of money for club activities.

• Responsible for reconciliation of agency and SUFAC accounts.

• Responsible for transactions for agency and SUFAC accounts.

• Preparing annual budget for SUFAC with input from officers.

• Responsible for preparing financial status reports for business meetings (4 copies to officers and brief oral presentation before meeting.)

Secretary:

• Records minutes of meetings.

• Responsible for promotion of all club events.

• Responsible for compilation of membership list with names, phone numbers, and email addresses, including faculty (one copy for the ASA Informational Binder and one copy for each officer.)

• Responsible for typing all letters and announcements.

Joint Officer Decisions:

• Meeting agendas

• Selection of speakers

• Coordination of field trips, dinner meetings, and other club activities.

 

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Last updated:  September 10, 2010