Removing Inactive Members
The Board of Directors of the Consortium will proactively encourage the participation of member organizations in Consortium activities. The Program Office shall regularly monitor the participation of members and actively encourage participation of members and actively encourage participation by all members with particular attention to those that are marginally active.
Procedure
- Six weeks prior to the annual meeting of the Consortium, the Director shall compile a list of members who do not meet the requirements for continuation of membership.
- The Chair of the Board of Directors shall contact the institutional representative and the chief administrator of each such member, in writing. They shall be notified that their organization has not met the requirements for continuation of membership and that their organization is subject to being removed from membership in the Consortium at the next meeting of the Board of Directors.
- After notification, each organization shall be given an opportunity at the next meeting of the Board of Directors to show cause why they should not be removed from membership in the Consortium.
- The Board of Directors shall consider any evidence presented and shall determine whether or not a member shall be continued as a member of the Consortium. Members that fail to respond will automatically be removed form membership in the Consortium. Other members may be removed from membership in the Consortium if it is believed to be in the best interests of the Consortium.
Restoration of Membership
Membership decisions of the Board may not be appealed. Members who have been removed from membership in the Consortium may re-apply sixty days before any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors.