Section 8-B901. RECOGNITION

 

901.1Upon final adoption of these rules and the determination by the Committee on Development and Alumni Affairs that the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the University of the District of Columbia National Alumni Society, Inc. ("UDCNAS") conform to applicable D.C. law and these rules, the Board of Trustees of the University shall officially recognize the UDCNAS exclusively as the official organ of the University's relationship with its alumni.

 

901.2Should such official recognition ever be withdrawn from the UDCNAS, or should it for any reason cease to exist, the Board will publish a notice describing how persons interested in founding a successor organization can obtain copies of these rules and specifying an address and deadline for the receipt of such applications.

 

901.3All applications received by the deadline shall be presented to the Board of Trustees' Committee on Development and Alumni Affairs.

 

901.4The Committee shall review the submitted materials and rank the candidates for the strength of the indicators for matching the articulated criteria. The Committee shall submit its recommendations to the Board of Trustees at a regular meeting.

 

901.5The Committee's recommendation may be:

 

(a)to select one organization,

 

(b)to select one organization provided it makes certain adjustments to comply with the Board's requirements,

 

(c)to recommend the joining of two or more applicant organizations or other pooling of their skills and resources to create a combined or new organization that would meet the Board's requirements,

 

(d)to deny all the applicants and announce the reopening of the search, or

 

(e)to deny all the applicants and move instead to establish a University - owned and operated alumni association.

 

901.6The Board of Trustees vote must be sustained by two-thirds of those Trustees present and voting.

 

901.7A vote for options a, d, or e shall be final. A vote for options b or c shall result in return of the recommendation to the Committee on Development and Alumni Affairs for negotiation with the concerned candidate organization(s) for modification of their Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws. The application(s) of such organization may be reconsidered when the Committee on Development and Alumni Affairs determines that such further conditions as were imposed either have been met or will not be met.

 

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 777 (January 16, 2004).