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THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER��

RETIRED FACULTY ASSOCIATION��

UCBRFA aka CURFA at Boulder��

PREAMBLE��

These Bylaws for the ��ɫ��Ƶ (UCB) Retired Faculty Association provide organizational structure and procedures for an association that serves an important role at the UCB.��

The mission of the ��ɫ��Ƶ Retired Faculty Association (UCBRFA) is to celebrate UCB’s retired faculty for their years of service and countless contributions to the ��ɫ��Ƶ; to provide a forum for expressing the needs, interests, and preferences of UCB’s retired faculty members; to allow UCB’s retired faculty to enhance the intellectual and social life of the campus and community by contributing their expertise and experience to programs and activities; to strengthen the relationship of UCB’s retired faculty members with their campus friends and colleagues, with UCB itself, and with the whole of the University of Colorado; to allow UCB retired faculty to support the mission of UCB and the University; and to participate in shaping the future of UCB and the University.��

To accomplish its mission, a vibrant and active UCBRFA must be acknowledged and supported by UCB campus leadership. Through its affiliation with the UCB Office of Faculty Affairs and its regular reports to the Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs, the UCBRFA will maintain an informed and effective association with the UCB administrative leadership. The annual budgetary support provided by the provost and supplemented as needed by the Office of Faculty Affairs, will provide for technical and administrative support of UCBRFA programs, communications, and operations.��

Article I. Organization Name��

The name of this organization shall be the ��ɫ��Ƶ Retired Faculty Association (“UCBRFA”).��

Article II. Purposes��

The purposes of the association are:��

A. to provide faculty retirees with opportunities to retain active connections with each other and with the Boulder campus;��

B. to allow retired faculty members an opportunity to contribute to the Boulder campus and to support its mission; and��

C. to provide an efficient means for the Boulder campus to communicate with and understand the needs and preferences of its retired faculty.��

D. to share with retirees the news of noteworthy achievements by faculty.��

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E: To provide a conduit of support from UCB resources to retired faculty that enables retirees to continue to engage in their scholarly activities, including education and research activities, for those retirees who choose to ��

do so.��

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Article III: Membership��

A. Full Active Membership in the UCBRFA is open to all UC retired faculty members. The term "faculty" shall include professors and instructors of any rank as well those with adjoint, attendant, and research/teaching appointments. Those retirees who attend at least one program organized by the UCBRFA are identified as Full Active Members.����

B. Associate Membership in the UCBRFA is open for those who are not retired faculty members but who support the purposes of the association. Associate Membership is available to non-faculty UCB retirees, UCB staffers, retirees of other colleges and universities, and community members with an interest in engaging and interacting with programs and services at UCB. Associate member benefits include participation in all association programs and functions, receipt of selected association communications, and service on committees.����

C. Full Active Members and those Associate Members approved by the EC may hold office and become members of the executive committee.��

D. The UCBFRA may assess annual dues at a level set by the Executive Committee. Active and associate members must be current with their annual dues payments to receive the benefits of membership.����

Article IV: Governance��

A. Officers��

1. The officers of the association shall be a chair, an associate chair, and a secretary-treasurer. The chair of the association shall be the chair of the Executive Committee. The term of office for officers shall be two years. Officers may be reelected to their positions for subsequent terms. An officer may serve as the UCBRFA representative to the Boulder Faculty Assembly, with approval of the Executive Committee. Officers shall not receive compensation for their service.������

2. The duties of the officers are as follows:��

a. Chair. The duties of the chair include guiding the association, regular consulting with the EC; organizing programs of the association; presiding over Executive Committee and general membership meetings; representing the association to the UCB administration and other entities, and reporting to the Executive Committee and membership on such representations; establishing and appointing members to committees and appointing representatives to other entities, in consultation with the Executive Committee; ensuring the decisions of the Executive Committee are properly executed; serving as ex officio member of all committees, without vote; and performing other duties usually assigned to the presiding officer in similar organizations.��

b. Associate chair. The duties of the associate chair include advising the chair, serving as liaison to all committees to ensure efficiency and coordination of programming and activities; organizing programs of the association; coordinating accurate membership lists and other lists with the appropriate UCB office; maintaining an up-to-date list of standing and ad hoc committees, with membership and committees charges detailed; maintaining an up-to-date version of the bylaws and serving as liaison to the association committee charged with bylaws review; assisting the chair in the performance of their duties; performing the duties of the chair in case of the chair’s absence or incapacity; carrying out other duties as assigned by the chair.��

c. Secretary-Treasurer. The duties of the secretary-treasurer include ensuring that minutes are kept at all Executive Committee and general membership meetings and distributed in a timely manner; providing for notices of meetings and other matters to the Executive Committee and general membership; providing for completion and maintenance of official forms and reports; overseeing the administration of association elections; managing all funds and financial transactions of the association; maintaining accurate records; ��preparing annual financial statements and reports, and participating in negotiations of the budget of the association. This position may be shared by two individuals.����

3. The term of office for all officers begins on July 1, to coincide with the first day of the new UCB fiscal year (or earlier, if warranted by special circumstances).��

B. Executive Committee��

1. The Executive Committee (EC) shall collaborate with the chair in establishing the goals and activities of the association and share with the chair the responsibilities of establishing and managing and organizing the various programs of the association.����

2. The EC shall comprise the three (or four) association officers and no fewer than four (4) at-large members elected by the full active membership. At-large members of the EC may be reelected for subsequent terms. The immediate past association chair may serve as an executive committee member until a new chair is elected. The members of the EC shall not receive compensation for their service.������

3. The EC shall have regularly scheduled meetings during the UCB academic year. A majority of the members of the EC constitute a quorum for voting and for the conduct of other business.��

4. A vacancy on the EC shall be filled by a vote of the remaining members of the committee. A nomination to fill an EC vacancy may be made by any member of the EC. The person filling the vacancy shall serve for the balance of the term. In the event there is a permanent vacancy in the position of chair, the associate chair shall assume the office of chair for the remainder of the term and a new associate chair shall be selected by the EC.��

c. If the chair is renominated and reelected as chair, the associate chair may remain in their office for an additional year.��

4. The secretary-treasurer shall communicate the slate of candidates to the association membership at least two (2) weeks in advance of the annual meeting.����

5. The chair shall accept nominations from the floor for any position during the annual general membership meeting.��

B. Elections��

1. Elections shall be held for association officers and at-large members of the Executive Committee at two-year intervals or earlier if determined by the EC.��

a. All elections for officers and at-large members of the EC shall be conducted electronically by secret ballot immediately following the annual meeting.��

b. Election procedures will be communicated to the membership by the secretary-treasurer.��

c. Vote totals will be verified by the Nominating Committee. A simple majority of votes cast is needed for election. Results shall be announced by the secretary-treasurer in a timely manner.��

2. For all other matters where voting is conducted by the general membership, whether at the annual meeting or a special meeting, balloting may be conducted by a show of hands, by paper ballot, or by electronic ballot, at the determination of the EC. A simple majority of votes cast is needed for a matter to pass. The secretary-treasurer shall oversee counting and announce the results.��

Article VII: Bylaws Amendments��

A. These bylaws may be amended at the annual meeting of the general membership or at a special meeting called for the purpose of amending the bylaws.��

B. Amendments may be proposed by the Executive Committee or by petition submitted to the secretary-treasurer and signed by at least five percent (5%) of full active members in good standing.��

C. Those proposing a bylaws amendment are responsible for submitting both the proposed amending language and a rationale for the amendment.��

D. The secretary-treasurer shall send notice of proposed bylaws amendments to the general membership at least 30 days in advance of the annual meeting or special meeting at which the vote will be taken. Notice shall include the proposed amending language and the rationale for the amendment as submitted by those proposing the amendment.��

E. A two-thirds (2/3rd) vote of full active members present at the meeting and in good standing is required to amend the bylaws. Voting will be done by a show of hands, by paper ballot, or by electronic ballot, at the determination of the EC.��

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These Bylaws become effective when approved by the current standing Executive Committee.��

Approved by vote of the Executive Committee, 14 March 2025: Guy Stringfellow, Robert Grossman, James Allerman, Stein Sture, Leland Giovannelli, J. McKim Malville, Margot Crowe.��