nCuA 8?

LAWS
11 urpose 1he purpose of Lhe nCuA bylaws are Lo provlde a mechanlsm Lhrough whlch Lhe nCuA
may conducL buslness lncludlng buL noL llmlLed Lo revlslng Lhe nCuA rulebook (8ules")
12 ueflnlLlons
121 AdmlnlsLraLor An appolnLed poslLlon LhaL ensures Lhe nCuA bylaws are followed when
member Leams deslre Lo conducL buslness
122 Member 1eam A reglsLered sLudenL organlzaLlon or club sporL LhaL has played aL leasL one
nCuA game ln Lhe currenL or prevlous season and ls currenLly acLlve
123 ConLacL erson An lndlvldual appolnLed by a Member 1eam Lo serve as a condulL Lo Lhe
nCuA 1he ConLacL erson shall be so deslgnaLed ln Lhe annual Leam conLacLs Lhread on Lhe
nCuA forum
124 Cuorum 1he mlnlmum number of persons necessary Lo conducL buslness

2 ConducLlng buslness
21 MeLhods of conducLlng buslness 1he nCuA conducLs buslness Lhrough one of Lhree meLhods 1he
annual Aprll 1ournamenL capLalns' meeLlng a MonLhly Assembly or an Lmergency Assembly
211 Aprll 1ournamenL capLalns' meeLlng Member 1eams who wlsh Lo propose buslness may do
so aL Lhls meeLlng by ralslng a quesLlon or sLaLlng a poslLlon 1eams may Lhen freely dlscuss
Lhe maLLer AfLer a sufflclenL Llme for dlscusslon has passed as deLermlned by Lhe
AdmlnlsLraLor Lhe Member 1eams shall voLe on Lhe maLLer
2111 SufflclenL voLes a ma[orlLy voLe of Member 1eams presenL shall pass a glven maLLer
212 MonLhly Assembly 1he MonLhly Assembly ls an opporLunlLy for Member 1eams Lo conducL
buslness aL predeLermlned Llmes Lhrough Lhe nCuA forums
2121 roposal of buslness 8eLween Lhe 1
sL
and 7
Lh
of Lhe monLh any Member 1eam Lhrough Lhelr
ConLacL erson may ralse a maLLer for dlscusslon or a voLe by posLlng a Lhread ln Lhe
approprlaLe subforum 1he Lhread ralslng Lhls lssue shall have Lhe LlLle of MCn1PL?
ASSLM8L? (lnserL lssue here)" 1he posL shall conLaln a brlef explanaLlon of Lhe lssue and Lhe
Member 1eam's poslLlon
2122 AmendmenL of roposal 1he ConLacL erson may amend Lhe proposal any Llme beLween Lhe
1
sL
and 7
Lh
of Lhe monLh 1he AdmlnlsLraLor may amend Lhe proposal aL any Llme buL only Lo
clarlfy language remove lnflammaLory sLaLemenLs eLc
2123 ulscusslon of roposal layers and alumnl may freely dlscuss Lhe proposal LhroughouL Lhe
monLh
2124 voLe on roposal Cn Lhe 13
Lh
of Lhe monLh Lhe AdmlnlsLraLor shall noLlfy all ConLacL ersons
of Lhe pendlng voLe vla emall resLaLlng Lhe proposal and Lhe Llme frame for respondlng
2123 MeLhod of voLe A Member School may only voLe Lhrough Lhelr ConLacL erson
2126 Changlng of voLe A member School Lhrough Lhelr ConLacL erson may change Lhelr voLe aL
any Llme durlng Lhe perlod for voLlng
2127 erlod for voLlng 1he perlod for voLlng shall be Lhe remalnder of Lhe monLh voLes casL on
Lhe flrsL day of Lhe followlng monLh are lnvalld and have no effecL
2128 8elease of resulLs Cn Lhe flrsL day of Lhe followlng monLh Lhe AdmlnlsLraLor shall release
Lhe resulLs of Lhe voLe lncludlng all lndlvldual voLes and sLaLe Lhe resulL
2129 Cuorum for MonLhly Assembly An absoluLe ma[orlLy of member Leams musL respond for Lhe
voLe Lo have valldlLy A slmple ma[orlLy of voLes casL wlll carry Lhe lssue
21210 lnsLanL runoff lf an lssue allows for mulLlple cholces voLlng shall be done ln an lnsLanL
runoff formaL
21211 Aprll 1ournamenL Lhe Aprll 1ournamenL shall consLlLuLe Lhe MonLhly Assembly for
Aprll
213 Lmergency Assembly A Member 1eam Lhrough Lhelr ConLacL erson may propose
lmmedlaLe conslderaLlon of an lssue by proposlng an Lmergency Assembly on Lhe nCuA
forum
2131 roposal of emergency buslness A proposal for an Lmergency Assembly ls made aL any Llme
by maklng a Lhread LlLled LML8CLnC? ASSLM8L? (shorL descrlpLlon of lssue)" ln Lhe
approprlaLe subforum 1he posL shall conLaln a brlef explanaLlon of Lhe lssue and Lhe Member
1eam's poslLlon
2132 lormaL of poslLlon A proposal for Lmergency Assembly shall conLaln Lwo separaLe quesLlons
1he flrsL quesLlon shall always be Shall an Lmergency Assembly be convened?" 1he second
quesLlon shall dlrecLly relaLe Lo Lhe lssue
2133 voLlng on Lmergency Assembly voLes on emergency assembly shall be posLed ln Lhe Lhread
ln Lhe followlng formaL As Lo assembly (Leam) voLes (yes/no) As Lo lssue (Leam) voLes
(declslon)"
2134 erlod for voLlng Member 1eams Lhrough Lhelr ConLacL eople shall voLe ln Lhe seven days
followlng Lhe proposal noL lncludlng Lhe daLe of Lhe proposal (eg lf a Leam proposes an
Lmergency Assembly on Lhe 1
sL
of Lhe monLh Leams may voLe beLween Lhe 2
nd
and 8
Lh
of Lhe
monLh voLes casL on Lhe 9
Lh
of Lhe monLh or laLer wlll be lnvalld)
2133 Cuorum for Lmergency Assembly A proposal for Lmergency Assembly musL carry a 2/3
ma[orlLy of all Member 1eams Lo Lake effecL Pavlng Laken effecL a ma[orlLy of balloLs casL
wlll pass Lhe lssue
2136 Mlsc Aslde from Lhe provlslons llsLed above Lmergency Assemblles shall behave ln Lhe
same way as MonLhly Assemblles

3 AppolnLmenL of AdmlnlsLraLor
31 1lmlng An AdmlnlsLraLor shall be appolnLed durlng Lhe Aprll 1ournamenL CapLalns' meeLlng
32 uuraLlon of Lerm An AdmlnlsLraLor shall serve from daLe of appolnLmenL Lo Lhe concluslon of Lhe
followlng year's Aprll 1ournamenL
33 8eappolnLmenL An AdmlnlsLraLor may be appolnLed mulLlple Llmes
34 Alumnl nCuA alumnl may serve as admlnlsLraLor
33 LlmlLaLlons An AdmlnlsLraLor may noL propose new buslness An AdmlnlsLraLor may noL serve as
Lhe ConLacL erson for Lhelr Member 1eam 1he Member 1eam musL appolnL a dlfferenL lndlvldual
Lo serve as Lhelr ConLacL erson
36 8eslgnaLlon of AdmlnlsLraLor ln Lhe evenL Lhe AdmlnlsLraLor ls no longer able Lo serve ln Lhelr role
Lhe Member 1eams shall appolnL a new AdmlnlsLraLor ln a manner Lhey shall provlde

4 LffecL of voLes
41 lmmedlaLe effecL voLes LhaL pass an lssue shall have lmmedlaLe effecL unless oLherwlse sLaLed by
Lhe bylaws or by Lhe proposal Lerms
42 Aprll 1ournamenL voLes LhaL pass an lssue aL Lhe Aprll 1ournamenL CapLalns' meeLlng shall Lake
effecL upon Lhe concluslon of Lhe Aprll 1ournamenL
43 SameWeek Came voLes LhaL pass an lssue on Lhe same week as an nCuA game or games shall
affecL Lhose games only wlLh Lhe consenL of Lhe parLlclpaLlng schools Lg lf a voLe passes a rule
change on Monday and a game ls scheduled for SaLurday Lhe new rule wlll only Lake effecL upon
Lhe consenL of boLh Leams playlng Lhe game