Administration of the Guam Community College

(a)All powers vested in the Guam Community College, except as provided herein shall be exercised by the Guam Community College Board of Trustees. The Board shall consist of seven

(7)trustees, six

(6)of whom shall be nominated and appointed by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan with the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan. Three

(3)trustees shall be appointed to terms of three

(3)years, three

(3)trustees shall be appointed to terms of five

(5)years and the seventh

(7th)shall be an elected student member who shall serve a term of one

(1)year. Their successors shall be appointed each for a term of five

(5)years, with the exception of the student member. The student member shall be elected by a plurality vote of students of the school. The student member must be a student at the college and may be re-elected to no more than one

(1)successive one-year term The procedures for election of the student member shall be developed by the Board of Trustees. The first election for student member shall take place during the school year 1999-2000. The student member position shall not require the appointment by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan and the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan. No courtesy resignations shall be required. All vacancies occurring on the Board of Trustees, except the student member, shall be filled by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan with the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan for the unexpired term.

(b)I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan shall appoint two

(2)trustees to represent business and industry and employer organizations; the remaining four

(4)trustees shall be members of the general public. As these positions on the Board become vacant, they shall be filled in a like manner. No person may serve CH. 31 GCC ADMINISTRATION as a trustee if the trustee is a government of Guam employee or if the trustee’s service would amount to a conflict of interest.

(c)The concurrence of four

(4)members of the Board at a duly called and noticed regular or special meeting of the Board, which is open to the public in accordance with law, shall be necessary to the validity of its acts; provided, that the Board need not meet in public when it is discussing litigation or impending litigation with its attorney.

(d)The trustees shall elect the chairperson from among their number.