Hi All,
Context: I currently Chair the Senate within my organization, which serves to moderate the actions of the executive branch. The senate declares standing committees based on a list provided from our bylaws on an annual basis (as executive board members are elected annually, as well as senators). Appointments to those committees are then made by the President from the Executive Branch and the Senate has to consent to those appointments.
Issue: Within our bylaws, it spells out that the executive board consists of the President, Vice President, the Programming Chair, Political Affairs Chair, Academic Affairs Chair and Non-Traditional Affairs Chairperson. However, the list of standing committees does not define "Programming committee" in its list (see attached image). The executive branch's contention is that because our bylaws state that the Senate has the purview to, "Establish and terminate SA Standing, Special and Ad-Hoc committees except as provided for in Section 9", the programming committee can therefore be declared and approved by the Senate.
Is the declaration and approval of the "programming committee" technically permissible in that case?