Medical students shall be represented on the AGS Council as prescribed in the AGS Bylaws. The Council shall fulfill its responsibilities in an organized and timely manner. A quarterly meeting schedule shall be established and publicized. The Council shall meet not less than once in each calendar month of the regular academic terms, and as necessary during summer sessions. All meetings of the Council shall be open to anyone wishing to attend, except when the Council deals with personnel matters, pending litigation, or investments.
Council members are subject to removal by their appropriate constituency.
Upon the presentation to the AGS President of a petition requesting the removal of Council member which contains the valid signatures of at least ten percent of that Council member's constituents, the President shall prepare and conduct the recall election of that Council member within fifteen days. The Council member shall be removed if a simple majority of at least twenty percent of that Council member's constituents vote to remove. The recall election process must be approved by Council to be considered valid. Council members shall be subject to removal for failure to provide representation for their academic unit. Failure to provide representation and the mechanism for removal of a Council member for this reason shall be defined in the Bylaws.