1. Business Professionals’ Roundtable
College of Business Administration
Room 107 BSA
Kent State University
Kent OH, 44242-0001
Our Mission:
To serve as a forum for Student Organizations:
● To discuss issues of mutual concern
● Help resolve issues that affect students and student organizations
● Enhance the reputations of and promote Kent State and the College of Business Administration
within the community
● Encourage faculty and administration support for student organizations
Policies: Adopted Spring 2006; most recently updated for September 2014
Elections:
● Executive Board: Each officer will hold their position for one academic year (starting in the Fall
semester and ending in the following Spring semester). At the end of each academic year all
positions (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Community Service Chair, Marketing
Chair, and Fundraising Chair) will open up for the upcoming Fall semester. Current officers
may re-run for their positions if they wish.
● Class Representatives: At this time if there are any openings for class representatives they will
also be voted on. If a class representative spot becomes open during the academic year all
candidates will be asked to fill out an application and the executive board will meet and vote on
who will fill the position for the remainder of the academic year.
● Refer to “BPR Election Process” section below for more detailed information
Membership:
● The Leadership Committee is made up of at least one representative from each student
organization in the College of Business Administration, as well as a minimum of two class
representatives from each grade level and the executive board members.
● At-large membership is open to all students.
Requirements:
● Student Organization Representatives: Each organization must ensure the regular attendance of
their designated representative. The penalties for non-attendance will affect voting and privileges
granted by BPR. Same person must consistently attend the meeting. If a representative cannot
attend the meeting, they should find a replacement and notify the BPR executive board twenty-
four hours prior to the meeting. If the representative wishes to have another representative attend
in his/her place permanently they must communicate this to the BPR executive board.
● Class Representatives: Must attend all bi-weekly meetings, participate in the equivalent of 5
hours of community service per semester (if held), and participate in one fundraising event per
semester (if held).
**Failure to complete any of the aforementioned will result in dismissal from Leadership
Committee.

2. ● Executive Board: All Executive Members are responsible for attending bi-weekly regular BPR
meetings and bi-weekly executive meetings, tracking participation for their corresponding events
and activities, and providing the Secretary with legible, completed attendance sheets.
● President: Responsible for overseeing the running of each BPR and Executive meeting,
creating agendas, informing BPR members of all upcoming events, and remaining in
contact with the Advisor (Dean Liz) and all executive members. Also responsible for
overseeing all BPR events.
● Vice President: Responsible for aiding the President, organizing and executing all
recruitment and retention events (i.e. trivia, socials, etiquette dinner) for the organization
and running the BPR and Executive meetings in the event of the President's absence.
Responsible for keeping track of who contributes to each of their events and reporting it
to the Secretary
● Secretary: Responsible for recording, typing, and emailing bi-weekly meeting minutes to
all members of BPR and tracking participation at BPR events.
● Treasurer: Responsible for collecting, depositing, and writing receipts for all accounts
receivable transactions and reimbursing all approved transactions by the president or
advisor. Also responsible for creating all executive budgets and providing monthly
updates to the officers and Advisor on the organization’s finances.
● Community Service Chair: Organize and plan all community service events.
Responsible for keeping track of who contributes to each of their events and reporting it
to the Secretary
● Fundraising Chair: Responsible for all Fundraising activities. Responsible for keeping
track of who contributes to each of their events and reporting it to the Secretary
● Marketing Chair: Responsible for creating and updating all BPR social media and
promoting all organization events.
Point System:
● The point system rewards students that have participated in and contributed most to BPR each
semester. Each student will receive a point for meeting attendance and attendance at any other
BPR events. The three students with the most points will be awarded a gift card at the end of the
semester.
● The Secretary will keep track of attendance at each BPR meeting
● Each committee chair is responsible for keeping track of who contributes to each of their events
and reporting it to the Secretary
Voting:
● Only members of the Leadership committee are recognized as voting members. If a member of
the leadership committee is not present at an original discussion of an issue, he/she must abstain
when voting on the issue. At-Large members will not have voting privileges.
Funding:
● A BPR account has been established to help fund various events that will take place during the
current academic year. Each organization will pay a $25.00 membership fee per semester. Any
monies from this contribution that are left over at the end of the year will remain in the BPR
account and be applied to future activities. Dues must not be paid from personal monies. If an

3. organization does not have adequate funding, a discussion with the BPR Advisor, President, and
Treasurer must be organized.
○ Effective from the beginning of the 2004-2005 school years, the deadline to pay yearly
dues will be set within six (6) weeks of the first meeting of the each semester. If any
affiliated group is late in paying dues, then a penalty of $5.00 will be levied for every
inclusive week period henceforth that dues are late. The dues can be handed to any
member of the BPR executive board.
● In addition, supplemental fundraisers may be held; fundraisers handled only by BPR members
will yield 100% of the profits for the contingency fund.
● Supplemental fundraisers may be held that are open to student groups. BPR Executive Board
will determine the allocation of money raised from fundraisers that utilize both BPR members
and members of the affiliated student organizations after an event, in order to allocate funds
appropriately. The decision will be based on participation, attendance, and membership involved.
Some percentage will go toward the BPR account. (Example: Rays Place Fundraiser)
○ Total Profit is divided by the percentage of people from each group or people
representing that group at the fundraiser. Ex: 100 people go to the fundraiser. 10 people
of the 100 people there are from AMA. AMA gets 10% of the total profit made. All
organizations and BPR will be included in this equation and any leftover money will go
to BPR.
BPR Election Process
Nominations
Nominations will take place during the last meeting of the Fall semester and elections will take place during the
second meeting of the following Spring semester.
● Newly elected executive officers will shadow the current officers for the remainder of the Spring
semester.
Term Length
Term length for executive officers is one academic year (Fall, Spring), unless graduating in December.
● If a BPR member is graduating in December,they are still able to run for a position during spring
elections.
● An election to replace any December graduating executive officers will be held during the second to last
meeting of the Fall semester and elections will take place at the last meeting of the Fall semester. The
newly elected executive officer will serve during the following Spring semester.
● All executive officer positions are “reset” for each academic year.
Class Representative positions are continuous until graduation.
● Elections for class representatives will only be held if the position is open
***Failure to meet requirements will result in dismissal from your position***
Eligibility
All members of BPR are permitted to run for an executive position or any open class representative positions.
● Class representative positions must be held by students in the corresponding class.
● Members may only hold one position at a time.
● If a member is not elected into a position, they are permitted to run for the next position, and so on.
Voting
Only members of the current leadership committee are permitted to vote

4. ● Voting will be tabulated after all speeches for each position using the informal “heads down, hands up”
method.
● The winner will be announced after each position.
Order of speechesand voting
President, Vice President, Secretary,Treasurer,Community Service Chair, Fundraising Chair, Marketing Chair,
Freshman class representatives,Sophomore class representatives,Junior class representatives, and Senior class
representatives