3.5 - DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD CHAIR

3.5.1 - Preside at the meetings of the Conference Executive Board or appoint a representative to preside.

3.5.1.1 - The presiding officer of the PacWest Presidents Meeting must be a President/Chancellor/or CEO of a member institution. In the case that the conference chair cannot preside over the conference presidents’ meeting, the chair shall appoint a vice-chair based on the following order of preference:

• 1^st preference - President/CEO/Chancellor of Immediate Past Chair school
• 2^nd preference - President/CEO/Chancellor of next Chair in rotation
• 3^rd preference (if first or second choices still not available) - the President/CEO/ Chancellor of a designated NCAA-active conference member school will be appointed by the chair. (Updated July 21, 2010) 

3.5.2 - Call special meetings of the Conference Executive Board on the request of a majority of the members of the Conference.

3.5.3 - Appoint committees authorized by the Conference Executive Board.

3.5.4 - Represent and vote as a representative of the Conference Executive Board at appropriate meetings including but not limited to the NCAA Convention and NCAA Presidents’ Council.

3.5.5 - Exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be delegated to him/her by a majority vote of the Executive Board.