Media Arts Club Constitution and By-Laws 2007/2008

A reminder to everyone!

The following is a copy of the old constitution. Read it and if you have any suggestions please bring them in to the next meeting. Also we need to have selections for officers.

Note: This constitution only lists President, Vice-President, Secetary, and Treasure. One suggestion is to also have a publicist. Here is an idea of the discription:

• The publicist will work under the secretary and the vice-president to produce materials and ideas indicative of our club efforts in a manner that is positive and productive. Original ideas and group ideas will be gathered by this individual, especially those concerning recruitment and fundraising.

Deadline for the constitution and selection of officers is Septmeber 15, 2007

COPY OF CONSTITUTION:


Officers ?

Purpose:

• The purpose of Media Arts Club is to create and enhance a professional production environment and to explore new methods of media production.
• We will actively engage students in our program as well as sponsoring events for the greater NMHU community in order to promote media arts as a discipline and a rich, dynamic cultural experience.

Membership Eligibility:

• Media Arts Club members must be media arts majors or minors or a prospective major or minor.
  

Officers:

We will have four officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Officers will be elected at the beginning of fall semester and their terms will be one academic year, i.e. fall and spring semester.

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  The President is responsible for running bi-weekly meetings and appointing committees to complete specific tasks for activities and events planned by the club and then making sure the work is being completed in a timely manner.
• The Vice-President is responsible for assisting the President is his or her tasks as well as running meetings in the President’s absence.
• The Secretary will take notes during meetings and distribute the main points to all attendees via email so that we can track tasks assigned during meetings.
• The Treasurer will maintain the bank account for the club however all withdrawals from the club’s bank account must be approved by the Academic Advisor.
  Meetings

Media Arts Club meetings will occur once a week and will be kept to a maximum time of one hour. In general meetings will occur every Tuesday at 5p.m. but members will confirm this meeting time as part of the regular meeting agenda. Signs will be posted in MA West and MA East to notify all media arts students of the next meeting and its purpose.

Rules of procedure, Definition of Quorum and Voting:

• The President will call for agenda items at the beginning of the meeting and assign a time limit for each item. We will then proceed through each agenda item until all business has been concluded.
• A quorum will be defined as six members. In making decisions on agenda items we will attempt to reach consensus. However if consensus cannot be reached we will "put it to a vote." In this case, the majority would rule.

Amending the Constitution and By-laws:

• To amend this constitution and by-laws a member of Media Arts Club must present the issue at a regular meeting as an agenda item and the membership must discuss the amendment and then reach a consensus or vote on the amendment.