Media Arts Club Constitution and By-Laws 2007/2008 (revised)

Academic Advisor: Winona Sorensen, Assistant Professor of Media Arts
Email: wsorensen@nmhu.edu
Office: 505-454-3461

2007/2008 Officers:

• President - Veronica Black
• Vice President - Kenneth Bachicha
• Secretary - Virginia Marrujo
• Treasurer - Victoria Parish
• Publicist - Kyla Clark
  

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 and attend at least 3 meetings per month.

Officers:

• We will have five officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Publicist. Officers will be elected at the beginning of fall semester and their terms will be one academic year, i.e. fall and spring semester.
• 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 and manage email and blog.
• 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.
• The Publicist will make marketing posters and advertise our events.
  

Meetings:

• Media Arts Club meetings will occur every week and will be kept to a maximum time of one hour. In general meetings will occur every Tuesday 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.