Article
I: Purpose
The purpose of the MIT Qigong club is to
provide a student community for cultivating health and wellness through Chinese
standing meditation.
Article
II: Membership
1. Any member of the MIT
community is eligible to become a member of this organization. One is
considered a member of this organization in any given academic term if she has
attended at least one club activity and one meeting in the preceding or current
term.
2. The organization’s
membership will at all times consist of at least 5 MIT students and be more
than half MIT students.
3. This organization will
not discriminate based on any characteristic listed in MIT's Nondiscrimination
Statement.
4. If this organization
charges any monetary dues, there will be exceptions made for students that
cannot afford these dues.
Article
III: Officers
1. This organization will
have [at a minimum] two officers:
a. President
1. The president shall be
the official representative of the group to any other organization and to MIT.
2. The president will
preside over all meetings.
3. The president is
responsible for determining when meetings are and publicizing this to the
group.
b. Treasurer
1. The treasurer shall be
responsible for the finances of the group.
2. MIT Qigong is a free
student club with no ASA budget or outside funding.
2. All officers of this
organization must be distinct persons and MIT students.
3. Elections:
a. Elections of officers
shall occur on Labor Day of each
year.
b. Any member of this
organization is eligible to run for office.
c. Quorum for elections
is two thirds of the
group.
d. Any member is elected if
he or she wins a majority of the voting members.
e. If more than two people
are running and no one wins a majority, then the person with the fewest votes
is dropped from the ballot and votes are recast.
f. The term of office runs
from Labor Day until the
following Labor Day.
4. Removal: Officers may be
removed by a two-thirds vote of the members.
Article
IV: Meetings
1. Meetings shall be held at
least every semester.
2. Meetings shall be presided
over by the president.
3. All decisions shall be
made by a majority vote of all members present.
4. Quorum for a meeting
shall be one quarter of
the members of the organization.
Article
V: Amendments
1. Amendments shall be
presented by any member of the organization.
2. Amendments shall be
passed by a two-thirds voted of the members present.
3. Quorum for amending this
constitution shall be one third of all members of the organization.
Article
VI: ASA Governance Clause
The MIT Qigong Club agrees to abide by the rules and regulations of
the Association of Student Activities, and its executive board. This
constitution, amendments to it, and the by-laws of this organization shall be
subject to review by the ASA Executive Board to insure that they are in
accordance with the aforementioned rules and regulations.
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