ECONOMICS CLUB CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I NAME, PURPOSE AND
GENERAL STATEMENTS
Section 1: The Name
The name of the said club shall be The Western
Kentucky University Economics Club.
Section 2: The Purpose
The purpose of the Economics Club is to:
1) Promote
fundamental economic thought and practice in an informal environment.
2) Encourage faculty
and student interaction.
3) Provide a forum
for like-minded individuals to debate and discuss economics and current events.
4) Help students’ of
other disciplines that utilize economics gain a better understanding of
economic theory and supply economics students with real world applications of
their studies.
Section 3: Non-Profit Organization
The said Economics Club shall be a non-profit
organization. It shall at no time procure funds for the purpose of furthering
any individuals’ personal gain, monetary or other.
ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP
Section 1: Becoming a Member
1) Membership in this organization is open to
all undergraduate and graduate students at Western
2) Membership shall
not be excluded from anyone on the basis of sex, race, religion, or national
origin.
3) Members will initially be known as Active
Members. An active member is one who attends at least f
fifty percent of all of the semester’s
meetings and who has paid their dues.
4) Rewards for
Active Membership are two votes instead of one in all club-voting matters.
5) Inactive Members
are any members who have fallen below the fifty-percent attendance, yet have
paid
their dues.
6) Inactive members
receive one vote for any proposition or officer election on which the club is
voting
on.
7) All officers must attend a full seventy-five
percent of all meetings.
8) At the end of each semester the attendance
shall be reviewed and member status will be changed
accordingly.
9) The club dues
shall be $10.00 for a full school year, or two semesters.
10) All Economic Faculty are automatically
honorary members with no dues payable. Their honorary
status is reflected in the weight their
advice holds at meetings, yet they shall have no voting power
and may not hold any office position.
ARTICLE III OFFICERS
Section 1: The Executive Board and how
they are determined:
1) President
Economics Club Election
2) Vice President
Economics Club Election
3) Treasurer
Economics Club Election
4) Secretary
Economics Club Election
- Database
Administrator/ Web Master
Economics Club Election
6) Spokesperson/Promoter
Economics Club Election
Section 2: Elections:
Elections shall occur at the last meeting of
the Economics Club in April. Officers shall be elected by
a simple majority vote of all members present
at the meeting. Length of all terms shall be one year.
In the event any office is vacant during the
academic year a special election will be held for the
position at the next scheduled club meeting.
Section 3: Officer Expectations
A. The President shall:
1) Preside over Economics
Club and Executive Board meetings.
2) Make temporary
appointments to any elected seat in the event of a vacancy with the approval of
a majority of the remaining Executive Board
members.
3) Appoint all
standing committee chairpersons with the approval of the Executive Board.
4) Vote only to
break a tie.
5) Schedule special
meetings as necessary.
B. The Vice-President shall:
1) Take the
President’s place in the event of his/her absence.
2) Assume the
Presidency temporarily in the event the office is left vacant, until the
Executive Board
can appoint a temporary President pending the
next election.
3) Be an Executive
Officer member of all standing committees and keep track of all current
committees.
4) Have two votes at
club meetings.
C. The Secretary shall:
1) Be responsible
for recording the minutes of each club meeting.
2) Be responsible
for making public the meeting minutes as soon as possible after the meeting.
3) Read back the
prior meeting minutes at the beginning of each following meeting.
4) Be responsible
for maintaining an accurate record of all club-meeting minutes for the academic
year.
5) Take attendance
each meeting.
6) Keep an accurate
record of all correspondence of the club.
7) Have two votes at
club meetings.
D. The Treasurer shall:
1) Maintain all
official financial records of the Economics Club.
2) Give a report of
all balances in all accounts currently held at each club meeting.
3) Have two votes at
club meetings.
4) Keep records of
dues and collect them each year.
E. The Web Master/Database Administer
shall:
1) Keep a club
database with all members past and present with an up to date status on each
member.
2) Post attendance
from each meeting and the minutes from every meeting.
3) Keep a current
club directory on the web with members names, email address’s and phone
numbers.
4) Maintain the
Economics club web page.
F. The Spokesman shall:
1) Post flyers for
meetings.
2) Announce upcoming
events
3) Act as a liaison
to the Student Government Association.
4) Arrange social
events and fund raisers.
ARTICLE IV
IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURES
Section 1: Reasons for Expulsion
All officers and members may be subject to
impeachment. Officers are expected to attend seventy-five percent of club
meetings and functions per semester. Members are expected to attend fifty
percent of club meetings and functions per semester. Additionally, officers and
members are expected to uphold this constitution and represent the Economics
Club in a responsible manner.
Section 2: Procedures
1) A motion for
expulsion must be proposed, justified, and discussed.
2) A decision is
made when the motion proposed is approved by a three-fourths majority vote.
3) All impeachment
procedures are subject to the jurisdiction of the Officers Board.
ARTICLE V MEETINGS
Section 1: When the Economics Club
Meets
The Economics Club will have regular
meetings. What day and time the meetings are held will be decided by a general
consensus of the club members. The day and time of the meetings are thus
subject to change. There will be one official meeting every month as long as
school is in session at least three weeks that month. Special activities will
also be scheduled as much as possible according to members’ interest. They
shall be unofficial meetings and will not count against members’ attendance.
Section 2: How Decisions are Made
For a decision to be made a motion must first
be proposed and then placed on the floor for
discussion. All decisions to be made
concerning how funds of the Economics Club should be spent ,
or activities to be taken by the club, are
subject to public vote by all members present at the
meetings. All members present have one or two
votes according to membership status excluding the president. A decision is
made when the motion proposed is approved by a simple majority vote. A motion
must be seconded to be voted upon.
Section 3: A Quorum
In order for any decision to be made, a
certain number of members on the Executive Board and club must be present.
Fifty (50%) percent of the Executive Board and Fifty (50%) percent of active
club members.
ARTICLE VI THE RULES
OF THE MEETINGS
First, the Economics Club of Western Kentucky
University will follow and comply with all Rules and Regulations of Western
Kentucky University. Secondly, the rules used to govern all proceedings of the
Economics Club are decided and agreed upon by the Executive Board and members
of the club.
ARTICLE VII BYLAWS TO
THE CONSTITUTION
Section 1:
1) The Economics
Club shall have the authority to, in the event they are necessary, create
bylaws for the purpose of clarifying or specifying certain parts of the
Constitution. These bylaws will not be used to change this Constitution in any
way.
2) All bylaws must
be submitted to the President for its approval.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1: Procedures
1) This Constitution
may be amended, expanded, or replaced with a three-fourths majority vote of the
members of the
Economics Club.
2) All amendments must be submitted to the
Officer’s Board for its approval.
3) To be approved for general voting the
officers board will conduct a special meeting which shall take
the form of an open discussion. Discussion
shall continue until there is an agreeance for the vote to
take place. The vote shall be open, but also
shall be totally confidential within the officer’s board
indefinitely. A simple majority shall win,
the decision shall be presented to the club at the next
meeting, and if passed by the board shall be
then voted on by the members for ratification.