MODEL CONSTITUTION
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY of PA
Bloomsburg
Pennsylvania
Constitution
of
(organization name)
ARTICLE I NAME
ARTICLE II PURPOSES
ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP
Section 1.
(obtaining membership)
Section 2.
(requirements and qualifications for membership)
Section 3.
(add statement that organization members must be in good academic and
social standing.)
ARTICLE IV ADVISOR
Section 1.
(how the advisor is selected)
Section 2.
(responsibilities)
ARTICLE V OFFICERS
Section 1.
ARTICLE VI DUTIES OF OFFICERS
Section 1.
(president/chairperson)
Section 2.
(vice president/vice chairperson)
Section 3.
(etc.)
ARTICLE VII ELECTIONS
Section 1.
(procedure for nomination of officers)
Section 2.
(voting)
Section 3.
(time of election)
Section 4.
(etc.)
ARTICLE VIII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 1.
(membership)
ARTICLE IX EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DUTIES
Section 1.
Section 2.
ARTICLE X DUES AND FEES
Section 1.
(how the dues and/or fees will be set)
Section 2.
Section 3.
ARTICLE XI MEETINGS
Section 1.
(number of meetings)
Section 2.
(provision for special meetings)
Section 3.
(absence of members)
Section 4.
(etc.)
(Roberts Rules of Order, Revised will be assumed to be the
parliamentary procedure used unless stated otherwise. Committee on
Student Organizations motion 02/19/97)
ARTICLE XII QUORUM
Section 1.
Section 2.
(number of members needed for transaction of business)
(It will be assumed that a simple majority will be required to pass a motion,
unless stated otherwise. Committee on Student Organizations motion
03/05/97)
ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS
06/00
Section 1.
(procedure for proposing amendments)
Section 2.
(procedure for adoption of amendments)
Section 3.
(please indicate that all amendments are subject to the approval of the
Committee on Student Organizations)