1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 House of Representatives Subject: Constitution Update Sponsors: Ryan Phipps, Paul Reed, Brandy Zapata, Jon Maze Signatories: Jenn Barbadora, Abigail Galligan Bearing in mind, the need to update the House of Representatives bylaws to reflect the transition from quarters to semesters beginning during the next academic year 2012 – 2013, The Wright State University House of Representatives, 1. Calls for the following changes under Articles XIII, XIV, and XV of the House of Representatives Bylaws: a. Line N under Article XIII, be stricken, b. Line P under Article XIII, to read “election shall take place by the 10th week of Spring Semester”, c. Line S under Article XIII, be stricken and replaced with “Shall be responsible for overseeing the setup and teardown of hammocks during Fall and Spring Semester”, d. Line D under Article XIV, to read “Shall take minutes for all house meetings and deliver (preferably by email) all meeting minutes within one (1) week to organizations. *If a House of Representatives secretary is appointed, this will fall under their purview”, e. Line E under Article XIV, shall be stricken, f. Line F under Article XIV, to read “Shall be responsible for acquiring speakers for leadership series for the House of Representatives meetings”, g. Line I under Article XIV, be stricken, h. Line E under Article XV, to read “Shall attend at least 5 out of 7 House of Representatives Meetings per semester to remain a voting member and in good standing”, i. Line E under Article XV, to have a sub clause c. to read “All organizations will be deemed in “good standing” at the beginning of each academic year”, j. Line E, sub clause a. under Article XV, to read “Good standing is defined as, “Having attended at least 5 out of 7 House of Representatives meetings for the previous semester””, k. Line E, sub clause b. under Article XV, to read “A newly formed Student Organization will remain in good standing until they have been a member of the House of Representatives for one entire semester. After that semester, the stated organization shall be subject to the stated requirements”, l. Line F, sub clause c. under Article XV, to read “Participate in April Craze”, Motion: ___________________________________________________________ Second: ___________________________________________________________ 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 For: ___________ Against: _______ Abstention: _____ President’s Approval: ________________________________________________