A constitution is an important document which should be formally adopted/agreed at the public meeting when you set up your association. It takes into account what your association intends to do during its first year, and makes provision for possible future developments of the association.
Include the following: ARTICLE I – Name of the Club. ARTICLE II – Purpose of the Club. ARTICLE III – Officers of the Club. ARTICLE IV – Qualifications for Membership. ARTICLE V – Meetings. ARTICLE VI – Parliamentary Authority. ARTICLE VII – Amendments.
A constitution is simply the aims and rules that your group will use. It's a statement of what your group is going to do and how it is going to do it. It is important because: Without this written understanding people can easily find themselves at cross purposes and the jobs won't get done.
To start the New Clubs application process, you will need a minimum of five members (who are Queen's students), a minimum of a semester's worth of operational history, and a mandate that is unique from any currently existing club on campus.
In order to obtain more happiness I must let situations get out of my hands. Instead of freaking out I will step back and observe from afar and piece together why the event occurred. I will not change my ambition, my honesty, and the way I care for others.
A constitution sets out how all the elements of government are organised and how power is carved up among different political units. It contains rules about what power is wielded, who wields it and over whom it is wielded in the governing of a country.
One authority on parliamentary procedure states that the constitution of an organization: 1) defines its primary characteristics; 2) pre- scribes how it functions; and 3) includes all rules that the organization considers so important that the rules cannot be changed without previous notice to members (Roberts Rules of ...
1. Find potential members for your club. 2. Hold a preliminary meeting. 3. Gauge member interest level. 4. Hold an organizational meeting to iron out the details. 5. File the necessary paperwork.
To start the New Clubs application process, you will need a minimum of five members (who are Queen's students), a minimum of a semester's worth of operational history, and a mandate that is unique from any currently existing club on campus.