Constitution of the Fencing Club (Effective May 1996)
Article I: Name
Section 1: The name of the organization is the "Fencing Club"
hereafter referred to as the "club".
Article II: Goals
Section 1: The organization also intends to bring the rich history
of the French martial art of fencing to UMR.
Section 2: Additionally, the club will attempt to have a positive
influence on both the campus and the community.
Section 3: The purpose of the organization is to represent UMR at
fencing compitions on the national level.
Article III: Membership
Section 1: Any UMR student may be a member.
Section 2: In order to join, a person must notify the president of
his/her intention and pay the dues. A person is then
officially a member upon attending a practice.
Section 3: A member may be dropped by a two-thirds vote of all
members for abusive behavior.
Article IV: Officers
Section 1: The officers will consist of a Captain, a Armourer, a
Secretary and a Treasurer.
Section 2: All officers serve from the second meeting of the
academic year to the second meeting of the following
year.
Section 4: An officer must be enrolled in six hours in the
semester(s) they will be in elected position, and a 2.0
GPA in the prior term to being elected as per
University Regulations.
Section 5: Any member may nominate any member for any position.
Nominations must be made at the first meeting of the
academic year. Elections will be held at the second
meeting.
Section 5.5: Officer assumes position upon being elected.
Section 6: One vote will be held for each office. Every member not
running for that office may vote. Each officer will be
elected by a simple plurality vote: The candidate
getting the most votes for each office is elected.
Section 7: a) The Captain organizes meetings and practices. He/She
also collects information concerning competitions. The
Captain prepares for the team's trips.
b) The Armourer maintains equipment and orders new
equipment. He/She also loans protective equipment to
members who don't have their own.
c) The Secretary keeps all club records. He/She will
take attendance at every meeting.
d) The Treasurer prepares the club budget. He/She
provides receipts for purchased equipment and deals
with Student Council's External Funding Committee.
Section 8: An Executive Committee will be formed from all officers
to oversee the operation of the club and represent it's
presence here at UMR accordingly.
Section 9: A vacancy in an officer position is filled by an
election at the following regular meeting. Any member
may run.
Section 10: Impeachment proceedings must be initiated at a
meeting. A vote of all members will be taken at the
next meeting. Impeachment requires a two-thirds vote
of all members.
Article V: Advisor
Section 1: The Club will elect an advisor. All members may vote,
advisors are elected by simple plurality.
Section 2: The advisor will serve a one academic year term.
Article VI: Meetings
Section 1: The Captain will construct a calendar of meetings
between the second and third meetings.
Section 2: A regular meeting is one that is defined by the
calendar of meetings.
Section 3: A special meeting may be called by the Captain or by
ten percent of the club's membership. Anything
requiring a quorum may not be a reason for a special
meeting. All meetings requiring a quorum must be
standard, regular meetings on the calendar.
Section 4: All members must be informed of a special meeting at
least three days in advance. This will be done by
telephone and e-mail from the president, or a person in
the ten percent, calling the special meeting.
Section 5: A quorum is fifty-percent of the membership.
Section 6: Robert's Rules Newly Revised will serve as the
parliamentary authority.
Article VII: Constitutional Amendments
Section 1: Any member may propose a Constitutional amendment.
Section 2: A proposed Constitutional amendment must be typewritten
with all additions in italics and deletions in
brackets.
Section 3: All members must be notified of a proposed
Constitutional amendment at least one week in advance.
Section 4: A Constitutional amendment may only be voted on at a
regular meeting.
Section 5: A Constitutional amendment is approved by a two-thirds
vote of all members.
Section 6: An approved Constitutional amendment is subject to
final adoption by Academic Council or their appointed
representative.
Article VIII: Bylaws
Section 1: The club will maintain bylaws to deal with specifi
regulations.
Section 2: Any member may propose a change in the bylaws.
Section 3: All members must be notified of a proposed bylaw change
at least one week in advance.
Section 4: A bylaw change may only be voted on at a regular
meeting.
Section 5: A bylaw change is approved by a two-thirds vote of the
members present.
Section 6: In case of an impeachment proceeding, all members and
officers (including the impeachment candidate) will be
given two weeks notice to the regular meeting where the
actual vote will take place.
Section 7: During an impeachment proceeding, each member is given
5 minutes (optional) to speak for or against the
impeachment of the candidate. This includes the
candidate.
Article IX: Definitions
academic year: The period of time from the first day of classes
Fall semester to the last day of finals week the
immediately succeeding Winter semester.
member: Any person who has expressed interest in the
organization to the Captain, has paid dues, and
has attended one meeting.
UMR: The University of Missouri-Rolla.
student: Anyone who is currently enrolled in classes at
UMR.
abusive behavior: offensive or destructive actions that may result
in harm to club equipment, club members, or
anything/anyone else as judged by the executive
committee.