The Racquetball Club at William and Mary

The Racquetball Club at William and Mary Constitution

I. Name The name of the club shall be “The Racquetball Club at William and Mary”.

II. Purpose The club’s goal is to promote and facilitate racquetball play at the College of William and Mary and the Williamsburg area at large.

III. Membership Membership shall be open to all students, alumni, administrators, faculty, and staff of the College; and to those in the Williamsburg area not affiliated with the College who are interested in racquetball. A “full member” shall be one who attends at least one half of the club’s regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year. Full members have voting rights in elections. An “adjunct member” shall be one who attends between one quarter and one half of the Club’s regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year. Adjunct members have no voting rights. Those who are not able to achieve either membership status are still enthusiastically encouraged to join the Club for practices. There are no dues or fees for membership. However, tournament entry fees, racquetball equipment, and facility memberships are not provided by the club; each individual is responsible in whole for these items, unless the governing board, in its sole discretion, decides otherwise. For all attendees, completion of the requisite Club Sports forms is required before participating in any Club meeting.

IV. Officers The officers of the club shall consist of a President, a Vice-president/Secretary, Webmaster, Treasurer, and a faculty advisor. The governing board shall be composed of these five distinct individuals, with the president possessing a tie-breaking vote. Per college regulations, the President, Vice-president/Secretary, Webmaster, and Treasurer must be currently-enrolled students at the College; and the faculty advisor must be currently on the faculty at the College. Other offices may be created at the sole discretion of the governing board.

V. Duties of Officers The president’s duties include Presiding over all Club meetings (not necessarily all practices); Acting as liaison to the Recreational Sports Office.

The vice-president/secretary’s duties include Acting as president in case of a vacancy of that office; Maintaining email correspondence with members Maintaining a current member roll Verifying membership status.

Webmaster Maintain Website: update as necessary, but at least monthly.

Treasurer Serve as comptroller for advisor/ serve as recruitment head for funds

The faculty advisor’s duties include Scheduling inter-club events and other tournaments; Performing all discretionary spending from the Club’s bank account.

These duties may be transferred among the officers as the governing board sees fit.

VI. Elections Elections for officers shall be held on the first regularly scheduled meeting after the State Tournament each year. Only those designated as full members by the secretary may vote. The vote-counting mechanism shall be the Board count.

VII. Meetings and Attendance Attendees wishing to become full members must attend at least one half of the regularly scheduled meetings. Attendance is not mandatory in the sense that no disciplinary action per se is taken in the event of non-attendance. But, those who do not attend the minimal number of meetings may not become voting members.

VIII. Team The racquetball team shall be a subset of the Club members who are chosen to represent the Club at racquetball events. Team members must be enrolled students at the College. The team is selected by the governing board. Failure to achieve full membership status will preclude a student from becoming a team member, unless the governing board grants a special permission.

IX. Amendment This constitution may be amended with the assent of two thirds of the full members of the Club. This constitution shall become effective upon its ratification by two thirds of the full members of the Club and its approval by the S.A. Council at the College.