Theta Tau Policies & Procedures Manual FOURTH EDITION Theta Tau Central Office, 1011 San Jacinto, Suite 205, Austin, TX 78701 Telephone: 512/472-1904 Fax:512/472-4820 Web: www.thetatau.org Email:
[email protected] Fourth Edition – July 2018 © Theta Tau Revision 0 The creation of this manual was authorized by the 2012 National Convention as follows: Constitution Article XIII, Section 3: “There shall be a Policy and Procedure Manual. The Ritual shall have the highest authority, followed by the Constitution, followed by the Bylaws, followed by the Policy and Procedure Manual. Modification to the Policy and Procedure Manual requires a majority vote of the Convention, or a two-thirds vote of the Executive Council between Conventions, except where otherwise indicated.” Revision 1 The 2012 Convention advised that verbatim language taken from the Bylaws be inserted into the Manual without change. As a result, the article, chapter, part, and section references in the manual refer to the 2010 edition of the Constitution and Bylaws (before amendments made by the 2012 Convention were adopted and sections moved into this manual). Revision 2 At the 2016 Convention, a revised Constitution was adopted. Much of the language from the previous Constitution and Bylaws was adopted for inclusion in this manual, continuing the simplifying process. The Bylaws were absolved, as they were merged into the Constitution and this PPM. As a living document, it is expected that this will be updated going forward. Article, chapter, part, and section references were removed during the simplification process as they referred to out of date revisions of the Constitution and Bylaws.