THE CONSTITUTION OF Mu Kappa Upsilon 1 | P a g e Table of Contents WELCOME ...................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 2015-2016 Officers ......................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Preamble ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Article I – Organization ................................................................................................................................. 6 Section 1 – Name ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Section 2 – Constitution ............................................................................................................................ 6 Section 3 – Purpose .................................................................................................................................. 6 Section 4 – Activities ................................................................................................................................. 7 Article II – Certification ................................................................................................................................. 7 Section 1 – Acceptance and Compliance .................................................................................................. 7 Section 2 – Limits of Certification ............................................................................................................. 7 Section 3 – Annual Recertification ............................................................................................................ 7 Article III – Membership................................................................................................................................ 8 Section 1 – Membership Requirements ................................................................................................... 8 Section 3 – Membership Candidate .......................................................................................................... 9 Section 4 – Rights and Privileges of Membership ..................................................................................... 9 Section 5 – Active Status ........................................................................................................................... 9 Section 6 – Conditional Status ................................................................................................................ 10 Section 7 – Inactive Status ...................................................................................................................... 11 Section 8 – Alumni Status ....................................................................................................................... 11 Section 9 – Honorary Membership (Associate Membership) ................................................................. 12 Article IV - Membership Process ................................................................................................................. 12 Section 1 – Recruitment .......................................................................................................................... 12 Section 2 – Bid Meeting .......................................................................................................................... 12 Section 4 - Candidate Program ............................................................................................................... 14 Section 5 - Picking Little Brothers ........................................................................................................... 14 Article V – Voting Privileges ........................................................................................................................ 15 Section 1 – Voting Privileges ................................................................................................................... 15 Section 2 – Votes..................................................................................................................................... 15 Section 3 – Unexcused Absences ............................................................................................................ 15 Section 4 – Excused Absences ................................................................................................................. 15 Section 5 – Proxy ..................................................................................................................................... 15 2 | P a g e Article V – Officers and Their Duties ........................................................................................................... 15 Section 1 – President .............................................................................................................................. 15 Section 2 – Vice-President of Membership (VPM) ................................................................................. 16 Section 3 – Vice-President of Operations (VPO) ..................................................................................... 16 Section 4 – Treasurer (Business Manager) ............................................................................................. 17 Section 5 – Historian ............................................................................................................................... 17 Section 6 – Secretary .............................................................................................................................. 18 Section 9 – Advisory Vice-President ....................................................................................................... 19 Article VI – Elections and Officer Decorum ................................................................................................. 20 Section 1 – Nominations ......................................................................................................................... 20 Section 2 – Eligibility Requirements ........................................................................................................ 20 Section 3 – Election Meeting .................................................................................................................. 20 Section 4 – Voting for Officers ................................................................................................................ 21 Section 5 – Limitations ............................................................................................................................ 21 Section 6 – Terms of Office ..................................................................................................................... 21 Section 7 – Transition Period .................................................................................................................. 21 Section 8 – Installation of New Officers .................................................................................................. 21 Section 9 – Impeachment ....................................................................................................................... 22 Section 10 – Vacancies ............................................................................................................................ 22 Section 11 – Special Elections ................................................................................................................. 22 Section 12 – Voting Powers of Officers ................................................................................................... 22 Article VII – Committees ............................................................................................................................. 22 Section 1 – Organization ......................................................................................................................... 22 Section 2 – Committee Chairs ................................................................................................................. 22 Section 3 – Executive Board (E-Board) .................................................................................................... 22 Section 4 – Joint Committee (Joint) ........................................................................................................ 22 Section 5 – Public Relations Committee (PR).......................................................................................... 22 Section 6 – Jurisdiction Committee ........................................................................................................ 23 Section 7 – Operations Committee ......................................................................................................... 23 Section 8 – Special Committees .............................................................................................................. 23 Section 9 – Committee Member Responsibilities ................................................................................... 23 Section 10 – President Ex-official ............................................................................................................ 23 Article VIII – Meetings ................................................................................................................................