ARTICLE II (Mission)

The CCC shall be a student organization at FSU and is open to Chinese Students, Chinese faculty, and other FSU members who are interested in Chinese cultures. 

CCC will be active in organizing activities aimed at fostering interaction, unity, and solidarity among the members.  

CCC activities will be aimed at promoting the awareness of China and Chinese culture to the FSU community and to the greater Allegany County community through different activities.

ARTICLE III (Membership)

Section 1:

Any FSU student, faculty, and FSU-related person may become a member of the Chinese Student Culture Association. Admission will not be based on race, color, ethnic background, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, creed, political or religious affiliation, disability, and martial or veteran status. A minimum of five (5) members is required for CCC affiliation with FSU, and at least fifty percent (50%) of these members must be FSU students.

Section 2:

Only FSU students, staff and alumni shall constitute the general voting body.

Section 3:

Any full-time FSU student may become an Executive Committee (see Article IV) Member if properly chosen by election or appointment by the president (see Article XI, section 2).

ARTICLE IV (Executive Committee)

Section 1:

The committee shall consist of five members: the President, the Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Social Chair, and the Members-at-large (graduate or undergraduate).

Section 2:

The duties and obligations of the members of the Executive Committee are as follows:

President

             (Covered by Article III, section 3)

-         must call and conduct meetings

-         must be a liaison between the members and the university

-         must monitor the functioning of the organization

-         must effectively delegate duties and responsibilities

-         must visibly support the programs of the organization

-         must perform all duties as called upon be the organization 

Vice President

-         (Covered by Article III, section 3)

-         must coordinate and assist the programming efforts of the organization

-         must assume the duties of the President as called upon

-         must keep an updated program file

-         must develop programming resources

-         must chair the Programs and Activities Committee

-         must perform all duties as called upon by the organization

Treasurer

-         (Covered by Article III, section 3)

-         must maintain the financial reports of the organization

-         must create and monitor the budget

-         must chair the Finance Committee

-         must submit a monthly financial report to the President of the organization

-         must perform all duties as called upon by the organization

Secretary

-         (Covered by Article III, section 3)

-         must distribute an agenda at the start of every meeting

-         must keep the minutes of all meetings

-         must notify members of the day, the time, and the location of meetings

-         must assist the President in communicating with the University

-         must perform public relation functions

-         must perform all duties as called upon by the organization

Social Chair

-         (Covered by Article III, section 3)

-         must coordinate and publicize social activities

-         must chair the Social Committee

-         must perform all duties as called upon by the organization

Members-at-Large

-         (Covered by Article III, section 3)

-         must supply feedback from all members to the Executive Committee

-         must stimulate member interaction

-         must assist the other members of the Executive Committee as needed

-         must perform all duties as called upon by the organization

-         This committee shall be responsible for fund raising activities.  These activities must provide service and benefit to FSU community

ARTICLE V (Voting Representatives)

Voting members’ commitments shall include:

·        attendance at general meetings of the organization

·        service on committees as needed

·        performance of all duties as called upon by the organization

ARTICLE VI (Qualifications for Upholding a Voting Position)

Section 1:

The voting member should not be on disciplinary probation at any time.

Section 2:

ARTICLE VII (General Voting Rules)

Section 1:

Votes shall be cast by all voting members.  In the event of the tie, the President shall make the decision.

Section 2:

Section 3:

Votes shall be held a by secret ballot.  All votes shall be done by roll call or through email, monitored by the Voting Representatives, and only the Voting Representatives (see ARTICLE V) are allowed to count the votes.  Each member shall have only one vote.

ARTICLE VIII (Social Committee)

Section 1:

This Committee is chaired by the Social Chair, and responsible for coordinating and advertising all upcoming Network events, as well as developing and maintaining close ties amongst members.

Section 2:

ARTICLE IX (Meetings)

       Section 1:

Meetings will be held once a month. The President and Social Chair will conduct the   meetings. Normally, eight days prior to the meetings, emails will be sent to the members describing the day, time and location of the meetings. If the meeting gets canceled, two meetings will be held the next months to make up the cancellation of last month meeting.

       Section 2:

Absences from meetings and activities shall only be accepted if they are brought before the President prior the meeting or activity, with exceptions in the case of emergency. The excuse must be reasonable. Continued unexcused absences from meetings will result in expulsion from the club.

     Section 3:

The President may not miss any meetings unless there is an exceptional excuse, and the Executive Committee approves the excuse prior to the meeting or event.  In the case of approval, Vice President shall run the meeting.

ARTICLE X (Election of Officers)

Section1:

Election of the Executive Committee for the following school year shall take place in the tenth (10^th) week of the semester.

Section 2:

Nominations for these positions should be made and informed to all members at least one week in advance.  The voting representatives shall elect the Executive Committee.

Section 3:

The newly elected Executive Committee will start their duties one week after the general elections.

Section 4:

The new Executive Committee must present a tentative plan of the goals and activities to accomplish.  Within two (2) weeks of their election, the new Executive Committee members should present this tentative plan to the members of the organization.

ARTICLE XI (Vacancies in Executive Officers)

Section 1:

An Executive Officer may resign by submitting a written letter to the President at least two (2) weeks prior to the day the resignation is to take effect.  If the President wishes to resign, s/he should turn in the written resignation letter to the Vice President .  The resignation shall be announced at the next meeting, after the Executive committee has been notified.

Section 2:

If there is a vacancy in any of the executive positions during the course of the year the President shall appoint a new person, pending the by-election for the position at the next general meeting.

ARTICLE XII (Impeachment of Executive officers)

Section 1:

Executive officers may be impeached.  The President has the right to remove any member, pending approval of all other voting members.

Section 2:

Any representative of officer may bring up charges of impeachment.  The charges then shall be discussed at the next general meeting.

Section 3:

A quorum is required for a vote of impeachment.  A three-quarters (3/4) majority of the quorum is required for impeachment to pass.  Every voting member votes on the impeachment by secret ballot.

Section 4:

Grounds for impeachment include the following:

·        Serious misuse of one’s position.

·        Failure to fulfill the duties of office

·        Gross misrepresentation of the organization

·        Lack of participation and attendance

ARTICLE XIII (The Budget)

Section 1:

The Treasurer shall keep an accurate and up-to-date ledger and record of all transactions and receipts.

Section 2:

The budget shall be submitted by the Treasurer at a general meeting at the beginning of each quarter.  Voting members and executives shall have two (2) weeks to review the budget before voting on it.  The Treasurer must have the final budget finished in sufficient time to meet the Student Government Association (SGA) Deadlines.

Section 3:

To be reimbursed from purchases made for the organization, the person making the purchase must present the receipt to the Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall then reimburse the specific amount to the person, and the Treasurer shall retain the receipt.

Section 4:

Any voting member has the right to inspect the accounts at any general meeting.

ARTICLE XIV (Constitutional Amendments and By-Laws)

Section 1:

Amendments to this constitution and or/by-laws of the organization may be proposed and discussed by any voting member of the organization.

Section 2:

Proposed revisions to this constitution and or by-laws must be approved by (70%) of the quorum present at a general meeting.

ARTICLE XV (Establishment of Constitution)

This document shall now be the Constitution of the Chinese Culture Club.  A copy of this document may be found at the Office of Student Activities.  Any document written before this constitution shall be invalid.

ARTICLE XVI (OSA GOD Clause)

The Chinese Culture Club agrees to abide by the rules and regulations of the Association of Student Activities and its executive committee.  This constitution, amendments to it, by-laws of this organization shall be subject to review by the OSA Executive Committee to insure that they are in accordance with the aforementioned rules and regulations.