From 93f7e9e3b768d65cfb4440ea7ba285ce8992ae98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Baibhav Vatsa Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 03:59:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add exception to eligibility for standing in officer elections --- constitution.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/constitution.md b/constitution.md index 0554a8e..54f539b 100644 --- a/constitution.md +++ b/constitution.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Officer meetings will be held once a week, although the president may choose to Officers must attend all general club meetings. They must come prepared with a specific project they can help a new member start contributing to, and they must spend time during meetings either helping someone else or working on that project themself. -Elections will be held at the end of each academic year. Any active member may run for any position, but a member may hold at most one position at a time. Any active member may vote, and whoever receives the most votes may choose to accept the position. If the same person wins multiple positions, a re-vote will be taken for the position they do not accept. Outgoing officers may choose to reject one candidate by unanimous agreement and offer a position to the candidate with the next greatest amount of votes. +Elections will be held at the end of each academic year. Any active member or, in extraneous circumstances, anyone from the Vanderbilt student community deemed eligible by the outgoing officers may run for any position, but a member may hold at most one position at a time. Any active member may vote, and whoever receives the most votes may choose to accept the position. If the same person wins multiple positions, a re-vote will be taken for the position they do not accept. Outgoing officers may choose to reject one candidate by unanimous agreement and offer a position to the candidate with the next greatest amount of votes. ## Article V: Mentors Mentors will assist officers in running weekly meetings. In order to become a mentor, a candidate must have performed a Linux install, know basic command line, and have a pull request or patch approved to an open source project they do not own. Mentors should be prepared to help attendees learn how to perform these three tasks. @@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ Mentors must attend all general club meetings. They must come prepared with a sp Officers must approve all mentors, but they may relax the requirements and approve a mentor by unanimous approval. ## Article VI: Amendment -Any changes to the constitution can be made by unanimous approval of the officers or by approval of three out of four officers and half of active members. \ No newline at end of file +Any changes to the constitution can be made by unanimous approval of the officers or by approval of three out of four officers and half of active members. From 3235024fd70064b52d1f2520d9f9cc835ae2f99d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Baibhav Vatsa Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 04:07:20 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] correct word used now --- constitution.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/constitution.md b/constitution.md index 54f539b..b719f65 100644 --- a/constitution.md +++ b/constitution.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Officer meetings will be held once a week, although the president may choose to Officers must attend all general club meetings. They must come prepared with a specific project they can help a new member start contributing to, and they must spend time during meetings either helping someone else or working on that project themself. -Elections will be held at the end of each academic year. Any active member or, in extraneous circumstances, anyone from the Vanderbilt student community deemed eligible by the outgoing officers may run for any position, but a member may hold at most one position at a time. Any active member may vote, and whoever receives the most votes may choose to accept the position. If the same person wins multiple positions, a re-vote will be taken for the position they do not accept. Outgoing officers may choose to reject one candidate by unanimous agreement and offer a position to the candidate with the next greatest amount of votes. +Elections will be held at the end of each academic year. Any active member or, in special circumstances, anyone from the Vanderbilt student community deemed eligible by the outgoing officers may run for any position, but a member may hold at most one position at a time. Any active member may vote, and whoever receives the most votes may choose to accept the position. If the same person wins multiple positions, a re-vote will be taken for the position they do not accept. Outgoing officers may choose to reject one candidate by unanimous agreement and offer a position to the candidate with the next greatest amount of votes. ## Article V: Mentors Mentors will assist officers in running weekly meetings. In order to become a mentor, a candidate must have performed a Linux install, know basic command line, and have a pull request or patch approved to an open source project they do not own. Mentors should be prepared to help attendees learn how to perform these three tasks.