Preamble
We, the students at Angelina College, see it necessary to
expand the beliefs of the Democratic Party, to have involvement with the
Democratic process, and to enlighten others about the Democratic Party
and process; we unite to form an organization that shall be named
Angelina College Young Democrats Society located at Angelina College.
ARTICLE 1:
Section 1: The formal name of the organization on this
campus shall be Angelina College Young Democrats Society of Angelina
County. The name of
Angelina college will not be considered the name of the organization,
only used as an indicator, when needed, that our organization based at
the college.
Section 2: The University Democrats will be affiliated with
the Texas Young Democrats, Young Democrats of America, and College
Democrats of America.
ARTICLE 2:
Section 1: the purpose of this organization is to support
and promote the ideals of the Democratic party local, state, and at the
national level. This organization shall serve to promote future growth
of members of the Democratic party. This organization shall be active
with the Democratic community and to provide opportunities to be
involved in local, state and national affairs. This organization shall
be a forum for the college on government issues, and anything else that
is needed and proper to further the promotion of the Democratic party
without defacing the Democratic prestige.
ARTICLE 3:
Section 1: Any student, faculty, or staff of Angelina
College can be a member of this organization and it cannot be denied
because of race, color, creed, gender, sexual preference, and
disability.
Section 2: Membership to the organization is suspended if a
student is on academic probation as stated with the College guidelines,
unless approved organization sponsor for reinstatement to the
organization.
Section 3: The Director of Membership and the President
shall certify before the Texas Young Democrats State Convention the
organizations members in Good Standing.
Section 4: Each member of the ACYDS will be considered
members of the YDS, CDS, and TYD.
ARTICLE 4:
Section 1: A member shall fall into the status of
“Inactive Member” be the following
a. Does not attend a meeting for a month
b. Does not respond to any methods of communications
c. Does not pay the annual membership dues of $5
ARTICLE 5:
Section 1: Out of the general membership, there shall be an
Executive Board that shall consist of four elected members and selected
members. The Executive
Board shall be:
Elected: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
Selected: Director of Membership, Director of
Communications, Director of Community issues, and Director of finance
Section 2: The President shall have the power to appoint
those executive board members that need to be selected.
When a person is appointed, the body of membership of the College
Democrats shall approve the appointee with at least a majority vote.
Section 3: Any officer maybe removed from office by a
two-thirds vote of members present and voting at any regular
organization meeting, provided the notice of this proposed action has
been given at a prior meeting. Any
officer shall be automatically removed upon failure to attend three
consecutive activities of the organization, except that the organization
may, by majority vote excuse such actions.
Activities will include meetings, fundraisers and those events
deemed of major importance.
Section 4: In the event of a Vance in any office, the
office shall be filled by special election at the next regular meeting
of the organization.
ARTICLE 6:
Section 1: The President shall preside over all the
meetings of the organization and of the executive committee of the
organization and with the approval of said executive committee, appoint
members and chairs of all committees, and call regular meetings of the
organization, every semester, the president shall make a Plan of Action,
which will plan events and goals of the semester.
Section 2: The Vice President shall preside at meetings in
the absence of the president. The
Vice President shall by the contact to college issues and events.
Both the President and Vice President shall be the contact for
the local, state, and national Democratic Organizations.
The Vice President shall oversee all committee work and will give
suggestions and comments to the chairs of each committee.
Section 3: The secretary shall take minutes of the
organization meetings, Executive Committee meetings, and keep complete
records of the actions of the organization.
At the end of the year the Secretary shall put together a
scrapbook of records for the next years Executive Board.
Section 4: The treasurer shall keep all monies of the
organization in a special bank account disperse monies on the order of
the organization or the Executive Committee, keep complete financial
records, follow the check writing policy, and present reports at each
meeting of the organization and Executive Committee.
A. Check writing Policy: For any check that is written
for payment of a debt owed by the organization, the President or the
Treasurer may sign the check. If
the check is over one hundred dollars, the president must sign the check
with the treasurer’s approval. The
treasurer must also copy, or have a carbon copy of , each check written
with their records.
ARTICLE 7:
Section 1: The Director of Membership shall oversee the
Membership Committee and will try to recruit and maintain membership.
In addition, the Director shall give the president an updated
list of active members every month.
Section 2: The Director of Communications shall keep with
any current events locally, state wide, and nation wide and inform the
body on any event that may affect us.
In addition, the Director of Communication shall communicate to
all members about upcoming activities, meetings, or any other event by
any means of communication.
Section 3: The Director of Community Issues and Service
shall work with the Director of Communication on any issues that may
come up in the Community. In
addition, the Director of Community Issues and Services shall organize a
project once a month so we can give back to our community in the name of
College Democrats.
ARTICLE 8:
Section 1: There shall be the following permanent
committees:
Finance,
Membership, Programs, Publicity
Section 2: If needed the President can form any temporary
committee for a specific event.
Section 3: The descriptions of the committees are as
follows:
A. The Treasurer shall chair the Finance Committee.
This Committee shall help the treasurer with any ideas, organization, or
execution of any fundraiser events.
B. The Director of Membership shall oversee the
Membership Committee. This committee shall organize any campaigns or
projects to recruit new members
to the organization.
C. The Programs Committee shall be overseen by the Director of
Community Issues and Services
and
co-chaired by the Director of Communications.
This committee shall give both directors ideas
on
projects to be done at the College and in the community.
D. The
Director of Communications shall chair the Publicity Committee.
This committee shall keep up to date with events and discuss and
a general meeting with the members to see if any action is necessary.
As well, this committee with focus on publicity by any mean
necessary for any event sponsored by this organization.
ARTICLE 9:
Section 1: The members at the first General Meeting shall
determine meeting dates. They shall select the time and it shall be the
president’s responsibility to reserve the location.
Section 2: Accept as otherwise provided Roberts Rules of
Order Revised shall be the parliamentary authority of this organization.
In the event of conflict, the constitution and bylaws of the
Texas Young Democrats shall prevail over this constitution or other
rules this organization.
ARTICLE 10:
Section 1: The College Democrats shall not endorse any
Democratic Candidate during the Primary election or any General
Election. No member may use
the name of the College Democrats in endorsing any candidate for office. Each member, however, is encouraged to support a candidate
independently from the organization.
Section 2: The College Democrats may endorse city or state
referendums, ordinances, or amendments that is on the ballot in a
General Election or a Special Election.
The membership by two-thirds vote must approve to endorse such
referendums, ordinances, or amendments and it will be the job of the
Executive Board to produce a procedure for endorsement.
