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Lloyd House Constitution
ratified January 20, 1993
amended January 5, 2005
Article I.
A Member of Lloyd House shall be a properly selected and currently registered undergraduate attending the California Institute of Technology. Each Member shall be allowed even regard and just privilege and shall be entitled to petition the House and the Executive Committee.
Article II.
Offices shall be served by Members and shall be elected at least annually. The Executive Committee shall consist of: the President who shall lead, observe, and represent the House and shall conduct and arrange appropriate House and Executive Committee Meetings; the Secretary who shall direct Roompicks, Elections and Selections, and House correspondence and shall archive the Constitution, Amendments, Bylaws, House and Executive Committee Meeting minutes, and Membership listings, publishing as warranted; the Treasurer who shall manage House funds; the Superintendent who shall govern House maintenance and serve as House representative at Institute Housing meetings; the Social Director who shall coordinate the Social Team; the Athletic Manager who shall coordinate the Athletic Team; and three Representatives. The Executive Committee, acting through decisions of its majority, shall be empowered to administrate all House functions and to designate necessary House positions and committees. Each member shall be granted self-direction within Executive Committee decisions. The Social and Athletic Teams shall implement the proper events.
Article III.
The Upper Class Committee, including a chairman, shall be composed by the Executive Committee and shall meet as required to organize special events and to negotiate or avert contention. Its members, one for each Alley, shall recognize, represent, and inform their constituents.
Article IV.
A House Meeting may be called by the President, the Executive Committee, or one-sixth of the Membership. A House decision must be declared at a House Meeting during the presence of one-third of the Membership. Proposed Amendments or Bylaw changes and officer Elections or expulsions must be announced one week prior to their decision. Amendments, officer expulsions, and Executive Committee overrulings shall require approval by two-thirds of the Members present, while Bylaw changes and other decisions shall require a simple majority.
Article V.
This design shall become effective and supreme when authorized by two-thirds of the Members attending a House Meeting.
Article VI.
Excomm may, by a simple majority vote, appoint and, by a two-thirds majority vote, revoke appointed offices within and on behalf of the House.
Article VII.
Resolutions passed by a two-thirds majority of Excomm and unchallenged for one year become binding upon a two-thirds majority vote by the following year's Excomm after a one week notice to the House. |