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<div class="article">Article I.</div>
<div class="title">Name</div>
<div class="text">
This organization shall be hereinafter referred to as the Computer
Science Undergraduate Association, also known as the CSUA.
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<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article II.</div>
<div class="title">Purpose</div>
<div class="text">
The purposes of this organization are: to represent the undergraduate
computer science student body in dealings with the University of
California at Berkeley, its representatives, and any other appropriate
organization; to provide a forum for the personal interaction of persons
involved in the computer sciences; to promote knowledge of and interest
in the computer sciences; and to raise funds to accomplish these goals.
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<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article III.</div>
<div class="title">Membership</div>
<div class="subsection">A. Active Membership</div>
<div class="text">
Any currently registered undergraduate student of the University of
California at Berkeley is eligible for active membership in the CSUA.
</div>
<div class="subsection">B. Associate Membership</div>
<div class="text">
Any student, staff, faculty member of the University of California at
Berkeley or former active member may hold associate membership in the CSUA.
</div>
<div class="subsection">C. Criteria</div>
<div class="text">
Only currently registered students, faculty and staff may be active
members in a registered student organization. Only active members may
vote or hold office. We will not haze according to California State Law;
we will not restrict membership based upon race, color, national origin,
religion, sex, physical or mental disability, medical condition
(cancer-related or genetic characteristics), ancestry, marital status,
age, sexual orientation, citizenship or status as a covered veteran
(special disabled veteran, Vietnam-era veteran or any other veteran who
served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for
which a campaign badge has been authorized).
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<div class="subsection">D. Effective Time of Membership</div>
<div class="text">
An applicant's membership is not effective until after the meeting at
which the applicant joins.
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<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article IV.</div>
<div class="title">Officers</div>
<div class="subsection">A. Types</div>
<div class="text">
The organization shall have seven elected offices, named President,
Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Librarian, Events Officer, and
Alumni Relations Officer.
</div>
<div class="subsection">B. Qualifications</div>
<div class="text">
Only active members of the Computer Science Undergraduate Association as
defined in Article III, Section A shall be allowed to run for and hold
any of the aforementioned offices in the Computer Science Undergraduate
Association.
</div>
<div class="subsection">C. Term of Office</div>
<div class="subpoint">1. Assumption of Office</div>
<div class="subtext">
After their election, the entering officers shall assume office after
the last day of the semester, at which point the exiting officers shall
vacate their respective offices.
</div>
<div class="subpoint">2. Winter and Summer Breaks</div>
<div class="subtext">
If any officer is unable to perform the duties of his or her respective
office during the semester break immediately following elections, then
that officer shall appoint an interim replacement.
</div>
<div class="subpoint">3. Resignation or Removal from Office</div>
<div class="subtext">
Officers who resign from office, no longer meet the qualifications set
above, or are deemed unfit to serve in their respective offices shall
vacate office immediately upon notice of resignation, loss of
qualification, or removal from office.
</div>
<div class="subsection">D. Duties</div>
<div class="subpoint">President</div>
<div class="subtext">
The President shall:
<div class="subsubtext">
<li> chair, or appoint the chair for, the meetings of the CSUA; </li>
<li> be responsible for the execution of mandates reflecting organization
policy as determined by the organization's active members and its
officers in General and Politburo Executive Meetings; </li>
<li> be primarily responsible for representing the CSUA in its duties as the
undergraduate computer science students' representative body; </li>
<li> maintain contact and communication with the University, its faculty
members responsible for teaching computer science, and any other
relevant organization; </li>
<li> appoint chairs for the various committees, subject to confirmation by
the Politburo; </li>
<li> organize and orchestrate the passing on of knowledge from one generation
of Politburo to the next; </li>
<li> establish contact with other student organizations for the purpose of
coordinating interclub events; </li>
<li> have any other duties and/or responsibilities set forth in this
Constitution. </li>
</div>
</div>
<div class="subpoint">Vice President of Industrial Relations</div>
<div class="subtext">
The VP of Industrial Relations shall:
<div class="subsubtext">
<li> liaise with companies and attain sponsors for CSUA's external events; </li>
<li> generate industrial interest in the CSUA; </li>
<li> liaise with CSUA alumni; </li>
<li> coordinate speakers from alumni or industry; </li>
<li> manage infosessions for CSUA; </li>
<li> manage the jobs board/list-serv; </li>
<li> manage and administer the resume booklet; </li>
<li> assist the President in execution of duties; </li>
<li> handle requests by Internal Events Coordinator for a speaker for an
internal event; </li>
<li> have any other duties and/or responsibilities set forth in this
Constitution. </li>
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</div>
<div class="subpoint">Vice President of Technology</div>
<div class="subtext">
The VP of Technology shall:
<div class="subsubtext">
<li> administer and maintain the technical resources of the CSUA, including
but not limited to our list-servs; <br>
<li> be the chief administrator of computer equipment maintained by the CSUA; <br>
<li> be head of our root staff; <br>
<li> be our liaison with all campus IT and technical services; <br>
<li> solve or delegate the solving of technical issues should any arise; <br>
<li> have any other duties and/or responsibilities set forth in this
Constitution.
</div>
</div>
<div class="subpoint">Secretary/Treasurer</div>
<div class="subtext">
The Secretary/Treasurer shall:
<div class="subsubtext">
<li> take minutes at Politburo and General meetings; </li>
<li> manage our library of computer science books; </li>
<li> maintain all necessary financial and non-financial records of the
organization; </li>
<li> administer the CSUA's physical resources; </li>
<li> maintain or delegate the maintenance of the CSUA's facility resources; </li>
<li> maintain the CSUA's monetary resources; </li>
<li> maintain a publicly available record of all financial transactions,
liabilities, and credits relating to the CSUA; </li>
<li> report on the financial status of the CSUA to its members and officers; </li>
<li> obtain financial agency power with the ASUC as soon as possible after
election; </li>
<li> obtain primary signatory power with the ASUC as soon as possible after
election; </li>
<li> have any other duties and/or responsibilities set forth in this
Constitution. </li>
</div>
</div>
<div class="subpoint">Outreach Chair</div>
<div class="subtext">
The Outreach Chair shall:
<div class="subsubtext">
<li> maintain or delegate the maintenance of the CSUA's website; </li>
<li> maintain the content of the CSUA's website; </li>
<li> publicize our services to the general student body; </li>
<li> be responsible for publicizing all internal and external events to the
club membership and the general student body, respectively; </li>
<li> promote interaction between current students and alumni; </li>
<li> recruit new members; </li>
<li> design and distribute (or delegate) all publication materials for the CSUA; </li>
<li> have any other duties and/or responsibilities set forth in this
Constitution. </li>
</div>
</div>
<div class="subpoint">External Events Coordinator</div>
<div class="subtext">
The External Events Coordinator shall:
<div class="subsubtext">
<li> plan and prepare all logistics for each external event; </li>
<li> be or appoint the day-of event coordinator to execute the event and
handle any issues that might arise; </li>
<li> have any other duties and/or responsibilities set forth in this
Constitution. </li>
An external event is defined as an event sponsored by a company.
</div>
</div>
<div class="subpoint">Internal Events Coordinator</div>
<div class="subtext">
The Internal Events Coordinator shall:
<div class="subsubtext">
<li> create fun internal events; </li>
<li> plan and prepare all logistics for each internal event; </li>
<li> be or appoint the day-of event coordinator to execute the event and
handle any issues that might arise; </li>
<li> submit a request to VP Indrel to obtain a speaker for an internal event
should a speaker be required; </li>
<li> have any other duties and/or responsibilities set forth in this
Constitution. </li>
An internal event is defined as an event that does not have a company
sponsor. This includes interclub events, intraclub events, alumni events,
and recruitment events.
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<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article V.</div>
<div class="title">Committees</div>
<div class="subsection">The Politburo</div>
<div class="text">
The Politburo shall consist of all elected officers of the CSUA. It shall
hold at least three open meetings a semester while school is in regular
session. The Politburo shall determine temporary policies of the CSUA.
Politburo decisions may be overturned by a two-thirds vote of the general
membership at a general meeting.
</div>
<div class="subsection">Other Committees</div>
<div class="text">
Other committees may be created or dissolved at the direction of either
the Politburo, or by a majority vote of the general membership at a
General Meeting. Directorships or other non-politburo positions shall be
appointed by the president and confirmed by the majority of the politburo.
</div>
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<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article VI.</div>
<div class="title">Election of Officers</div>
<div class="subsection">A. Time and Place of Elections</div>
<div class="text">
Officers shall be selected each semester by a majority vote of
the attending General Membership at a General Meeting held no
less than two weeks before the last day of instruction,
announced no less than one week in advance, and held at a time
and place that is considered generally accessible as well in
compliance with ASUC regulations concerning accessibility of
ASUC sponsored activities.
</div>
<div class="subsection">B. Procedure</div>
<div class="text">
The chair shall appoint an election officer, who shall not
vote or run for office. The election officer must be a member.
Members shall be nominated until no more are willing and
eligible. No person shall be nominated who is not willing to
serve upon their election, and no person not present can be
nominated for an office without his or her written consent
being presented at the meeting. If only one candidate is in
nomination voting may be done by acclamation. Otherwise voting
shall be done by secret ballot of active members. A ballot that
is blank or otherwise does not uniquely identify a nominated
candidate shall not be counted. <br>
If there is at any time a majority for a candidate, that
candidate wins. If there is no majority and there are two
candidates the election officer shall cast the deciding vote.
If there is no majority and there are three candidates, the one
with the fewest votes shall be eliminated. If there is a tie
among those with the fewest votes the election officer shall
select one to be eliminated. <br>
If there are more than three candidates, three shall be
selected to proceed to a runoff round as follows. Select as
many candidates as possible for the runoff, starting from those
with the highest vote totals, until it is impossible to proceed
without selecting more than three or discriminating between
candidates who received the same number of votes. If it is not
possible to select any candidates in this way because there is
a tie for first, the election officer shall cast a vote for one
of the tied first-place candidates. If there are then fewer
than three candidates selected for the runoff round, a new vote
shall be held among those candidates not already chosen to
select the remaining candidates.
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article VII.</div>
<div class="title">Removal and Replacement of Officers</div>
<div class="subsection">A. Removal</div>
<div class="text">
An officer may be removed from office in one of the following ways:
</div>
<div class="subtext">
<li> In the event of extended unexplained absence of an
officer, the office may be declared vacant by a majority of
the remaining officers. </li>
<li> Any officer no longer qualified to hold office shall be
removed. </li>
<li> A unanimous vote of the other officers in office may
remove an officer from office. </li>
<li> In the event of a vacancy of an office the President will be
responsible for ensuring that the obligations of that office are
fulfilled until a replacement has been made. </li>
</div>
<div class="subsection">B. Replacement</div>
<div class="text">
In case of removal or resignation from office of one of the
elected officers except the President, the President shall
appoint a successor. All such appointments to office must be
confirmed by a majority vote of the Politburo at the next
announced Politburo meeting. As stated in Article IV, in the
event the office of President is vacated for whatever reason,
the Vice-President shall either assume the office of president
without need for confirmation and appoint a successor to be
approved by a majority vote of a quorum of the Politburo, or,
with the approval of a majority vote of the Politburo at the
next announced Politburo meeting, appoint an eligible member to
assume the office of president. <br>
If both the offices of President and Vice-President are
vacated in such a way to obstruct the aforementioned order of
succession, then the remaining officers, in the order of
Treasurer, Secretary, Librarian, Events Officer, and Alumni
relations officer may either assume the office of President
or, with the approval of the general membership, appoint a new
President who will then fill any remaining open offices. <br>
If all offices are made vacant, then the Faculty Advisor
shall call and chair a general meeting to elect new officers.
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article VIII.</div>
<div class="title">Meetings</div>
<div class="subsection">A. Procedure</div>
<div class="text">
All meetings will run under Parliamentary procedure or some
subset of the same. All questions, unless otherwise noted by
this Constitution, shall require a majority vote. Only active
members of the organization are eligible to vote. All meetings
shall be held at reasonable places and times. <br>
Members may vote and run by proxy.
</div>
<div class="subsection">B. General Meetings</div>
<div class="text">
General Meetings shall be held three times a semester while
school is in regular session, and shall be publicly announced
no less than a week in advance.
</div>
<div class="subsection">C. Politburo Meetings</div>
<div class="text">
Politburo Meetings may be called by the President or by
one-third of the Politburo. At least three meetings a semester
while school is in regular session must be held open to the
membership of the CSUA. Other meetings may be closed at the
request of one-third of those members attending or in the event
of disciplinary actions. In such a case, a listing of general
topics discussed will be made available within one week after
the meeting.
</div>
<div class="subsection">D. Committee Meetings</div>
<div class="text">
Committee meetings will be run under the same rules as the
General Meetings. Meetings will be open to attendance by all members.
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article IX.</div>
<div class="title">Bylaws and Policies</div>
<div class="subsection">A. Bylaws</div>
<div class="text">
Further guidelines pertaining to the operation of the CSUA not
specifically set forth in the Constitution shall be contained
in a set of publicly-available bylaws. Bylaws may be proposed
by any active member of the CSUA, and must be approved by a
majority vote of the Politburo.
</div>
<div class="subsection">B. Policies</div>
<div class="text">
Regulations pertaining to conduct of CSUA members in CSUA
activities and in use of CSUA resources shall be contained in a
set of publicly-available policies. Politburo members may
formulate and implement interim policies in the execution of
their duties, subject to later approval of a majority of the
Politburo at the next Politburo meeting.
</div>
<div class="subsection">C. Amendments to Bylaws and Policies</div>
<div class="text">
Amendments to bylaws and policies may be proposed by any active
member, and must be approved by a majority vote of the
Politburo. Such amendments may be overturned by a two-thirds
vote of the general membership at a general meeting.
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article X.</div>
<div class="title">Amendment</div>
<div class="text">
Any amendment to this constitution must be approved by a
two-thirds majority of a general meeting convened with at least
one week prior prominent public notice of the intent to amend
the constitution. All amendments, unless otherwise noted
therein, become effective immediately upon adoption. <br>
As a special exception, the officers of the CSUA may, for
the sole purpose of bringing the constitution into compliance
with ASUC and OSL requirements, amend the constitution by
changing emphasized text. All such changes must be publicly
announced within one week. <br>
All amendments, additions or deletions must be filed
with the Office of Student Life, 102 Sproul Hall. All
amendments, additions or deletions must be filed with the ASUC
Office of Student Affairs, 400 Eshleman Hall within one week of
adoption.
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="article">Article XI.</div>
<div class="title">Dissolution</div>
<div class="text">
Dissolution of the Computer Science Undergraduate Association
may be approved by a two-thirds majority of general meeting
convened during instruction with at least two weeks notice of
the intent to dissolve the CSUA. In the event of dissolution,
to the extent permitted by campus and ASUC regulations, all
remaining assets shall be donated to a campus computing
organization which allows free access to all University of
California at Berkeley students. <br>
All unspent ASUC funds shall remain the property of
ASUC, all Graduate Assembly funds shall remain the property of
the Graduate Assembly. Remaining privately-obtained funds may
be donated to another nonprofit organization with prior
approval of the ASUC Senate Finance Committee.
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