STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

CONSTITUTION/BYLAWS

Centers for Student Involvement – Office of the Dean of Students – Division of Student Affairs – San Diego State University

ARTICLE I: NAME

The name of the organization shall be the Student Veteran Organization at San Diego State University.

ARTICLE II: PURPOSE

The purpose of the organization shall be, first and foremost, to ensure that veterans, active duty personnel, reservists and their families are receiving all benefits entitled to them, and to ensure a contact to readjustment counseling should they feel the need. Secondly, our purpose is to provide a fellowship of like-minded individuals in order to create a network of students and successful alumni in order to provide professional and leadership development.

ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP

1. Membership in the organization shall be open to those regularly enrolled San Diego State University students who are veterans, active duty personnel, reservists or family members of the aforementioned.
2. This organization will not have associated members who are non-students or who do not meet the above criteria but will have all membership privileges except for the right to vote or hold office in the organization. Up to a maximum of 20 percent of the members of a student organization may be individuals who are not CSU students (e.g., community members, students at other colleges).
3. Eligibility for membership or appointed or elected student officer positions in the campus-recognized chapter or group may not be limited on the basis of race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, color, age, gender, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation, or disability. We have no rules or policies that discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, color, age, gender, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation, or disability.

ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS

1. The officers of this organization shall be:
President: Matt Sulamo
Executive Vice-President: Chris Hanson
Vice-President of Communication: Shelley House
Treasurer: Jay Burris
Web Master: Patrick Zamora
Vice-President of Community Service: Paul Contreras
Vice-President of Camaraderie: Mark Daemon
Vice-President of Fund Raising: Joe Stewart
Vice-President of Membership: Catherine De La Rosa
2. To be eligible for office, candidates must be regularly enrolled students at San Diego State University and be veterans, active duty, reservists or family members of the aforementioned.
3. Nominations for office shall occur approximately one month before the scheduled final of each semester. Members can either nominate themselves or be nominated by another member. A nomination and a second are required for a nomination to
be official.
4. Elections shall occur approximately three weeks before the scheduled final of each semester.
5. The term of office shall be one semester and shall begin on the first day of each semester and end on the last day of each semester. The newly elected officers will decide near the end of the spring semester if they will function during the
summer session.
6. Vacancies will be filled by other active officers on a volunteer basis until the standing officers select another member via nomination and vote.
7. Officers can be removed from office by completion of their term or by unanimous decision by the standing officers.

ARTICLE V: MEETINGS

1. Regular meetings of the organization shall be held every two weeks on the day designated by the Executive Officers
2. Special meetings may be called by the president or acting president when the need arises.
3. Agendas for meetings shall be prepared and provided to all officers seventy-two hours prior to the meeting via e-mail and/or hard copy.
4. A quorum for any regular or special meeting shall be fifty percent plus one officer present. Presence can be achieved by teleconference.

ARTICLE VI: POWERS

1. The organization shall have the following standing committees:
a. Finance (Treasurer/Fundraising)
b. Public Relations (Event Productions)
c. Community Service
d. Legislative Analysis
e. Social
f. Family Affairs
g. E-Committee
2. Additional committees may be created by majority vote by the officers. Volunteering or accepting a nomination by another officer shall select members to the committees.
3. The organization shall operate as a non-profit association and no profits may accrue to any individual within the organization.
4. Unless otherwise provided in these bylaws or the parliamentary authority, decisions of the organization shall be made by a simple majority of those present and voting, with those abstaining from the vote not figuring into the determination of the majority required.
5. For purposes of any vote, apart from nomination and selection for officer positions, all officers present will have one vote per issue save the president. The president will not be eligible to vote unless a tie-breaking vote is needed. During nomination and voting for the officer positions, all active members of the Veterans Club have
one vote.

ARTICLE VII: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

The rules contained in the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the organization in all cases in which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order the organization may adopt.

ARTICLE VIII: AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

These bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the organization by a two-thirds vote, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing at the previous regular meeting.

Matt Sulamo
President or Chief Executive Officer