Constitutional Amendments
October 2007 Amendments to the October 2006 OLISSA Constitution
Amendment 1
The UOSA Associate General Counsel has recently notified the OLISSA Officers that our organization's constitution does not currently include, "A clause specifying that your organization shall comply with all local, state, and federal laws." For additional details, you may view the notice.
In order for OLISSA to gain the benefits of registration as provided by Title 10, including "the ability to access organizational funds, participate in University sponsored or sanctioned activities, or reserve and use University facilities," we must amend our constitution to incorporate these changes by October 1, 2007.
Proposed Amendment 1 - The following article will be appended to our constitution:
Article IX - Compliance with Law
Section 1 - Compliance
OLISSA is subject to Local, State, and Federal Laws.
Amendment 2
To widen the eligibility pool of officers for OLISSA, we would like to amend Article III, Section 2 from:
Student officers must be students at the University of Oklahoma. Therefore, if a student ceases to be an OU student, that student can no longer serve as an officer. Officers will officially begin their terms at the commencement of the summer semester. Any member is eligible to hold office after having been a member of OLISSA for one semester.
to:
Student officers must be students at the University of Oklahoma. Therefore, if a student ceases to be an OU student, that student can no longer serve as an officer. Officers will officially begin their terms at the commencement of the summer semester. Any member is eligible to hold office after having been a member of OLISSA for one semester. If no nominations for an office are received during an election period, first semester members of OLISSA will be eligible to hold office in that election cycle.
Voting Procedure
These proposed amendments will be ratified as stated in Article VII of our constitution.
- Notice will be sent out regarding these 2 amendments through the organizational listserv email. Members will be responsible for reading the amendments and may reply by email with any changes or issues they have with the proposed constitution to the OLISSA officers by 11:59pm, Tuesday, September 25, 2007.
- Following any suggested changes to the amendments based on feedback, the proposed amendments will be offered for a vote beginning at 5pm Wednesday, Septmember 26, 2007 to the organizational listserv.
- Votes may then be submitted by email to OlissaVoteSeptember2007@gmail.com, by physical ballot to Room 120 of Old Bizzel Hall in Norman, or by fax to 405-325-7648 by 6pm Sunday, September 30, 2007.
- Amendments collecting a two-thirds majority of those voting will be passed.
Results
The amendments passed unanimously. View the amended constitution here. View the original constitution here.
October 2006 Amendments to the April 2006 OLISSA Constitution
Numerous typographical errors were corrected. View the amended constitution here. View the original constitution here.
April 2006 Amendments to the January 2004 OLISSA Constitution
At the OLISSA Meeting on April 10, 2006, as announced, there was discussion and adoption of several proposed changes to the OLISSA Consitution. Included in the adopted amendments are provisions that permit electronic voting by email and the inclusion of undergraduate members. View the amended constitution here. View the original constitution here.
Updated: January 29, 2008
