Revised 9/17/2010University of Massachusetts Student Government Association Prospective RSO Checklist Your RSO Application Packet must include the following: ____ Constitution: ____ Na
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University of Massachusetts Student Government Association Prospective RSO Checklist
Your RSO Application Packet must include the following:
Constitution:
Name of Organization
Mission Statement
Process for establishing voting membership (min number of meetings etc.) Statement of Non-Discrimination signed by the officers
Statement of Free Speech/Expression
Process for voting by membership
Clear procedure for conducting meetings and planning activities
Reasonable procedure for resolving disputes among members
Governance and Officer Duties
1 Hierarchal Structure
2 Officers must be undergraduate and democratically elected
3 Outline of responsibilities
4 Designate who has signature responsibility (President and Treasurer usually)
Process for election and nominations
Process for removal of an officer
Amendments Section
1 Approval of 50% + 1 majority vote submitted to the Sec of the Registry
Ratification of the Constitution
Shall be voted on upon majority vote of the organization, approved by the Sec of Registry, and a copy must be made available to all members
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Statement of Future Goals
Reason why RSO Status is Necessary
Initial Membership Roster
University of Massachusetts-Amherst students are the only voting members Also,
membership should be open to all of the 5-college community, their dependents, staff, and alumni (Note: in order to be an RSO, you must have ten (10) active members AT ALL TIMES, 2/3 of which must be fee paying University of Massachusetts-Amherst students and they cannot all be seniors)
Please attach the following information for all officers within the Executive Board, as well
as all of the committed members of the RSO (list must total at least ten (10) undergraduate students) on a separate sheet of paper:
Names Addresses E-mails Student Identification Numbers Telephone Numbers
*Please also indicate which member will be the primary liaison to the SGA.
Note: An RSO will not be approved unless there is a clear contingency plan in place to ensure
that the organization continues The goal of every RSO should be to become a long standing organization on campus and groups with solely short term goals will not be approved.
Completed packets should be submitted to the SGA Secretary of the Registry mailbox
located in the SGA office, Student Union room 420 no later than October 15, 2010.
For more information, please contact: sga.registry@stuaf.umass.edu or stop into the CSD Resource Room located off of the main lobby of the Student Union building room 314.
Tyler Langlais
Secretary of the Registry
Student Government Association
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