PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, we the members of the Accounting Club of Arkansas Tech University are formed for fellowship among all interested in accounting during their college days as a student and to serve as a guide into the accounting world am a practitioner, and
WHEREAS, we believe that fellowship among college students in accounting should involve the Principles of scholarship, practicality, and sociability, and
WHEREAS, we as members, shall strive toward these principles as a student and will strive toward these principles as a practitioner.
ARTICLE I
Government of the Club
This Constitution, together with its amendments and by-laws, shall be the Supreme law for this organization and. shall be known as the Accounting Club Constitution. Robert's Rules of Order Revised shall govern the parliamentary conduct of this club and its committees, except where otherwise provided in the constitution and by-laws.
ARTICLE II
Purpose
The purpose of this Accounting Club shall be to encourage the ideal of service as the basis of the accounting profession; to promote the study of accountancy and its highest ethical standards; to act as a medium between professionals, instructors, students, and others who are interested in the development of the study or profession of accountancy; to develop high moral, scholastic and professional attainments in its members; and to help pave the way from student to practitioner.
ARTICLE III
The Executive Committee
Section 1. The members of the Executive Committee shall consist of the elected officers of the Accounting Club.
Section 2. The President of the Accounting Club will preside over all Executive Committee meetings.
Section 3. The President should call the meeting with four members constituting a quorum.
Section 4. The Executive Committee shall make, interpret, and execute the laws of the club. Any decision that affects the Accounting Club as a group should be presented to the club membership for approval.
Section 5. Any member of the Accounting Club may attend committee meetings with an invitation from a member of the executive committee or by special request.
Section 6. The Executive Committee will be held responsible for all activities of the Accounting Club.
Section 7. The minutes of the Executive Committee should be read at the general membership meetings.
ARTICLE IV
Officers of the Accounting Club
Section 1. The election of officers shall be held in the latter part of the spring semester as designated by the executive committee. This election should be after the spring initiation so the new members will be eligible to vote.
Section 2. Nominations for any office in the Accounting Club shall take place at least one week before the elections.
Section 3. All officers will be elected by secret ballot.
Section 4. The officers-elect shall be installed on or before the last meeting of the regular school year in which elected. The past officers should make installation
Section 5. The club shall have the power by majority vote to declare any office vacant on account of the continued absence or inability of an officer properly to administer the duties of his or her office, and the power to elect officers to fill such vacancies.
Section 6. The officers of the Accounting Club should include a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Section 7. The President must be a senior in the fall term following his election.
Section 8. The Vice-President may be a junior in the fall term following his election.
Section 9. Other offices may be filled from the general membership of the club.
ARTICLE V
Duties of the Officers
Section 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Accounting Club and Executive Committee; appoint such committees as may be provided in the Constitution or by-laws or by vote of the membership; be responsible for all club programs and reports; and generally, promote the welfare of the club.
Section 2. The Vice-President should take over the Presidents responsibilities when the President is not available. He or she should serve on committees and promote the welfare of the club.
Section 3. The Secretary should take notes of the regular meetings. The notes should be typed and made available to members. The Secretary should file all typed notes in a notebook, properly dated, to be used as a reference in the future.
Section 4. The Treasurer is responsible for all the club's finances, His duties consist of collecting all dues; approving and paying all expenditures, and accounting to the membership at each meeting as to the club's financial position.
Section 5. Additional duties may be required by each officer according to the constitution, the by-laws, or vote of the club.
ARTICLE VI
Membership
Section 1. Deleted and replaced with Article IX, Section 1.
Section 2. Deleted and replaced with Article IX, Section 2.
Section 3. Faculty membership shall be granted to all faculty members holding a full time teaching position on the accounting faculty.
Section 4. Alumni members shall be those former active members who have graduated with a major in accounting.
Section 5. Honorary members shall be those members accepted by the club for the outstanding personal and professional attainment in the field of accounting--public or private-- or their contact with the accounting department at Arkansas Tech University.
Section 6. Any student who meets the above qualifications will be eligible for an invitation for membership. All eligible students should be presented to the club for proposed membership.
ARTICLE VII
Organization and Procedure
Section 1. The club year shall correspond to the school year.
Section 2. The regular meetings of the club shall be held twice monthly, on a day and time to be determined by the club.
Section 3. Special meetings of the club may be called by the president at his or her discretion or when so requested in writing by five members of the club.
Section 4. Elections to membership maybe held in the fall and spring of the year depending on the demands, but the spring election should be held before the election of officers.
Section 5. Ten due-paying members shall constitute a quorum, or if membership is more than 100 members, 10% of the members.
Section 6. The dues for the club are twenty-five dollars per year or fifteen dollars per semester.
Section 7. All dues should be paid to the Treasurer by the second meeting in each semester and deposited in a school fund.
Section 8. The order of business for a regular meeting should be as follows: Meeting called to order; discussion of old business with committee reports; discussion of new business with committee reports; presentation of program; and adjournment.
Section 9, A member who is absent 3 consecutive meetings shall be declared inactive and lose his or her, power to vote. He or she must attend 2 consecutive meetings to become active.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendments
Section 1. The constitution and by-laws may be amended, suspended, added to, or stricken out by a 4/5 vote of the regular membership.
Section 2. All approval amendments maybe added to the constitution and by-laws under Article II – Additional Amendments.
ARTICLE IX
Additional Amendements
Section 1. Membership: In order to encourage scholarship as one of the clubs objectives, students shall be considered eligible to an active membership in the club if their average grade in accounting subjects is 2.5 or more or whose general average in all subjects is 2.0 or more based on a 4 point system.
Section 2. Active members must be accounting majors with plans for taking future advanced courses.
Section 3. In addition to officers listed in Article IV, Section 6: historian has been added.
