Article VIII-Amendments
Section 1. Proposed amendments may be submitted at any time to the Executive Vice President,
however, any amendment to be passed at the G.A. meeting must be delivered to the
Executive Vice President no less than 30 days prior the meeting.
A. The Vice President will ensure that every Association member has unrestricted
access to the proposed amendment and this Constitution for no less than 21 days
prior the General Assembly.
B. The Proposed amendment may be ratified by a 2/3 vote of the quorum at the G.A.
C. The Proposed amendment may be amended at the G.A. per Roberts Rules, and as
such, may only be reduced in power in order that the members not in attendance
are protected.
Section 2. Upon the submission of this Constitution to the National Office of the Alpha Tau
Omega Fraternity, thus upon the signatures of the members seeking Chartering
required by the National Office, this constitution is binding. The President reserves
the power to make any additional changes to this constitution for 30 days: If after 30
days changes have been proposed, this Constitution must be available to all members,
and the members must be given 14 days to submit any objections to the proposed
amendments. The Executive Council shall than vote on the objectionable amendment
and/or clause, and then giving the G.A. an additional 7 days to object, at which time
the President may continue to extend the objection process as noted above or may
call a Special Meeting of the General Assembly to vote on the amendment.
A. If at any point an amendment survives un-objected given the proper time
periods, it shall immediately be written into the Constitution.
B. Upon the amendments being passed in accordance with the above manner,
Article IX Section 2. shall be removed from the constitution.
Section 3. In the interest of preserving an accurate and historical constitution, all amendments
to this constitution, with the exception of grammatical errors, shall be struck using a
“strike through” hash rather than permanent erasure.
A. Upon presentation of this document to the General Assembly, Article VIII,
Section 3, Clause A. shall be removed and replaced with “Clause A. Formatting
changes shall also be excemted”.A. Formatting Changes shall also be exempt from Section Article VIII, Section 3.
B. Section 1. of the Mission Statement, as well as Article II, Section 2, shall also be
exempt and completely erased from this Constitution.