CONSTITUTION
STUDENTS
FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (SFPA)
(Revised
Spring 2005)
ARTICLE
I
NAME
OF THE ORGANIZATION
The name of this
organization shall be Students for Public Administration (SFPA).
ARTICLE
II
PURPOSE
The purpose of this
organization is to bring students interested in public administration together
in a forum to create collegiality among members, and to create an awareness of
the public administration field and profession.
ARTICLE
III
OFFICERS
Section
1. The officers of this organization shall be President, Vice‑President,
Treasurer, Secretary, and Public Relations Director.
Section
2. The President and Vice President of this organization are required to be
public administration majors or minors. All officers must be in good
standing with the University (i.e. not on Academic Probation).
Section
3. The President shall schedule, set the agenda, and chair all
meetings. The President shall notify the faculty advisor(s) of the agenda
one day prior to a scheduled meeting. The President shall supervise the
organization's activities, and shall appoint chairpersons and members to
committees. The President is responsible for completing the Student
Organization Reserve Fund (SORF) application and turning it in to the Office of
Student Development before the application deadline in September. The
President shall organize and maintain a binder with important SFPA materials.
Section 4.
The Vice‑President will preside at meetings in the absence of the president and
act as parliamentarian at all meetings. The Vice-President shall aid the
president in the supervision of the organization's activities. The
Vice-President shall coordinate guest speaker forums, make a calendar of SFPA
activities for each meeting, monitor the progress of committees, and provide
career information to members from professional publications, newspapers, and
Internet listings.
Section 5.
The Treasurer shall transfer all monies of the club to the SFPA savings account
at the Bancorp South within four (4) banking days of receipt. All monies
shall be disbursed on joint authorization of the president and the treasurer on
SFPA expense request forms. The treasurer will present reports at each
meeting of the club, and keep accurate records of receipts (credits),
disbursements (debits), and SORF funds. The Treasurer must attend a SORF
training session to learn how SFPA's SORF money can be spent and to learn about
the University's regulations regarding the processing of paperwork. The
Treasurer will present the records to the faculty advisor(s) and student
development officials as necessary. When a student joins SFPA the
Treasurer will receive their dues and provide the student with a receipt and a
copy of the SFPA Constitution.
Section
6. The Secretary shall record the minutes of all meetings, post the minutes
of each meeting outside Liberal Arts 123 on the Department of Political
Science, Geography, and Public Administration bulletin board and keep records
of attendance at meetings.
Section
7. The
Public Relations director will notify members of upcoming meetings, make
posters to announce upcoming meetings, display posters in strategic locations
several class days before the scheduled meeting, notify the Pine Log f
and other sources of campus announcing, to ensure that meetings are announced
in all public administration classes, engage in other public activities, keep
track of alumni, promote alumni relations, coordinate “Take it to the Streets”
program and handle all correspondence relating to the needs of the
organization.
Section
8. All officers shall be elected by majority vote by members when there is
a quorum present.
Section
9. Elections for officers will be held at the end of the spring semester or
as required to fill vacancy. Nominations for officers are solicited at
the meeting prior to the elections.
Section
10. Officers that miss two or more meetings in a semester may be removed
from office by the impeachment process.
Section
11. The faculty advisor(s) will be chosen by a majority of the members
present at the elections. The faculty advisor(s) shall act as liaison
between members and the University.
ARTICLE
IV
MEMBERSHIP
Section
1. SFPA is open to all SFASU students and membership is contingent upon the
student paying dues as stated in Article V.
ARTICLE
V
DUES
Section
1. Dues shall be $5.00 per semester.
ARTICLE
VI
AMENDMENTS
Section 1.
Amendments to this Constitution may be introduced at any regular meeting of
SFPA, and shall be voted on at the next regular meeting. Amendments
approved by a simple majority of members present at the meeting shall be
adopted.
ARTICLE
VII
IMPEACHMENT
Section 1.
Officers may be removed from office with a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the
members present and voting.
ARTICLE
VIII
Section 1.
SFPA will:
A. Solicit public administration practitioners
to address the organization
B. Maintain contacts with
all alumni
C. Form committees for various activities
D. Be involved in community service projects
E. Establish quorum with fifty (50) percent of
the members present
F. Follow some version of parliamentarian
procedures such as Robert's Rules of Order
G.
One member can
hold more than one office
H. Major issues shall be voted on in the following meeting to allow for
all possible members to be present.