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Constitution Enacted 16 April 1993
Based on the Consitution Enacted 03 December 1978
Article I
The name of the club is Darkstar, and Darkstar shall be its
name.
OK.
Article II
There shall be three types of membership, and the number of the
types of membership shall be three:
A) Member
All persons who have been in the presence of a meeting
shall be considered members.
B) Voting Member
All members who have been present at three or more
meetings during the current or previous academic quarter
shall be eligible to vote.
C) Student Voting Member
Any voting member currently enrolled as an undergraduate
at UCSD shall be considered a Student Voting Member.
Article III
Voting members shall be eligible to vote on any topic unless
the Associated Students bylaws disallow non-student voting. If
this is the case, only Student Voting Members shall be eligible
to vote.
Article IV
Once a person has become a member, he/she/it/other is a member
forever; death does not release he/she/it/other. However,
membership may be revoked by a three-quarter's vote from the
current voting members in attendance.
Article V
A meeting may be called by one officer and one current member
who is also not an officer.
Article VI
There is nooooooo Article VI.
Article VII
The offices of Darkstar shall be held by Student Voting
Members. The offices and their duties are as follows:
Dark Lord/Dark Lady:
The Dark Lord shall file the appropriate forms, and form
the appropriate files, at the appropriate time.
Chief Wraith:
The Chief Wraith shall look decorative. The Chief Wraith
shall also be the Keeper of Traditional Family Values
(and other tall tales).
Runemaster:
The Runemaster shall, if necessary, keep seconds, and
shall keep firsts upon request. The Runemaster shall also
be entrusted with the care and feeding of the Darkstar
Library.
Devil's Advocate:
The Devil's Advocate shall advocate the Devil in matters
concerning Church Groups. This includes the handling of
money, as money is the tool of the devil.
Article VIII
Elections shall be held in the very merry month of May, and
officers shall assume their duties the following fall.
Article IX
There shall be no discrimination on the basis of race, sex,
color, creed, alignment, preferred breathing atmosphere, or
number of appendages.
Article X
+ A) Darkstar shall have no dues.
+ B) Darkstar shall leave no residues.
+ C) Darkstar shall actively seek out legal sources of funding.
+ D) Illegal sources of funding shall actively seek out
Darkstar.
+ E) All fundraising activities shall follow Associated
Students bylaws.
+ F) In the event that Darkstar becomes liquid, the officers
shall proceed past the triple point to the gaseous threshold.
+ G) Upon reaching the gaseous threshold, the officers shall
investigate and implement an AS-approved plan for storage of
the club's liquid assets.
+ H) All expenditures shall pass a quorum vote of all officers,
and the club must be notified of the expenditure at the next
general meeting.
+ I) Club funds may be used in the following manner:
o a) To subsidize members' attendance of conventions
relating to Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Strategy
Gaming. Any such expenditures must be approved by a
majority of the members present at a regularly scheduled
general meeting.
o b) To acquire items of interest for the Darkstar
Library.
Article XI
There are no loopholes.
Article XII
There are no amendments.
Addmendmert I
We don't discriminate against lysdexics.
Addmendmert II
NO SMURFS!
Addmendmert V (III, Sir)
Only He Who Has More Than One Title At The Same Time shall have
More Than One Title At The Same Time.
Addmendmert IV
All those who do not understand this Constitution are
irrelevant and their mothers dress them funny.
Addmendmert V
The capitol of Nebraska is Lincoln.
Addmendmert VI
A five percent vote is sufficient to bend the rules, except for
Article II, Article III, Article VI, Article VII, Article IX,
Article X, Article XI, Article XII, Addmendmert I, Addmendmert
VI, Addmendmert IX, and Addmendmert XI.
Addmendmert VII
This life is only a test. Had it been real, you would have been
told where to go and what to do.
Addmendmert VIII
FOR i = 0 to 3
PRINT "Redundancy is not allowed, and neither is repeating
yourself."
NEXT i
Addmendmert IX
Darkstar is not a church group. It never has been, and never
shall be a church group.
Addmendmert X
Neither death nor ascension releases an entity from
memberships.
Addmendmert XI
Embezzlers will be buried up to their necks in SPAM(tm).