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ARTICLE I. NAME A. Kansas State Paintball ARTICLE II. PURPOSE A. Kansas State Paintball shall provide the students of Kansas State University with the opportunity to play at a discount at local fields and to harvest friendship amongst players. Kansas State Paintball shall also provide the possibility of playing on a tournament team that shall be competitive amongst teams in the NCPA around the nation. ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP A. Any person shall be eligible for membership of Kansas State Paintball B. Only full time students shall be eligible to play on the Competitive team C. Any person can associate themselves with Kansas State Paintball by showing up and playing with others who are also affiliated with Kansas State Paintball. To be a member of the competitive team shall require the actions stated in By-Laws Section B; Numbers 1- 7. D. A full member has the right to wear a sanctioned Kansas State Paintball jersey and to compete in tournaments with the Kansas State Team. A full member also has one vote to cast on issues brought forth to Kansas State Paintball. ARTICLE IV. MEETINGS A. Meetings shall be held when called by 3 or more members of Kansas State Paintball or when the President or Vice President deems it necessary. B. Email shall be an intrinsic part of calling meetings as well as word of mouth between players. A preferable amount of time shall be given to team members to account for such a meeting in their school schedules. ARTICLE V. EXECUTIVE BOARD A. There shall be a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary. B. Whomever is elected President shall pick his or her executive board. C. Officer duties shall be included in By-Laws Section C; Numbers 1 – 4. ARTICLE. VI. ELECTIONS A. Only the President shall be elected by membership. Presidential candidates shall follow candidate rules as stated in By-Laws Section D; Number 1. The President shall be in office as long as members elect him wish to re-elect him or her for a period of one school year, and given the following year shall not be said persons last year in school. B. A person shall nominate themselves any time after the resignation of the President in the fall semester of a given school year with intentions of being President for the following school year. C. Nominees shall have a chance to present themselves at a Kansas State Paintball meeting at which there are no more than two members not in attendance. D. Nominees shall not be able to vote. The current President shall not vote, except in case of a draw. In which case the President shall consider heavily the instructions in By-Laws Section C, Number 1 in order to make the final decision. ARTICLE VII FUNDS A. Members of previous standing shall have until the first event to pay their $20 dues as in such they have shown commitment to Kansas State Paintball previously. New members shall have their $50 dues paid within the first 28 days of their attendance at Kansas State as their commitment has not yet been able to be justified. B. The President shall have a plan of action for club funds before the beginning of the fall semester of school for the entire year. The President shall also have a plan of action for fundraising. If three or more members disagree with the plan of action then the team shall meet within the first week of school and discuss the plan. Members who disagree shall have their ideas for changes in the presented plan of action or a plan of action of their own ready to be presented at the meeting. Knowledge of funds and voting on such use shall follow by the rules of By-Law Section E; Numbers 1 - 2. ARTICLE VIII. COMMITTEES A. Committees shall be created as the need arises. ARTICLE IX. AFFILIATIONS A. Statement of current affiliations 1. Kansas State Paintball is affiliated with the National Collegiate Paintball Association. 2. Kansas State Paintball is also receiving sponsorship from Smart Parts. 3. When included in Class AA college paintball Kansas State Paintball is currently associated with the Great Plains Intercollegiate Conference. 4. Should any other sponsorship be applied to the team, they shall be listed here. B. Kansas State Paintball will adhere to the rules of the National Collegiate Paintball Association as stated by their website at www.college-paintball.com. ARTICLE X. ADVISOR A. The function of the Kansas State Paintball advisor shall be to help guide the young men and women of Kansas State Paintball in good moral directions in the dealings of an organization. It is preferred that the advisor shall have paintball experience in one form or another. If such candidate is not available, the advisor should be a person of good ethical standing and sound judgment. This person has the obligation to inform Kansas State Paintball of any information he or she comes across that would be of interest to the team. The advisor shall do so through the President or Vice President. ARTICLE XI. COACH/INSTRUCTOR A. Should the need arise for a Coach/Instructor for Kansas State Paintball; the team shall first look within itself for a volunteer who would be willing to do so. The team shall not fund said position related to coaching or instructing the team. Should the need arise for such a position the team shall look for someone who has a love for the game and would be willing to spend time with the team. Otherwise, the team shall nominate from within itself a person or persons who shall develop a strategy and course of practice. Once said person has been determined the team shall follow said members plan unless a majority of team disagrees with plan. The team shall not remove said member for reasons of personal preferences on how to prepare the team for play. ARTICLE XII. RATIFICATION A. The Constitution shall be approved by ¾ of the members for ratification. ARTICLE XIII. AMENDMENTS A. Any amendments to the Constitution shall be presented at a meeting with foreword knowledge given to the President and Vice President to evaluate its intent and how it would affect any relationships, actions, procedures, and purpose it would give Kansas State Paintball. An amendment shall be voted upon at the meeting following the one it is presented at. Such meeting shall be held within 10 days of presentation. A ¾ vote is required when said amendment changes any intent or wording of current constitution. Such a situation shall be determined by the Executive Board. When not affecting any current status of the Constitution it shall be ratified by a 2/3 vote. ARTICLE XIV. BYLAWS A. Voting 1. Voting by a ¾ or 2/3 decision shall require the meeting of said deciding factor or besting it. Rounding up to a ¾ or 2/3 decision does not constitute a ratified decision. Quorum is considered 2/3 of voting members. Quorum must be met in all voting situations. Other situations may supercede Quorum, but Quorum must always be met. Members unable to attend may proxy their vote to another member with foreword knowledge given to said member and the President. B. Membership 1. Member must be a full time student or graduate student. 2. Member must pay $20 for return membership or $50 for new membership. Dues are such because of shown commitment. 3. Member must have or purchase team jersey. 4. Member must attend weekly study sessions with the team. a. Should a member miss 5 study sessions a semester or 9 over a two semester period for anything to be determined unreasonable by the Executive Board in a majority decision, said member shall be removed from team status. b. Said member shall be eligible for team status after one event and only during the next semester. If said one event shall be the only event in the next semester after violation has occurred, said member shall be allowed to play with majority voting by team and only as a reserve player and if said member makes it to the remaining study sessions as required by Article XIV; Section A, Number 4, letter a. 5. Member must attend practices and be able to buy or bring one bag of 500 paintballs for each practice. Should any member miss 4 practices in a semester or 7 in two semesters the enforcement shall be as in Article XIV; Section B, Number 4, letters a and b but only in consideration of practices. a. Practices shall be scheduled with consideration of sponsorship and personal funds. 6. Practice and study sessions shall be considered two separate issues when it comes to violating either of them. 7. Member shall remain in good standing with all laws within City, County, State, and Federal regulations. Should a member violate any law that is considered a serious grievance by the team with a 2/3 decision, said member shall be eliminated from the team with no eligibility to play again on the team. 8. Any member violating a team contract or agreement when the team has agreed to follow said contract or agreement, shall be first warned, than stricken of privileges, and finally removed from team in successive violations C. Officer Duties 1. President/Vice President: The office of the President and Vice President shall hold the responsibility of submitting all paperwork to the University in prompt manner. It shall also hold the responsibility that team members comply with all contracts or agreements. 2. Secretary: Shall have written accounts that will be added into the Actions Section of the Constitution. Such items will include purposes or intentions of team up and through the times those actions are completed. Items shall than be listed as complete and kept on record for future reference. The Secretary shall also keep track of voting at meetings and any change in the Constitution shall be recorded in the Constitution by the Secretary. 3. Treasurer: Shall keep an updated record of available funds from the University. Treasurer shall also keep track of any donations, amounts and dates, received from any outside source of the team or University for future reference. Treasurer shall also keep track of who has paid dues. The Treasurer shall report to the team on available funds at every meeting. 4. Tournament Captain: The office of Tournament Captain shall have the responsibility of reporting to the team potential tournaments and coordinating with the treasurer as to what funds are available. The Tournament Captain shall also be responsible for scheduling practices with reason and determining what occurs based on what the team wants. D. Candidacy for President 1. Candidates shall not slander, mud sling or any other political jargon way of badmouthing another candidate. Candidate shall focus on their plans for the club and how they plan on going about them and why they would be a good choice. They shall also declare who their Executive Board would be should said Candidate win. The candidate shall not be graduating within the next two semesters. E. Knowledge of Funds 1. The determination on how funds shall be spent shall be produced in a plan by the President before the beginning of the fall semester. Said plan shall be approved of by a majority vote by remaining members from previous year. New members shall not be present or able to vote of how funds shall be spent. 2. Once the determination of how funds shall be spent it shall be made known to new members within 48 hours by email or written word. F. Impeachment of Officers 1. Any officer of the team shall be under the ability to be impeached. At any meeting any member in good standing shall call for a vote of confidence. This motion must be seconded by another member. The member who brings the motion to the table must then present a reason for a vote of confidence. Discussion shall ensue after the initial presentation with each member being allowed to speak a maximum of twice on the issue. A failing of a vote of confidence of said officer would mean a lack of confidence in that officer’s ability by the team. 2. Only after a vote of no confidence has been held can an officer be impeached. A motion of impeachment must be brought forth and seconded. Said motion cannot be brought forth in the same meeting as a vote of confidence on any one officer. A presentation by the member who makes the motion shall follow the seconding of the motion. Discussion shall follow the presentation with each member being allowed to speak twice on the issue. A vote of 2/3 must be met for impeachment. The Officer under question shall not be allowed to vote on the issue. 3. Any successful impeachment will result in the loss of duty of any officer. It does not remove them from the team. Any officer other than the President must then be approved by the team in a majority vote for replacement. The President shall ask for volunteers and shall not be allowed to choose their replacement. a. Should the President be impeached then rules for Presidential candidacy shall ensue with the Vice President acting as the President de facto until an official President is elected. 4. In special circumstances the President may see fit to remove a member from an officer position. The President must give sound reasoning as to why such an action is necessary and requires only a lesser majority vote of 2/5. G. Removal of Members 1. It should be noted that members may become detrimental to the team. In such a case any member of the team shall be able to bring forth a motion for a member’s removal. It shall require a seconding. Reasoning shall be provided by the member who brought forth the motion and discussion shall ensue. Each member shall have two opportunities to speak on such an issue. At the following meeting within 10 days a vote shall be taken with no more than 2 members not in attendance. Such an action shall require a 2/3 vote with the Vice President counting as two votes and the President not voting. a. Should such an action occur and be successful, said member asked to be removed shall leave the meeting immediately and will not be refunded any dues or monetary donations. Any member asked to leave shall be required to return any items that belong to the team as a whole within 5 days to the President or it will be considered theft and a police report shall be filed. 2. The President and Vice President shall have only one statement in the discussion and move to guide the discussion in an effective and as a humane way as possible. H. Practices 1. Practices shall consist of 1 and ½ hours worth of play or drill. Refusing to play or drill shall be considered the same as missing a practice. Members are encouraged to play as much as they can afford. However, playing too much and depleting their funds in such a way they cannot practice or afford to play in events/matches/tournaments shall be deemed inappropriate and shall not be an excuse for not being able to practice. Players are encouraged to watch their extended expenses as to allow themselves money to practice. a. Reballs shall be held in possession at the recreational facilities. They shall not be held by any member at any time except for the period immediately after the purchase and before reballs can be stored. i. Equipment shall be concealed at all items until in small gym. Any player in violation of this can be potentially arrested. b. All members shall contribute $20 to the team funds for the use of reballs. Any person not on the team will be able to practice with KSU team reballs for a fee of $25 per semester. They shall be allowed to use reballs after team practice is over under the eye of at least two KSU players. i. If the person who has already paid a $25 fee and is invited to play on the sponsored team, they shall not be required to pay another $20 for the use of reballs. I. Special Considerations 1. Any ability not directly written out shall be with the inherent ability of the Executive Board to insure fluidity of the team.