AVERY CONSTITUTION
Minutes and Agenda of Constitutional Convention, March 11, 2005.

	Adoption of Rules, Agenda, and Chair.

I § 4 – Should dues be determined by House vote?  (Hom-Wetzel Amendment)
15 min.

II § 3a – Should there be Alley Reps?  (Yosinski Amendment)
10 min.

II § 3b – Should there be a signature cap for Avery Council petitions?  (Wetzel Amendment)
10 min.

II § 5, 6 – Should the Vice Chancellor and Secretary be confirmed by House vote?  (Ma Amendment)
10 min.

VI § 3 – Should the Constitution ratification vote be broken down by undergraduate/graduate lines?  (Wald Amendment)
10 min.

Should we change “Members” to “Associates”?  (Dreyer-Wetzel Amendment)
15 min.

Other Business.

Adjournment.

I § 4 – Should dues be determined by House vote?  (Amended 6-8, Passed 9-4)

As written:
•	“Avery Residents shall have no dues.   Dues of non-Resident Members shall be determined by a two-thirds majority vote of the Avery Council.”

Hom-Wetzel Amendment:
•	That Article I, Section 4 be stricken and replaced with the following: “Dues shall be determined by two-thirds referendum vote of Avery, as specified in Article III of this Constitution.”

II § 3a – Should there be Alley Reps?  (Passed 7-4)

As written:
•	“Within one month after the beginning of the fall term each year, each Alley shall meet and select that Alley’s representative by majority support to the Avery Council.  Before the representative is seated on the Council, he or she must qualify by additionally submitting by the method in the next section the signatures of any 9 Members of Avery who do not reside in the representative’s Alley.  If an Alley does not select a representative or the representative does not qualify by this deadline, or the Alley chooses to not have a representative, in forfeits its choice of a Council member.  Any spots on the Council not filled in this way shall be available to be filled as specified in the following section.”

Yosinski Amendment:
•	That Article II, Section 3a be stricken.
II § 3b – Should there be a signature cap for Avery Council petitions?  (Failed 0-6)

As written:
•	“Avery Members may join the Council by presenting to the Secretary the names and signatures of 17 Members of Avery who approve of the candidate as a representative of all the Members at large by the following system.  Candidates shall distribute vouchers to Avery Members, who shall each privately mark it yes or no for support of the candidate and sign it.  They will then either submit such vouchers by placing them in a ballot box or by handing them personally to the Secretary.  The vouchers shall be designed so that the vote of the Member is not visible while the signature is being validated.  Additionally, the candidate may optionally submit to the Secretary a list of the persons he or she has distributed a voucher to, so that the Secretary may follow up on whether the Members’ vouchers have been submitted.  The candidate must obtain the signatures of at least one undergraduate, one graduate, and one Faculty-in-Residence in the affirmative, and 17 in all, to be seated on the Council.  Signatures having indicated in the negative shall not count against the candidate and records of these numbers shall not be preserved.”

Wetzel Amendment:
•	That the following be appended to Article II, Section 3b: “No Avery Member may submit more than five vouchers in a given academic year.”

II § 5, 6 – Should the Vice Chancellor and Secretary be confirmed by House vote?  (Failed 3-5)

As written:
•	“The Vice Chancellor shall be elected by the Avery Council from among its members….  The Avery Council shall appoint the Secretary by motion from among its members”

Ma Amendment:
•	That the following be appended to the end of the first sentence of Article II, Sections 5: “and be confirmed by referendum vote of the Avery Members.” and that the following be appended to the end of the first sentence of Article II, Sections 5:  “who shall then be confirmed by referendum vote of the Avery Members.”

VI § 3 – Should the Constitution ratification vote be broken down by undergraduate/graduate lines?  (Passed 5-2)

As written:
•	“This Constitution shall take effect immediately upon ratification by two-thirds referendum vote of the Members of Avery.”

Wald Amendment:
•	That the following be appended to Article VI, Section 3: “which must include two-thirds of all undergraduate and two-thirds of all graduate students voting.”

Should we change “Members” to “Associates”?  (Failed 1-3)

Dreyer-Wetzel Amendment:
•	That the word “Member” be stricken wherever it appears and replaced with the word “Associate”.

Additional Amendments that came up during “Other Business”.

Liu Amendment (Passed 6-0):
That the following be appended to Article II, Section 2a: “All members of the Avery Council shall have votes in Council meetings, with the exception of Resident Associates and the Vice Chancellor.”

Shim-Liu Amendment (Passed 4-1):
That in Article III, Section 5, the words “or Council Member” be stricken, and the words “for negligence of their duties as set forth in this Constitution.” be appended to the first sentence.

Shim Amendment (Passed 4-0):
That Article II, Section 4a be stricken, and the clause “To preside over Avery meetings” be added between sections 5d and 5e.

Liu Amendment #2 (Passed 3-0):
That Article II, Section 4c be stricken, and section 5f be stricken and replaced by “To assume responsibility for unforeseen Council tasks.” 

Dreyer-Liu Amendment (Passed 5-0):
That the Preamble be changed to “We, the undergraduates, graduate students, and resident faculty of Avery, in order to create a community that is open, fair, and diverse, that is supportive and encourages the pursuit of knowledge without fear of ridicule or peer pressure, and that is a gathering place for upright, creative, and tenacious people, do hereby ordain and establish this Constitution for the community of Avery.”
Xin Amendment (Failed 2-3):
To separate the Social Director and Treasurer duties by undoing the change made at the previous meeting.

Liu-Wetzel Amendment (Passed UC, 4-0):
That the following clause be added to Article II, section 7: “The operation and constitution of the Social Team shall be specified in the Avery bylaws”

Shim Amendment #2 (Passed UC, 4-0):
That “Non-Privileged” be changed to “Non-Eligible” wherever it appears.