The Constitution of the MIT Poker Club

Article I : Purpose

The primary purpose of the club is to promote card games within the MIT community.  The club will arrange weekly nights where card games can be played each week.  The Poker club will facilitate the creation of the weekly game and also attempt to attract new people to the tables each week.  Beyond just the weekly poker game, the club will also sponsor a tournament each semester.  The tournament as well as the weekly games will not be played for real money as well as any other activities in the club.  Additionally, the club will start a library of poker books.  This library will consist of books of members that are lent to the club and also some books that the club will buy. 

Article II : Membership

  1. Any member of the MIT community is eligible to become a member of this organization. One is considered a member of this organization in any given academic term if she has attended at least one club activity and one meeting in the preceding or current term.
  2. The membership of this organization will at all times contain at least 5 MIT students and be more than half MIT students.
  3. This organization will not discriminate based on any characteristic listed in MIT's Nondiscrimination Statement.
  4. If this organization charges any monetary dues, there will be exceptions made for students that cannot afford these dues.

Article III : Officers

  1. This organization will have five officers:
    1. President
      1. The president shall be the official representative of the group to any other organization and to MIT.
      2. The president will preside over all meetings.
      3. The president is responsible for determining when meetings are and publicizing this to the group.
    2. Treasurer
      1. The treasurer shall be responsible for the finances of the group.
      2. The treasurer is required to sign all checks/vouchers of the group.

3.  Tournament Chair
                 1.  In charge of organizing a tournament each semester.

4.  Vice President

            1.  Presides over meetings if the president cannot attend.
            2.  Assists the tournament chair in organizing the tournament.

5.  Publicity Chair

           1.  Publicizes the events the club throws via email and postering.

  1. All officers of this organization must be distinct persons and MIT students.
  2. Elections:
    1. Elections of officers shall occur at the last meeting of each term.
    2. Any member of this organization is eligble to run for office.
    3. Quorum for elections is two thirds of the group.
    4. Any member is elected if he or she wins a majority of the voting members.
    5. If more than two people are running and no one wins a majority, then the person with the fewest votes is dropped from the ballot and votes are recast.
    6. The term of office runs from the first week of the semester until the last meeting of the semester.
  3. Removal : Officers may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the members.

Article IV : Meetings

  1. Meetings shall be held at least every two weeks.
  2. Meetings shall be presided over by the president, unless she is absent, and in that case the vice president shall preside.
  3. All decisions shall be made by a majority vote of all members present.
  4. Quorum for a meeting shall be one quarter of the members of the organization.

Article V : Amendments

  1. Amendments shall be presented by any member of the organization.
  2. Amendments shall be passed by a two-thirds voted of the members present.
  3. Quorum for amending this constitution shall be one third of all members of the organization.

Article VI : ASA God Clause

The MIT Poker Club agrees to abide by the rules and regulations of the Association of Student Activities, and its executive board. This constitution, amendments to it, and the by-laws of this organization shall be subject to review by the ASA Executive Board to insure that they are in accordance with the aforementioned rules and regulations.