CL@C Constitution
Article I: Club Title
The organization shall be known as the Cyber Life at CMU (CL@C)
Article II: Purpose
CL@C is a group composed of student body who seek for an opportunity to practice and apply their professional fields of studies to accomplish a society on a virtual world. The uniqueness of our club is that anyone with any major can make a significant contribution on establishing this virtual society. We believe that this kind of uniqueness of our club enables us to invite anyone in our school to take a part and furthermore, helps us to serve our school¨s motto ＾The Da Vinci Effect,￣ in the best interest as we unify and combine different fields of studies such as arts and technology and students to gain the best result as a group. Members will not only have an opportunity to practice their personal skills but also will be able to obtain satisfaction as they can actualize their dreams and hobbies that they had to set aside during the semesters due to overwhelming school works and other tasks.
Article III: Membership
， Our club, CL@C (Second Life at CMU) is open to anyone and everyone who desires to share an experience of promoting and enjoying the process of establishing one¨s second life through a virtual world, regardless of one¨s basis of race, religion, and gender, and ethnicity, country of origin or sexual orientation.
， A previous member who left CL@C cannot be a member without the President¨s approval.
， All members of CL@C must agree to follow the standards set by Carnegie Mellon Student Government and Carnegie Mellon University.
， All members of CL@C must agree to follow this constitution of CL@C
Article IV: Officers and Duties
IV.A Definitions
， Executive Board Members includes President, Vice-President, Public Relations, Treasurer, Secretary, Head of Technical, Head of Design and Head of Business.
， Project Manger(s) is not a member of Executive Board.
IV.B Term
， All board members¨ positions are affective for a year. (starts from beginning of Fall semester)
， Project Manager(s): are affective during the development of assigned projects.
IV.C President¨s Duties
， Regulate and organize the general activities of the club.
， Be responsible of making critical decisions and any other circumstances that are not stated in constitution.
， Appoint members who are suitable for taking responsibilities as the PR (Public Relations) TR (Treasurer) and the SEC (Secretary).
， Ensure that all the duties of the other officers are carried out.
， Be the Chairperson of the Executive Board.
IV.D Vice-President¨s Duties
， Support President¨s duties.
， Take over President¨s duties when President is incapable or unwilling to fulfill them.
， Attend Executive Board meeting.
IV.E Public Relations¨ Duties
， Provide the club with opportunities to connect and exercise outside the boundary of the club itself.
， Be responsible to organize and prepare suitable documentations to present the club in the best manner in advance of making any connections or exchanges with other clubs or societies.
， Be responsible for all formal communications with the Student Senate, Office of Student Activities, and all other campus organizations.
， Attend Executive Board meeting.
IV.F Treasurer¨s Duties
， Regulate club¨s funds and currency in order to support club¨s major projects and activities.
， Be responsible for making an accurate estimate of the project accordingly in order to assist the board members on making decisions whether to accept or reject the proposed projects.
， Be responsible for the collection of dues.
， Attend Executive Board meeting.
IV.G Secretary¨s Duties
， Be responsible of recording and documenting status and development of any ongoing activity to acknowledge the members of the club.
， Be responsible for recording any critical information or idea which was mentioned during the board meeting.
， Attend Executive Board meeting.
IV.H HEADS of Technical, Business and Design¨s Duties
CL@C will operate as a unit but it is subdivided into three specified groups with different fields of categories: Technical, Business and Design to seek for the best efficiency and management.
， Be responsible for providing accurate information and an appropriate orientation to the members before the members involve themselves in any division or a project.
， Be responsible for assigning members into a suitable team for a project.
， Attend Executive Board meeting.
IV.I Project Managers¨ Duties
， Be responsible for developing the given project .
， Make continuous progress report to the HEADS in order to acknowledge the status of the project¨s development.
Article V: Selection of officers
CL@C will always elect the officers in the most fair and reasonable ways to achieve the most healthy and educational atmosphere for the club members. The member who is elected into any position still has every right to deny the offer as the officer.
V.A Election Dates
， Every April
V.B President and Vice-President
， Be open to anyone of the CL@C member who seeks for an opportunity to lead and develop the club.
， Be chosen by an election.
， The election shall be by secret ballot.
， Separate election for president and vice-president.
， Every member of the organization has the right to vote for president and vice president.
V.C Public Relations, Treasurer, Secretary
， Be appointed by the people who is elected as the President in order to achieve the best harmony among the board members to generate the best efficiency and a result.
V.D Heads of Technology, Business and Design
， Be elected among their subdivision members.
， When the members of the subdivision do not exceed ten, the Heads will be appointed by the President and the Vice President.
V.E Project Managers
， There is no limitation or restraint in numbers of Project Managers; it only depends on the number of projects that are in progress.
， Any member who submitted project proposal request and got approval of project from Executive Board shall be a project manager.
Article VI: Impeachment
VI.A Calling an Impeachment
， Any removal of a member should only occur when the member has significantly defaced the club¨s constitution or has brought a considerable discomfort to the club which impedes the club¨s work.
VI.B Executive Board (except Heads)
， Procedure for removal of a board member would be held among the board members (P, VP, PR, TR, SEC, and HEADS) only.
， The meeting shall be chaired by the President.
， If the President is being impeached, the meeting will be chaired by Vice-President.
， The accused officer shall have the right to speak in his or her defense at the meeting.
， After having a clear discussion and an understanding, the board members would vote whether to remove or allow the member to stay at the board.
VI.C Head(s)
， Procedure for removing the Head(s) would first take place among the team members alone.
， After a thorough discussion, when more than fifty-percent of team members reach to an agreement for the removal, they should report the result to Executive Board with an official document for an approval.
， The Executive Board is empowered to make a decision whether to accept or veto the report.
VI.D Project Manager(s)
， Procedure for removing the Project Manager(s) would first take place among the project team members alone.
， After a thorough discussion, when more than fifty-percent of project team members reach to an agreement for the removal, they should report the result to Executive Board with an official document for an approval.
， The Executive Board is empowered to make a decision whether to accept or veto the report.
VI.E Member(s)
， Procedure for removal of a member would be held at Executive Board meeting.
， The meeting shall be chaired by the President.
， The accused member shall have the right to speak in his or her defense at the meeting.
， After having a clear discussion and an understanding, the board members would vote whether to remove or allow the member to stay at the organization.
Article VII: Project
VII.A Proposal
， Any member of CL@C have right to submit project proposal.
， Proposal should include
o Expected duration of the project
o Numbers of members needed from Technical, Design, and Business team.
o How much virtual money would be needed to initiate the project
o Expected dividend ratio of virtual money profit
VII.B Decision
， Executive Board will make decision whether to accept or deny to proposal.
， The member who submitted the proposal may called for Executive Board meeting for detailed explanation of proposal.
VII.C Project Team
， The member who submitted the accepted proposal shall be the manager of the project.
， The project manager may request Heads for project team member(s).
， A member may not participate more than two projects without Head¨s permission.
Article VIII: Finances
The club CL@C will mostly operate based on virtual money. Any money that is gained during the project would be distributed fairly among the project team members and the CL@C based upon an agreed ratio in order to pursuit future projects. Even though the club would accept donations (only if the amount is reasonable) all the currency in the club will only be used for the club¨s benefit.
Article IX: Amendments
CL@C promises members to embrace and value each member¨s new proposals or ideas which show potential of enhancing the quality of the club. An opportunity to make any suggestions or an amendment of the constitution would be provided once a semester. In case of an emergency, board members will be called for an emergency meeting to take an immediate action accordingly.