YALE COLLEGE
TAIWANESE AMERICAN SOCIETY
CONSTITUTION
Maintain
a network of interpersonal relationships among students interested in sharing
the language, history, culture, and current affairs of Taiwan.
Provide a forum for education and action.
A. Membership will be open to all members of the Yale
community.
B. Membership is granted to any individual who attends two
meetings.
C. Each member is granted the right to vote for officers and
any issue that is brought forth that requires a general vote.
A. Terms
1. There shall be two co-Moderators, Secretary/Treasurer,
Education Chair, Social Chair, Political Chair, Historian, Cultural Chair, and
Freshmen Liaisons.
2. Term of office, excluding
Freshmen Liaisons, is one calendar year beginning in January.
3.
Term
for Freshmen Liaisons is the Fall Semester.
4. One of the Co-Moderators needs to have been an officer
prior to nomination.
5. After their term in office, officers shall become an
advisory council to the next officer team.
B. Elections
1. Officer nominations shall take place the week prior to
fall break. Nominations will remain open until the day of election.
2. All candidates will be allotted a two to four minute
speech the day of election. A five-minute question and answer session per
office will follow.
3. A candidate must receive a majority of votes cast to be
elected.
4.
Candidates
not elected have the opportunity to “drop down” and run for other positions.
C. Duties
1. Co-Moderator
a. Oversee
that the mission of TAS is maintained through all events and actions made by
the board.
b. Provide guidance and support to all board positions
in coordinating and executing events.
c.
Call and moderate TAS board
meetings in conjunction with board.
d.
Act as
liasion with the Yale administration
e.
Become
standing members of the Asian American Students Alliance (AASA) Executive Board
and fulfilling its respective duties
f.
Work with other minority organizations on campus to promote a
unified identity.
g. Promote
board unity.
2. Secretary/Treasurer
a. Record the minutes during meetings.
b. Manage the finances of TAS which includes, but not
limited to, the AASA seed money, bank accounts, and application to the
Undergraduate Organizations Funding Committee (UOFC).
c.
Produce a budget for the year.
d. Handle all financial aspects of all TAS events (money
collection, reimbursements, etc.)
3. Education Chair
a. Coordinate
and run the Chinese Adopted Siblings Program (CASPY) in conjunction with the
Chinese American Students Association (CASA) Community Chair to work with Social Chair to organize events celebrating
Taiwanese culture
1. Establish a CASPY committee and hold and lead planning
meetings
2. Pair Yale undergrad students (Big Sibs) with adopted
children (Little Sibs)
3. Lead fundraising and donation efforts for the execution
of each CASPY
4. Maintain the CASPY website
b. Work with Social/Cultural
Chairs to organize events celebrating Taiwanese culture
c.
Work
with Political chair on issues that are relevant to the Taiwanese community.
4. Social Chair
a. Organize events to promote spirit and unity within the
club.
b. Create TAS families (Upperclassmen paired with freshman
to create families) and plan TAS family events
c.
Work
with Education Chair to organize events celebrating Taiwanese culture
d. Act as primary contact to other
Taiwanese Clubs concerning intercollegiate events.
5. Political Chair
a. Work on issues that are relevant to the Taiwanese
community.
b. Educate the Yale community on the political situation
involving Taiwan through forums, debate, etc.
c.
Attend the AASA political action
and education (PAEC) committee meetings.
6. Historian/Webmaster
a. Record TAS events through the year for future reference.
b. Take pictures of
all TAS events.
c.
Maintain the TAS homepage.
d. Create and Distribute TAS newsletter.
7. Cultural Chair
a. Plan and coordinate TAS Cultural Dinner every Spring
semester
b. Hold Taiwanese language tables at a time and location
specified by officer.
c.
Work with Cultural Awareness
Program (CAP) in going to schools and teaching about Taiwanese culture,
history, and general information
d. Work with and support other
board members in events relating to and/or promote Taiwanese culture
8.
Publicity
Chair
a.
Inform students of TAS events via e-mail
b.
Encourage
new students to participate in TAS activities
c.
Recruit
new members, especially freshmen
9. Freshmen Liasions
a.
Must
be a member of the Freshmen class.
b.
Inform
Freshmen of TAS activities.
c.
Assist
other officers in activities.
d.
Organize
designated activities
10. General duties for
all officers
a. Attend and help in all TAS events, including set-up and
clean-up.
b. Help publicize all events.
c.
Assist
other officers when needed.
d.
Set
agenda for TAS meetings with the moderator.
e. Create committees to aid in carrying out duties, when
needed.
f.
Serve on the advisory council
the following year.
g. Work on issues which are
relevant to the Taiwanese community.
h. Work with other groups in the
Asian American community.
i.
Represent
TAS in the community at large.
E.
Vacancies
Vacancies will be filled by appointment by approval of a
majority of the officer team.
Ratified Spring 1997 and amended Nov,
Dec 1997, Mar 1998, Dec 2000, Nov
2005