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The mission of The Affiliate shall be to achieve excellence through outstanding scholarship, promotion of civic duty, brotherhood, and individualism. Hazing is strictly prohibited. Participation in the organization shall be without regard to arbitrary consideration of such characteristics as age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, income, or veteran status.
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Bylaws of the Indiana Affiliate of the Alpha Delta Phi
The mission of The Affiliate shall be to achieve excellence through outstanding scholarship, promotion of civic duty, brotherhood, and individualism. Hazing is strictly prohibited. Participation in the organization shall be without regard to arbitrary consideration of such characteristics as age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, income, or veteran status.
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The mission of The Affiliate shall be to achieve excellence through outstanding scholarship, promotion of civic duty, brotherhood, and individualism. Hazing is strictly prohibited. Participation in the organization shall be without regard to arbitrary consideration of such characteristics as age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, income, or veteran status.
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Bylaws of The Indiana Affiliate of THE ALPHA DELTA PHI
Article I. Name and Mission
Section 1: The name of the organization shall be the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, Indiana Affiliate. Section 2: The mission of the Affiliate shall be to achieve excellence through outstanding scholarship, promotion of civic duty, brotherhood, and individualism. Article II. Compliance With University Policies Section 1: Statement of University Compliance- This organization shall comply with all Indiana University regulations, and local, state, and federal laws. Section 2: Anti-Hazing Policy- Hazing is strictly prohibited. Hazing shall be defined as any conduct which subjects another person, whether physically, mentally, emotionally, or psychologically, to anything that may abuse, degrade, or intimidate the person as a condition of association with a group or organization, regardless of the person's consent or lack of consent. Section 3: Personal Gain Clause- This organization shall ethically raise and distribute profits from organizational functions to the organization, not individual members. Individual students may not receive money from a student organization event for personal gain. Section 4: Statement of Non-Discrimination- Participation in the organization shall be without regard to arbitrary consideration of such characteristics as age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, income, or veteran status. Article III. Membership Section 1: The Founding Fathers shall be recognized as those men who signed the official Petition for Affiliation with THE ALPHA DELTA PHI, and were initiated on the 8th day of May, 2010 at the Chicago Chapter in Chicago, IL. Section 2: An active member shall be defined as any man who has completed his pledgeship as required by THE ALPHA DELTA PHI, and been duly initiated. An active member may be referred to by the term “Brother”. Section 3: Each Brother shall have one vote in all matters pertaining to the business of the Affiliate. Section 4: A pledge shall be defined as any man who has been accepted by the Brothers of the Affiliate and designated as an associate member by the appropriate ceremonial procedures, and is actively completing his pledgeship, as outlined in Article IV of this document.
Last Amended: 9/6/2010
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Article IV. Recruitment & New Member Training
Section 1: The Affiliate shall participate in Fall and Spring rush, and shall from the pool of rushees select a number of desired recruits deemed appropriate by the Executive Board. These recruits shall be given bids, or formal invitations to pledge the Affiliate. Section 2: The VP of Recruitment & Membership and his committee shall during, the rush period, narrow the recruitment pool as they see fit, taking into consideration the recommendations of any Brother. At the end of the rush period, the Brotherhood shall convene; each prospective recruit shall be announced by name and made known by face, and the Brotherhood shall take a vote by a show of hands. Ninety percent of the Brotherhood voting in the affirmative on a prospective recruit shall render him a desired recruit, and a bid shall be extended to him. A desired recruit, having signed the bid extended to him by the Brotherhood, shall be rendered a pledge as defined in Article II, Section 4 of these Bylaws, through the appropriate procedures as designated by THE ALPHA DELTA PHI. Section 3: The pledges shall elect a President of their pledge class, who shall be afforded the right to speak before the Assembly, at such a time as the presiding officer shall deem appropriate to admit him. When the presiding officer shall make such a determination, a two-thirds majority of the Assembly may overrule him as to the time being, but the right of the Pledge Class President to, at some point, address the Brotherhood Assembled at a regularly scheduled meeting shall not be infringed. Section 4: Pledges shall be required to complete a complete new member education program, not to exceed six weeks in length, in which they shall learn about their fellow pledges, the Brotherhood, and the history of THE ALPHA DELTA PHI and the Indiana Affiliate. Section 5: Departure from the new member education procedures outlined by THE ALPHA DELTA PHI is strictly prohibited. Section 6: Any form of hazing (as defined in Article II, Section 2) or any degrading or abusive conduct towards pledges is strictly forbidden. Any Brother found to be in violation of this section shall be subject to immediate and permanent expulsion from the Fraternity, as per the procedure outlined in Article IX, Sections 14, 15, and 16 of these Bylaws. Section 7: Failure upon the part of a Brother to report the hazing activities of a fellow Brother to the Executive Board shall be considered complicity in the act of hazing, and shall be subject to the same penalty as hazing itself. Section 8: Upon completion of the pledge process, pledges shall be initiated as Brothers of the Fraternity, and shall be afforded all rights, privileges, and responsibilities associated thereto.
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Section 9: If, during the pledge process, a Brother views a pledge as unworthy of Brotherhood, he may call a special meeting of the Assembly, at which a three- fourths majority may dismiss the pledge. Section 10: The Executive Board shall have the authority to declare special rush sessions for the Affiliate.
Article V. The Executive Board
Section 1: The Executive Board shall be the chief administrative body of the Affiliate. Section 2: The Executive Board shall have the power to make administrative and necessarily immediate decisions for the Affiliate.
Section 3: Any decision made by the Executive Board may be overturned by a
majority vote of the Brotherhood in Assembly, with the exception of final disciplinary decisions as detailed in Article IX, Sections 14 and 15 of these Bylaws. Section 4: The Executive Board shall be comprised of the President and six Vice Presidents, each with distinct responsibilities, which may include: (a) VP of Administration, who shall be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Affiliate, and coordinating the efforts of the various other officers and their respective committees and departments. (b) VP of Recruitment & Membership, who shall be responsible for recruiting new members and managing their education. i. The VP of Recruitment & Membership must appoint Rush Chairmen and Pledge Educators. (c) VP of Finance, who shall function as treasurer for the Affiliate, and manage all financial aspects involved in the organization. (d) VP of Programming, who shall be responsible for planning and arranging events—intellectual, cultural, social, athletic, philanthropic, and otherwise—which will further the personal and collective development of the Brotherhood. i. The VP of Programming must appoint a Social Chair, a Philanthropy Chair, and a Literary Chair. (e) VP of Risk Management, who shall be responsible for the safety and security of pledges and Brothers, especially through preemptive strategic planning. (f) VP of Communications, who shall function as secretary of the Affiliate, and shall be responsible for various public relations functions as delegated by the President. Last Amended: 9/6/2010 ΑΔΦ
i. The VP of Communications must appoint an Historian to keep the record in meetings of the Assembly and Executive Board. Section 5: The President and the six Vice Presidents shall be elected by the procedures outlined in Article VII of these Bylaws. Section 6: Executive Board members may appoint chairmen and committees to further the duties of their offices. The President shall have final discretion over all such positions. Section 7: The Executive Board shall meet once every two weeks, or as ordered by the President. Section 8: The Executive Board may develop Standing Rules for the Affiliate which shall be inferior to these Bylaws, and which may be struck down by a majority of the Assembly. Section 9: Should a Vice President of the Affiliate resign, the President shall have the authority to appoint a successor to fill the open position. A Vice President so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the resigned Vice President’s term, unless the Assembly, by simple majority, shall choose to remove him from office. Article VI. The Assembly Section 1: The Brothers of the Affiliate shall assemble to discuss organizational business at least once every other week, or as ordered by the President. Section 2: The President, and in his absence the Vice President of Administration, shall preside over meetings of the Assembly. Section 3: Pledges shall not have the right to attend meetings of the Brotherhood assembled, with the exception of the president of the pledge class, who shall have the right to address the Assembly at each regular meeting, as provided in Article IV, Section 3 of this document. Section 4: The Assembly shall be the highest and final authority in all matters pertaining to the governance of the Affiliate. Section 5: A simple majority shall pass actions of the Assembly, unless otherwise specified in this document. Section 6: Issues of contention shall be subject to open debate in accordance with standard parliamentary procedure as detailed chiefly in Robert’s Rules of Order. Section 7: A majority of the active Brothers present shall establish a quorum. Section 8: The Historian, designated by the President, shall take the minutes of each meeting of the Assembly, assemble them as a formal document, and place them in a common publication which shall be passed down throughout the history of the Affiliate. Article VII. Elections
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Section 1: In the second meeting of the Assembly in November, elections shall be held to determine the offices of President and Vice Presidents of the Affiliate, who shall serve in terms of one year. Section 2: Any Brother may nominate any other Brother for an office, and any Brother may nominate himself. Section 3: Each Brother shall by secret ballot cast a vote for one of the men nominated for each of the offices. The current President shall then tally the votes, as shall another Brother whose name is not under consideration for the office. The Brother with the most votes shall be elected to that office, and shall take office on the first day of January at noon. Article VIII. The Office of President Section 1: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Affiliate, and shall lead as such for a term of one year. Section 2: The President shall have the power to create positions, offices and committees within the Affiliate not specified in these Bylaws, and shall have the power to appoint any Brother thereto. Section 3: The President shall have the authority to sign agreements and contracts on behalf of the Affiliate, with the consent of the Assembly, or of the Executive Board, as appropriate. Section 4: The President shall have the authority to issue orders that mobilize the resources of the Affiliate, if a situation requires such expediency. Any such order may be overturned by a simple majority of the Executive Board or the Assembly. Section 5: The President may at any time involve himself as an ex officio member of a committee created either by himself or by another officer.
Section 6: The President may be removed from office by a two-thirds majority
vote of the Assembly. Section 7: If the President is for any reason unable to discharge his duties under this Article, the Vice President of Administration shall be Acting President until such time as the President regains his ability to lead effectively. Section 8: Former Presidents shall hold the honorary title of President Emeritus. Article IX. The Code of Conduct & Disciplinary Procedures Section 1: Every Brother and Pledge shall be held to the high standards of conduct commanded by the Covenant of THE ALPHA DELTA PHI, so as to protect the integrity of the Fraternity and the Indiana Affiliate. Section 2: No man shall under any circumstances order, engage in, or condone violent conduct in the name of THE ALPHA DELTA PHI or the Indiana Affiliate.
Last Amended: 9/6/2010
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Section 3: No man may participate in any capacity in any club, association, or organization that operates in opposition to any Fraternity or Affiliate position. Section 4: No man shall deliberately utilize Affiliate resources toward his own financial gain. Section 5: No man shall engage in hazing, as defined in Article II, Section 2 of these Bylaws. Section 6: No man shall engage in any sort of discriminatory behavior toward any person or group of persons based on age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, financial status, or disability. Section 7: No man, while maintaining the absolute right to personal dissent, shall in any way act to thwart or undermine a decision of the Assembly. Section 8: No man shall provide any spoken, written, or otherwise transmitted misinformation with the intent of discrediting any element of official organizational policy. Section 9: No man shall speak on behalf of the Affiliate unless so authorized by the President, the Executive Board, or the Assembly. Section 10: No man shall engage in sexual harassment of any kind. Section 11: No man shall desecrate or disrespect the symbols, emblems, rituals, or Covenant of THE ALPHA DELTA PHI. Section 12: An offense of trust or honor by any man against any fellow man, as defined by the principles of the Covenant, shall be considered an offense against the Fraternity. Section 13: Every man shall attend every meeting of the Assembly, and shall be penalized by a fine set by the Executive Board if he is not in attendance, unless he presents reasonable justification for absence at least twenty-hours in advance, subject to the preapproval of the Executive Board. Section 14: Every man shall attend social events designated as “mandatory” by the Executive Board, or shall be subject to a pre-set fine determined thereby. Section 15: The Executive Board shall examine all instances of alleged misconduct under this Article, and shall have the judicial discretion to indict or dismiss the charges against any Brother or pledge of an offense against the Code. Section 16: The Assembly shall hear cases of offense against the Code of Conduct, in which a member of the Executive Board shall present the evidence against the man in question, who shall have the opportunity to confront his accusers and speak in his own defense. A two-thirds majority of the Assembly shall find a Brother guilty of an offense against the Code, and shall then send the case back to the Executive Board, which shall enforce the sanctions it may find proper, which may include, but shall not be limited to, monetary fines, probationary status, or, in extreme cases, suspension or expulsion proceedings. Last Amended: 9/6/2010 ΑΔΦ
Section 17: In accordance with the Constitution of THE ALPHA DELTA PHI, a three-fourths majority of the Assembly is required for the suspension or expulsion of a Brother. Article X. Standards for Membership & the Internal Standards Board Section 1: The Internal Standards Board shall be comprised of the President and four other Brothers appointed yearly by the President and confirmed by the Assembly, and shall be responsible for holding the Affiliate to a high level of excellence by establishing minimum requirements for Brothers and pledges. Section 2: The Internal Standards Board shall meet at least once per semester to determine the minimum GPA each Brother must attain and the number of philanthropic hours a Brother must complete the following semester. Section 3: The Internal Standards Board shall have the authority to determine the minimum cumulative GPA necessary for initiation by the Affiliate. Section 4: The Internal Standards Board shall develop procedures for enforcing its requirements, including probationary proceedings. Failure on the part of a Brother to comply with the orders of the Internal Standards Board shall result in referral to the Executive Board for disciplinary action. Section 5: The Internal Standards Board may adopt additional standards for membership as it may find necessary and proper, but each additional measure must be approved by the Assembly. Article XI. Finances Section 1: The finances of the Affiliate shall be primarily the responsibility of the Vice President of Finance. Section 2: The budget of the organization shall be determined yearly by the Executive Board, and approved by the Assembly. Section 3: Should the Affiliate dissolve, all funds remaining in the organization’s name shall be donated to THE ALPHA DELTA PHI. Article XII. Amendments Section 1: Amendments to this document may be made by a two-thirds majority of the Assembly. Any Brother may propose an amendment by submitting it in writing to the Vice President of Administration. Section 2: Every instance of the word “Affiliate”, used in the context of this document to describe the subsidiary of THE ALPHA DELTA PHI established at Indiana University, shall be automatically changed to “Chapter” at such a time as the Convention of THE ALPHA DELTA PHI shall grant that organization a Charter. Article XIII. Ratification
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Section 1: This document shall be considered ratified by a two-thirds majority of the Founding Fathers. Section 2: Upon ratification, a special election for the Office of President shall be held, and the elected man shall remain in position until the first of January. Section 3: Candidates for Founding President shall be nominated by any Brother or by themselves. The man with the most votes in his favor shall be the Founding President. Section 4: Following his election, the Founding President shall within one week appoint six Vice Presidents, each to serve a role as specified in Article V, Section 4 of these Bylaws. Section 5: Upon the next meeting of the Assembly following the appointment of the Vice Presidents, a vote shall be taken to, by simple majority, confirm each man. Section 6: Each Founding Father shall hold full voting powers as would be afforded a Brother until the initiation of the Founding Class.