CONSTITUTION

                        THE TURKISH STUDENT ASSOCIATION

Article I -- Name

        The name of the organization shall be the Duke University Turkish 
Student Association.

Article II -- Purpose

        The purpose of the Turkish Student Association is twofold. First, 
it intends to create awareness of contemporary Turkey through talks, 
cultural events, and gatherings. The talks will focus on current issues: 
economy, foreign policy, and also on more informal topics such as travel 
plans, folk music, or Turkish kitchen. Second, the Turkish Student 
Association aims at fostering interaction between the members of the 
expanding Turkish community at Duke.

Article III -- Membership

        Section 1 -- Membership into the Turkish Student Association 
shall be open to all registered Duke University students, staff, and faculty.

        Section 2 -- Members of the Turkish Student Association shall be 
accepted without discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, 
national origin, sexual orientation, or physical disability.
       
        Section 3 -- Those who devotionally have been commiting 
their time and energy in helping TSA to achieve its goals, 
leaving an outstanding trace of their existence on the works of 
TSA, should be acknowledged with a "TSA Honorary Membership" 
title. Those non-members who make donations to TSA should be acknowledged 
with a "Friends of TSA" title.
        
Article IV -- Organization

        Section 1

        A. An officer's council consisting of president, vice-president, 
secretary, treasurer, social chair and sports chair shall decide upon all 
policy questions of the Turkish Student Association.

        B. The membership shall elect the officers to the officer's 
council and concurrently, shall reserve the right to remove any of the 
elected officers from their office should he/she not fulfill the 
position's responsibilities and duties.

        C. With a majority vote of the members present at an official 
meeting, the membership may delegate to the officer's council additional 
responsibilities beyond their stated duties as deemed necessary to enable 
the Turkish Student Association's activities.

        Section 2 -- The officers of the officer's council shall 
represent the Turkish Student Association at all functions, meetings, and 
activities. The officers shall be accountable to the membership for the 
organization of the Turkish Student Association and the communication 
between the officer's council and the membership. The officer's council 
shall also coordinate all Turkish Student Association activities and 
programs. The duties and functions of the officers of the officer's 
council are as follows:

	A. President

        1. Shall oversee all activities and projects of the Turkish 
Student Association.
        2. Shall carry unlimited signatory powers to access funds.
        3. Shall serve as spokesman and/or liaison in all external 
matters as a representative from the Turkish Student Association.
        4. Shall moderate at all meetings of the Asian Student 
Association and officer's council meetings.

	B. Vice-President

       1. Shall over take all the duties of the president in his/her absence.
       2. Shall coordinate the officers of the Turkish Student Association.

      	C. Treasurer

        1. Shall carry signatory power to access Turkish Student 
Association funds.
        2. Shall provide financial reports to the officer's council every 
semester.
        3. Shall be responsible for initiation and follow-through of 
requisitions and accounts.

	D. Secretary
        
         1. Shall be responsible of keeping the minutes of meeting.
         2. Shall provide minutes of the meetings to the officers council.
          
	E. Social Chair
         
         1. Shall be in charge of communication of members of the Turkish 
Student Association within themselves.	
         2. Shall be responsible of campus wide advertisement of the 
events of the Association.
         3. Shall be in charge of keeping the Turkish Student 
Associations home-page on WWW updated.	
         4. Shall carry signatory power to access Turkish Student 
Association funds.
	
	F. Sports Coordinator

         1. Shall coordinate the sports activities of the association 
members and arrange for the participation in the intramurals at the 
university. 
        

        Section 3

        A. Other committee members may be appointed by the Executive 
council as the Executive council sees fit.

Article V -- Elections, Nominations, and Removal

        Section 1

        A. Elections for officers in the Executive council shall be held 
annually during the Spring semester.

        B. The outgoing president shall call for elections and should 
allow a reasonable amount of time for a member's declaration of candidacy 
to be submitted to membership.

        Section 2

        A. All members of the Turkish Student Association are eligible to 
run for offices in the officer's council.
        B. Candidates may run for as many positions he/she desires, but 
may accede to only one office.

        Section 3

        A. Officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the members 
present, at an officially called election meeting.
        B. Each member shall submit one vote per position.

Article VI -- Amendments

        The revisions to the Turkish Student Association constitution 
shall be adopted by the officer's council.

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