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Kevinson: Undo revision 12663 by Kevinson (talk) (fucked up by clicking rollback, sorry)

2025-07-27T06:58:53Z

Undo revision 12663 by Kevinson (talk) (fucked up by clicking rollback, sorry)

Kevinson: Reverted edits by Bennerr (talk) to last revision by Spalsen

2025-07-27T06:58:09Z

Reverted edits by Bennerr (talk) to last revision by Spalsen

Bennerr: updating the bylaws to the current version

2025-05-02T22:48:01Z

updating the bylaws to the current version

Spalsen: Reverted edits by Spalsen (talk) to last revision by Dylan

2020-12-28T23:12:22Z

Reverted edits by Spalsen (talk) to last revision by Dylan

Spalsen: unfinding the e-vent

2020-12-28T23:11:34Z

unfinding the e-vent

Spalsen: Add stuff for FTE-V

2020-10-16T15:25:25Z

Add stuff for FTE-V

Dylan: Fixed unclear formatting on Article IX

2018-03-01T02:43:33Z

Fixed unclear formatting on Article IX

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Tbroman: /* d. Election Procedure */ Amendment passed 3/28/17

2017-03-29T18:20:51Z

‎d. Election Procedure: Amendment passed 3/28/17

Mjmurphy: /* ARTICLE IX. REPRIMAND, PROBATION, SUSPENSION, AND EXPULSION */

2016-04-07T04:09:05Z

‎ARTICLE IX. REPRIMAND, PROBATION, SUSPENSION, AND EXPULSION

Mjmurphy: /* ARTICLE IX. REPRIMAND, PROBATION, SUSPENSION, AND EXPULSION */

2016-04-07T04:08:50Z

‎ARTICLE IX. REPRIMAND, PROBATION, SUSPENSION, AND EXPULSION

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 ===m. Term of Membership===
 A member's term of membership is the length of time covered by their most recent payment of dues, or the period dating back to when they most recently became a member of KGB, whichever is shorter.
 ==Section 2. Provisional Definitions==
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 ==Section 2. Becoming a Member==
-Any person whose dues have been paid to the Treasurer and whose body temperature is above fifty (50) degrees Fahrenheit shall be considered a member. However, the second requirement can be waived for the fee of six (6) dollars.
+Any current student of Carnegie Mellon University or of a neighboring university in the Pittsburgh area is eligible to become a member of the KGB providing they have paid dues to the Treasurer and whose body temperature is above fifty (50) degrees Fahrenheit shall be considered a member. However, the second requirement can be waived for the fee of six (6) dollars. Special approval may be sought by the individual seeking membership if they are not a current student at a Pittsburgh-based university. This appeal must be submitted to the Corresponding Secretary in writing, who will present it to the board at the next Regular Executive Board Meeting, where membership may be granted by a two thirds (2/3s) vote of the executive board. The KGB abides by the Carnegie Mellon Statement of Assurance.
 ==Section 3. [[Dues]]==
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 ==Section 1. Regular Organization [[Meetings]]==
-Regular [[meetings]] of the organization shall be held as directed by the Executive Board.  Written notice of such meetings shall be mailed to the membership at least six (6) days prior to the date of the first such meeting of each semester by the Corresponding Secretary through the official organization newsletter or by other mailing, as well as upon any change in the announced time.
+Regular [[meetings]] of the organization shall be held as directed by the Executive Board. Written notice of such meetings shall be mailed to the membership at least six (6) days prior to the date of the first such meeting of each semester by the Corresponding Secretary through the official organization newsletter or by other mailing, as well as upon any change in the announced time. Only current Carnegie Mellon University students, current students of other Pittsburgh-based universities, and dues-paying members are guaranteed the ability to participate in these meetings, unless restricted by effects of Article IX of these bylaws. All other individuals may request permission from the organization’s officers to attend (at maximum) 3 meetings per academic semester. For specific cases, the organization’s officers may alter these restrictions via a majority vote.
 ==Section 2. Special Organization Meetings==

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 ===m. Term of Membership===
 A member's term of membership is the length of time covered by their most recent payment of dues, or the period dating back to when they most recently became a member of KGB, whichever is shorter.
 ==Section 2. Provisional Definitions==
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 ==Section 2. Becoming a Member==
-Any current student of Carnegie Mellon University or of a neighboring university in the Pittsburgh area is eligible to become a member of the KGB providing they have paid dues to the Treasurer and whose body temperature is above fifty (50) degrees Fahrenheit shall be considered a member. However, the second requirement can be waived for the fee of six (6) dollars. Special approval may be sought by the individual seeking membership if they are not a current student at a Pittsburgh-based university. This appeal must be submitted to the Corresponding Secretary in writing, who will present it to the board at the next Regular Executive Board Meeting, where membership may be granted by a two thirds (2/3s) vote of the executive board. The KGB abides by the Carnegie Mellon Statement of Assurance.
+Any person whose dues have been paid to the Treasurer and whose body temperature is above fifty (50) degrees Fahrenheit shall be considered a member. However, the second requirement can be waived for the fee of six (6) dollars.
 ==Section 3. [[Dues]]==
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 ==Section 1. Regular Organization [[Meetings]]==
-Regular [[meetings]] of the organization shall be held as directed by the Executive Board. Written notice of such meetings shall be mailed to the membership at least six (6) days prior to the date of the first such meeting of each semester by the Corresponding Secretary through the official organization newsletter or by other mailing, as well as upon any change in the announced time. Only current Carnegie Mellon University students, current students of other Pittsburgh-based universities, and dues-paying members are guaranteed the ability to participate in these meetings, unless restricted by effects of Article IX of these bylaws. All other individuals may request permission from the organization’s officers to attend (at maximum) 3 meetings per academic semester. For specific cases, the organization’s officers may alter these restrictions via a majority vote.
+Regular [[meetings]] of the organization shall be held as directed by the Executive Board.  Written notice of such meetings shall be mailed to the membership at least six (6) days prior to the date of the first such meeting of each semester by the Corresponding Secretary through the official organization newsletter or by other mailing, as well as upon any change in the announced time.
 ==Section 2. Special Organization Meetings==

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 ===m. Term of Membership===
 A member's term of membership is the length of time covered by their most recent payment of dues, or the period dating back to when they most recently became a member of KGB, whichever is shorter.
 ==Section 2. Provisional Definitions==
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 ==Section 2. Becoming a Member==
-Any person whose dues have been paid to the Treasurer and whose body temperature is above fifty (50) degrees Fahrenheit shall be considered a member. However, the second requirement can be waived for the fee of six (6) dollars.
+Any current student of Carnegie Mellon University or of a neighboring university in the Pittsburgh area is eligible to become a member of the KGB providing they have paid dues to the Treasurer and whose body temperature is above fifty (50) degrees Fahrenheit shall be considered a member. However, the second requirement can be waived for the fee of six (6) dollars. Special approval may be sought by the individual seeking membership if they are not a current student at a Pittsburgh-based university. This appeal must be submitted to the Corresponding Secretary in writing, who will present it to the board at the next Regular Executive Board Meeting, where membership may be granted by a two thirds (2/3s) vote of the executive board. The KGB abides by the Carnegie Mellon Statement of Assurance.
 ==Section 3. [[Dues]]==
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 ==Section 1. Regular Organization [[Meetings]]==
-Regular [[meetings]] of the organization shall be held as directed by the Executive Board.  Written notice of such meetings shall be mailed to the membership at least six (6) days prior to the date of the first such meeting of each semester by the Corresponding Secretary through the official organization newsletter or by other mailing, as well as upon any change in the announced time.
+Regular [[meetings]] of the organization shall be held as directed by the Executive Board. Written notice of such meetings shall be mailed to the membership at least six (6) days prior to the date of the first such meeting of each semester by the Corresponding Secretary through the official organization newsletter or by other mailing, as well as upon any change in the announced time. Only current Carnegie Mellon University students, current students of other Pittsburgh-based universities, and dues-paying members are guaranteed the ability to participate in these meetings, unless restricted by effects of Article IX of these bylaws. All other individuals may request permission from the organization’s officers to attend (at maximum) 3 meetings per academic semester. For specific cases, the organization’s officers may alter these restrictions via a majority vote.
 ==Section 2. Special Organization Meetings==

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	These are the official (but not the canonical) bylaws of the KGB organization. They are very important.		These are the official (but not the canonical) bylaws of the KGB organization. They are very important.
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	=ARTICLE I. NAME AND OBJECTIVES=		=ARTICLE I. NAME AND OBJECTIVES=

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	These are the official (but not the canonical) bylaws of the KGB organization. They are very important.		These are the official (but not the canonical) bylaws of the KGB organization. They are very important.
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−	But as a short preamble such that the creation and implication justifyingly fit such that there be a link not be unduly and interrogably inserted somewhere potentially compromising in the sacred pages and words of the right and reverenced bylaws of the KGB as an organization, it is only fitting that there should be such inserted the fifth and final part of that link that shall deliver you to such an event as created and supposed for the sixteenth of October in the year of the common era of 2020. The final part of the link, which as it is stated in '''Bobert's funtime laws''' '''3rd ed 2nd rev abridged''' shall be delivered in no fewer than one paragraph and no more than one YA novel length outpour of legal-eese gibberish almost beffitting such to be a real-life cognitohazard and anti-memetic agent, will be soon declared. Seeing a quorum present for such a deliver of information to take place (quorum including but not exceeding you, the reader, and myself, the document that which it is declared is presiding over the final part of the link), the document moves to disperse the information requite to how one find the e-vent. It's csys but it's must be noted that such information, when acquired, is a token and commodity such that cannot be returned and will indeed be non-refundable. The value is set to more than corn dollars but not more than zombie tax. The information being dispensed, the preamble is now complete, and you may read the rest of the bylaws to find specially hidden letters that which might or might not correspond to link information that you may or may not already have.

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	These are the official (but not the canonical) bylaws of the KGB organization. They are very important.		These are the official (but not the canonical) bylaws of the KGB organization. They are very important.
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		+	But as a short preamble such that the creation and implication justifyingly fit such that there be a link not be unduly and interrogably inserted somewhere potentially compromising in the sacred pages and words of the right and reverenced bylaws of the KGB as an organization, it is only fitting that there should be such inserted the fifth and final part of that link that shall deliver you to such an event as created and supposed for the sixteenth of October in the year of the common era of 2020. The final part of the link, which as it is stated in '''Bobert's funtime laws''' '''3rd ed 2nd rev abridged''' shall be delivered in no fewer than one paragraph and no more than one YA novel length outpour of legal-eese gibberish almost beffitting such to be a real-life cognitohazard and anti-memetic agent, will be soon declared. Seeing a quorum present for such a deliver of information to take place (quorum including but not exceeding you, the reader, and myself, the document that which it is declared is presiding over the final part of the link), the document moves to disperse the information requite to how one find the e-vent. It's csys but it's must be noted that such information, when acquired, is a token and commodity such that cannot be returned and will indeed be non-refundable. The value is set to more than corn dollars but not more than zombie tax. The information being dispensed, the preamble is now complete, and you may read the rest of the bylaws to find specially hidden letters that which might or might not correspond to link information that you may or may not already have.
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	=ARTICLE I. NAME AND OBJECTIVES=		=ARTICLE I. NAME AND OBJECTIVES=

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 ===d. [[Elections|Election]] Procedure===
-The election of each [[Officers|officer]] shall be concluded before the election of the next begins, and these elections shall be held in order of the chain of command. Write-in ballots or other invalid ballots shall be considered as abstentions. The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for each office shall be declared elected. In the case of an all-way tie, an additional round shall be run. Should the tie repeat, the winner shall be decided by the proctors of the election by random process. Otherwise, candidates shall be eliminated by the following method:
+The election of each officer shall be concluded before the election of the next begins, and these elections shall be held in order of the chain of command. Write-in ballots or other invalid ballots shall be considered as abstentions. The system by which we will vote is “Instant-runoff voting” as detailed below:
-# Sort candidates into tiers of people with the same number of votes.
+) Each general body member present at elections (or voting absentee) will receive a ballot with the names of all candidates running for a given officer position listed.
-# Starting with the lowest ranking tier, remove tiers from the running in increasing order of rank until removing another would bring the total number of votes removed above 1/3. If there are no tiers with a number of votes below 1/3, remove the lowest ranking tier.
-# If more than one candidate remains, run another round.
+) Members will rank candidates for each position. They may rank as many or as few candidates as they would like until they have no confidence in a candidate.
 The winner shall be announced by the election proctors. At least three of the election proctors shall sign a document in triplicate containing the names of the new executive board. Vote totals shall not be announced. The ballots shall be destroyed upon completion of the elections.

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 extraordinary committees.
-=ARTICLE IX. [[REPRIMAND, PROBATION, SUSPENSION, AND EXPULSION]]=
+=ARTICLE IX. REPRIMAND, PROBATION, SUSPENSION, AND EXPULSION=
 ==Section 1. Submitting a Complaint==