ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP, Number 4

 

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After being accepted for membership by the executive committee, the members above the age of 16 years will become voting members. Paying an annual membership fee is optional but strongly recommended.  The suggested annual membership fees are twenty five U.S. dollars ($25.00) for permanent community members (fifty U.S. dollars, $50.00,  maximum for families), ten U.S. dollars ($10.00) for students (twenty U.S. dollars, $20.00,  maximum for families) per year.  These members hereinafter will be called voting members.  The Membership renewal period will be from the first day of the Fall Semester at Purdue University through the 1^st of October.  Membership must be renewed on an annual basis by the deadline of the 1^st of October of each year.  Renewals received after this date result in being ineligible to vote during that membership year.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI: Executive Committee (EC), Section E

 

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E. Term and Removal:

1. The EC and its members shall be assigned a term of two years starting May 1^st and Ends April 30^th two years later.

2. The terms of the six elected positions of the EC shall be staggered in the following manner:

a. General Coordinator, Islamic Center Board (ICB) Coordinator, and General Accountant elections shall be held every ODD year.

b. Secretary and Public Affairs Officer, Fund Raiser and NAIT Representative, and Islamic Education Board (IEB) director elections shall be held every EVEN year

 

3. If any elected member resigns, become incapacitated or dies, an election shall be held within one month to elect a new member according to Article XV, with taking into consideration the time-line differences.

4. A member failing to attend three consecutive duly convened meetings of the EC, without an acceptable excuse by the simple majority of the EC, shall be deemed to have resigned from the EC and his position shall be considered vacant and an election shall be held within one month to elect a new member.

5. If a member violates of the general membership conditions or any of the EC member he can be ejected by simple majority of the General Assembly and an election shall be held within one month to elect a new member.

ARTICLE XV: ELECTIONS, Number 4, Item e

 

 

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4. Election Process:

 

e. Members not present at the election site on election day shall have the right to vote by submitting an official absentee ballot provided by the Election Committee.

 

i. Official absentee ballots shall be provided to voting members at least three weeks before the election date.

 

ii. To be counted, the absentee ballots must be in the possession of the head of the Election Committee by the beginning of the election process on election day.

The following articles of the constitution were modified and approved during the General Assembly Meeting of April 29, 2007.