Bylaws

• Bylaw 1 Membership:
  1. Types of members
     • Regular members may be any student staff or faculty at UT
     • Knighted members are those who have applied and were approved based on qualifications clearly outlined below.
     • Knighted members may apply for their Second Knighthood based on the same criterion.
  2. Qualifications for advancement -
     • Applications will be taken and evaluated by all knighted or twice knighted members. 3/4 must approve and all members who fail to respond within 2 weeks will be considered to be in opposition.
     • Acceptance will be based on individuality, creativity, freedom of thought, philosophical intelligence, and unorthodox style.
• Bylaw 2 Dues:
  • There will be no such thing.
• Bylaw 3 Officers:
  1. Powers and Duties of appointed officers
     • Any or all members may be officers of various self appointed powers and duties that do not step on the rules the organization must follow.
     • The President of the Organization is in charge of any major decisions to be made on behalf of the organization, but may not order around other members.
     • All officers are appointed, and may even be self-appointed.
  2. Appointing a new president -
     • Hopefully, a president, as well as all currently leaving officers may appoint replacements.
     • If an officer blows up or otherwise cannot make an appointment, the knighted member with the most senority will make the appointment.
• Bylaw 4 A Non-Commital Group:
  1. What members may elect to do
     • Members mey elect to join in any planned event of the organization as long as they do so productively.
     • In order to apply for advancement within the Knighthood of BUH, a member must complete a self-chosen task that shows the reviewers his or her talents, individuality, and freedom of thought.
     • All tasks must be approved by officers and knighted members in order to avoid anything resembeling hazing.
  2. What members may not be forced to do
     • Members will not be forced to do anything. They will participate only in those activities they choose.
     • If a member is not having fun, he or she is doing something wrong. That's the whole point.

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Our Constitution

• Article 1 Name of Organization:
  • The Knighthood of BUH
• Article 2 Statement of Purpose:
  • To give people the chance to think freely and on one's own, enjoy life to the fullest, stop taking the world so seriously, and have fun with others who have similar intentions.
• Article 3 Membership:
  1. Absolutely any student, faculty, or staff of the University of Texas at Austin may join the Knighthood of BUH.
  2. Membership is limited to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Texas at Austin.
• Article 4 Officers:
  • All members my appoint themselves to any imaginable unfilled office apart from president, and replacements for officers will be appointed by the incumbant or by a knighted member in a position of seniority.
  • All oficers will have to perform only those duties they elect to perform.
  • No officer will have athority over any other member.
• Article 5 Meetings:
  • Meetings will be called whenever necessary, but will not be mandatory.
  • Regular meetings may be scheduled if a want for them arises.
  • Contact is to be maintained via an e-mail mailing list sent out to all members and other interested parties, as well as through the web page.
• Article 6 Method to Amend the Constitution:
  • All amendments are to be made by the president.
  • At no time will any officer be given power over any other member, and no member shal be required to perform any activities.
• Article 7 Dissolution Clause:
  • Should the organization be dissolved, all funds will be given to local charities.