Constitution of the “Club Quidditch Team”

Article I— Name

The Name of this organization shall be “Lafayette Club Quidditch Team”.

Article II— Purpose

1. To Present students with an opportunity for exercise and social interaction through a formerly-fantastical sport. *
2. To encourage sportsmanship and further Lafayette’s good name in competitions against other colleges, either at home or away.
3. To support the club Quidditch team in all of their endeavors at competitions and at practices.
4. To maintain and play by the rules laid out in the Intercollegiate Quidditch Rule Book.

Article III— Membership

Membership is open to the Lafayette student populace, regardless of experience of sports played upon broomsticks.

Article IV— Officers

1. The officers of this organization shall be Jared Katz and Gus Henninger as Co-

Presidents, Megan Shultz as Treasurer, Rin Metcalf as Secretary.

2. The responsibility of the officers will begin at the beginning of the school year,

and end at the close**.

3. The officers will be elected by a vote from the team, which will be held at the close of the school year. In the event of poor officers the team may hold a vote at the end of the semester to change officers. If two thirds of the team votes to change the executive board then an election will be held prior to winter break. The new officers will serve until the end of the school year at which point an election will be held again and the team will return to a normal schedule.

4. In the event that an officer must resign or leave for any reason they will get to pick the person who will serve in their place, but only with the majority of the team’s approval.

Article V— Meetings

This club will meet at least twice a week in some capacity during the season.

Article VI— Procedure

Practices will follow rules set down by the Collegiate Quidditch Rulebook, and will consist of drilling and scrimmages. Competitions will be held against other schools at which these rules will be upheld.

Article VII— Ammendments

The constitution may be amended by a two thirds vote by the team.

*Taken from Middlebury

** The same officers will serve the remainder of the 2009 spring semester, and the entire 2009-2010 year. The first election will be held in the spring of 2010.