Constitutional Amendments

Currently, the Vice President is elected separately by the membership. This amendment removes the VP from the election process and instead allows the Presidential nominees to appoint their Vice Presidential candidate, similar to a presidential running mate system. This ensures the President and VP are aligned in vision and can work effectively together from the start of their term.

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##### Vice President

The Vice President 's responsibilities shall support the president and their 

goals as they pertain to the Society.

The Vice President is appointed by the Presidential nominee and serves at their discretion. The Vice President's responsibilities shall support the President and their goals as they pertain to the Society.

##### Secretary

The role of the secretary shall record the events and occurrences of the

specific committee of the Society. It is the duty of all Committee Heads to 

promote the values held by the SSE and to represent the organization in an

appropriate mannor. The responsibilities and goals of each Committee Head 

appropriate manor. The responsibilities and goals of each Committee Head 

are also listed in the Primary Officers' Policy.

Committee Head appointments terminate with the period of office of the primary

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President       | 4             | 2 academic terms

Vice President  | 3             | 1 academic term

Treasurer       | -             | 1 academic term

Secretary       | -             | 1 academic term

serve.

In an event where all candidates for President and Vice President are the same,

only a single vote for President needs to be held, with the individual who receives

the second highest amount of votes becoming Vice President.

The Vice President shall not be subject to election. The President-elect shall appoint their Vice President upon nomination. The appointee must meet all eligibility requirements for the Vice President position.

### Collection and Acceptance of Nominations

first have the approval of either two Primary Officers or one third of the current Committee Heads 

as well as the Department Advisor. A vote shall then be held amongst all Officers and the Department Advisor 

to determine if the appeal shall be implemented. The vote shall be determined by a 2/3rds majority.

to determine if the appeal shall be implemented. The vote shall be determined by a 2/3rds majority.

In its current state, the Society of Software Engineers' constitution sets stringent requirements for who is allowed to run for primary officer positions, especially President and Vice President. In order to become President or Vice President, a student must, among other things, be a Software Engineering student. Other Primary Officers must be GCCIS students. This means that a great number of people in the SSE, not only members, but officers and mentors, are unable to hold any higher positions because of this archaic constitutional provision. We are the Society of Software Engineers, and I take this to mean not a society of people enrolled in Software Engineering, but rather a society of passionate, wonderful students who love software engineering enough to pursue a career in the field of computing. This amendment expands who is allowed to run for Primary Officer positions, while still ensuring that only strong candidates qualify, by allowing anyone in a major that has a co-op program to occupy these positions. This includes not only other Golisano majors, such as Game Design and Computer Science, but also other majors that are heavily related to software engineering, such as Computer Engineering. It also says that at least one of these co-ops needs to be completed by the start of the term for the President and Vice President.

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through mentorship may be substituted as the requirements for any office.

All Primary Officers must be enrolled as students in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS) with the exception of the President and Vice President who must be enrolled as Software Engineering majors. All Primary Officers must not be on co-op during the term in which they would serve, and must be on-campus at RIT in Henrietta, New York, United States.

All Primary Officers must be enrolled in an academic program with a co-op requirement. The President and Vice President must each have at least one co-op completed by the start of the term that they serve. All Primary Officers must not be on co-op during the term in which they would serve, and must be on-campus at RIT in Henrietta, New York, United States.

Candidates for President and Vice President must both plan to remain enrolled

and on-campus for the entire academic year for which they are to serve.

first have the approval of either two Primary Officers or one third of the current Committee Heads 

as well as the Department Advisor. A vote shall then be held amongst all Officers and the Department Advisor 

to determine if the appeal shall be implemented. The vote shall be determined by a 2/3rds majority.

to determine if the appeal shall be implemented. The vote shall be determined by a 2/3rds majority.

This amendment is proposed to formally recognize and codify the expanded scope of responsibilities held by the Mentoring Head position. Given that the Mentoring Head oversees a significantly greater number of operational processes relative to other committee head roles of comparable designation, it is warranted to propose an elevation in official standing. Accordingly, this amendment seeks to reclassify the Mentoring Head as a Primary Officer role within the organization. This reclassification would more accurately reflect the weight and breadth of the position's duties, and would formally affirm that Mentoring constitutes one of the four foundational pillars of this organization... a distinction that merits appropriate representation at the primary officer level.

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and see that funds and items purchased are used in a responsible way. 

##### Mentoring Head

The mentoring head is responsible for all volunteer mentoring matters that happen on behalf 

of the SSE. This includes: conducting mentor training, hosting and creating materials for 

review sessions, hosting an end-of-year mentor appreciation dinner, and ensuring the 

functionality of the exam  cabinet according to the Society's and the university's exam 

check-out policy.

#### Period of Office

For annual elections, the period of office begins at the end of the spring

academic term. For any other elections, the period of office begins

Treasurer       | -             | 1 academic term

Secretary       | -             | 1 academic term

Mentoring Head  | -             | 1 mentor term

“Year level” is counted by the lower of [A] years enrolled at least part-time in a

higher-education institution post high school graduation, or [B] by credits obtained

first have the approval of either two Primary Officers or one third of the current Committee Heads 

as well as the Department Advisor. A vote shall then be held amongst all Officers and the Department Advisor 

to determine if the appeal shall be implemented. The vote shall be determined by a 2/3rds majority.

to determine if the appeal shall be implemented. The vote shall be determined by a 2/3rds majority.