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Governing documents of the Olin College Student Government

Olin College Student Government Repository

Originally established after the COReDesign of 2010, the 2015-2016 Council of Olin Representatives (CORe) re-established this GitHub repository in order to keep track of Student Government Governing Documents and their amendments over time.

Student Government Constitution

Ratified at a Town Meeting on March 5th, 2015.

Passed Amendments

Read it online.

Student Government By-Laws

Originally passed at a meeting of the Student Government on May 1st, 2015.

Passed Amendments

  • 2018-04-04 BA-1718-003: Added reading the Student Government Constitution to the onboarding process for all officials.
  • 2018-04-04 BA-1718-002: Changed the definition of the Student Body to "all currently enrolled students of Olin College."
  • 2017-04-26 BA-1617-007: Clarified the election process
  • 2017-04-26 BA-1617-006: Changed the audit process such that the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Honor Board can conduct the audit of the Honor Board themselves
  • 2017-04-26 BA-1617-005: Made the SG audit a two-step process where the spring meeting is a follow-up for the fall meeting
  • 2017-04-26 BA-1617-004: Moved the timing of the Student Government Audits to the end of the semester instead of mid-semester
  • 2018-03-07 BA-1718-001: Updated CCO by-laws to reflect current practices
  • 2017-02-01 BA-1617-003: Removed obsolete wording
  • 2016-10-05 BA-1617-002: Assigned CCO the responsibility of keeping a record of all student groups, committees, and branches of the government
  • 2016-10-05 BA-1617-001: Replaced "Representative to Operations" with "Representative for Campus Services"
  • 2016-04-04 BA-1516-012: Moved the Honor Board election procedures into the By-Laws, adjusted CORe role descriptions, shortened the spring elections, and changed how we report students on faculty and operational committees
  • 2016-03-07 BA-1516-011: Changed the By-Laws to present tense
  • 2016-03-07 BA-1516-010: Changed class events funds to class funds and aligned class rep role descriptions to practice
  • 2016-03-07 BA-1516-009: Changed the budget approval procedure, clarified wording, and futher defined the audit process
  • 2016-02-01 BA-1516-008: Aligned the Assistant Director of Service role description to practice and removed service group classifications
  • 2015-12-04 BA-1516-007: shorten the committee appointment timeline from 6 days to 3 days
  • 2015-12-04 BA-1516-006: eliminate a specific time for meeting
  • 2015-12-04 BA-1516-005: eliminate wording saying funding guidelines for the SAF must be created
  • 2015-12-04 BA-1516-004: increase Spending Limits on Food from $2 to $3
  • 2015-11-06 BA-1516-003: reduce restrictions on classifying student groups as organizations
  • 2015-09-03 BA-1516-002: add a resignation procedure

Read it online.