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CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS

TO GOVERN

ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER

OF

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.

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Prepared by:
Brother Jamie Y. Ferguson.

Reviewed by:
The Constitutional Review Committee
Brother Tyler A. James

March 2006

ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER
ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREAMBLE 3

ARTICLE I. Name, Objective, Location and Symbol 4 Section 1. Name 4 Section 2. Objective 4 Section 3. Location 4 Section 4. Symbol 4

ARTICLE II. Members and Membership 5 Section 1. Membership 5 Section 2. Qualification 5 Section 3. Affiliation 5 Section 4. Voting on New Members 6

ARTICLE III. Meetings 7 Section 1. Regular Meeting 7 Section 2. Special Meeting 7 Section 3. Quorum 7

ARTICLE IV. Organization 8 Section 1. Officers Designation 8 Section 2. Election of Officers 8 Section 3. Nomination of Officers 8 Section 4. Duties of Officers 8 Section 5. Head of Chapter 9 Section 6. Vacancy 9 Section 7. Election Date 10 Section 8. Eligibility 10 Section 9. Removal from Office 10

ARTICLE V. Standing Committees 11 Section 1 Designation of Committees 11 Section 2. Duties and Responsibility 11 Section 3. Removal from Office 11

ARTICLE VI. Delegates 13 Section 1. Selection and Appointment 13 Section 2. Eastern Region Convention 13 Section 3. General