Article 2: Foundation
Name 5 Duties of an Active
Honor and abide by the Tau Psi Omega Constitution
Uphold and abide by the Tau Psi Omega Purpose and Goals, and the high moral standards set by the fraternity
Pay the appropriate dues
Attend weekly meetings
Serve on a committee
Participate in Tau Psi Omega activities: social, service and academic
Elect Executive Officers
Attend fundraising events
The Executive Officers of Tau Psi Omega Fraternity shall consist of a?
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Judicial Officer, Scribe, Public Relations and Pledge Educator
Who has the power to call special meetings if deemed necessary?
President or Vice President; if President isn't present
What are the following standing committees in Tau Psi Omega Fraternity?
Community Service
Social
Academics
Brotherhood
Special Events
Historian
Who is responsible for enforcing rituals with active brothers and teaching those rituals to new member?
Judicial Officer
Name all requirements of an active brother
Must keep a cumulative grade-point-average of a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale and attain a 2.5 term g.p.a. or better each semester thereafter.
Must do a minimum of 30 community service hours per semester.
Must complete a minimum of 4 study hours per week; 2 study hours must be completed with a member of Tau Psi Omega at any location and the other 2 must be completed at the premises of your university, office hours.
Must be a registered voter of the county that you reside in if eligible, by your first semester.
In the absence of the President from a mandatory event, the succession of authority shall be as what?
Vice-President, Judicial Officer, Treasurer, Scribe, Public Relations and Pledge Educator.
All Tau Psi Omega actives and pledges shall be responsible for attending all meetings or contacting the Judicial Officer at least how many hours before?
24 hours
Any interested brothers of Tau Psi Omega who care to serve as a committee chair shall submit his name to who?
Vice-President Operations
What happens to a brother that resigns his position from Tau Psi Omega?
That brother which resigned shall still remain an active brother of Tau Psi Omega.
Consideration for brotherhood in Tau Psi Omega Fraternity shall be determined by which following criteria?
Consideration shall be limited to full-time students of the chapter university.
Consideration shall be extended without regard to the individual’s race, religion, sexual orientation or national origin.
Upon successful completion of rush.
Any member who decides to leave the brotherhood of Tau Psi Omega under his own recognizance shall be deemed as?
Deactive
A transition meeting is held how many weeks after elections?
2 weeks
In order to run for Tau Psi Omega President, one must have served at least how many term on the Tau Psi Omega Executive Council or as a Committee Chair? and how many semesters as an active?
one term and two semesters as an active
Only fraternity brothers who have fully paid his dues may accept nominations.
Name 3 Rules of a brother
Any brother of Tau Psi Omega shall not commit any action that defames the name, or any members, of the fraternity.
All brothers of Tau Psi Omega shall not participate in the hazing of a pledge.
All brothers of Tau Psi Omega shall partake in all social and service events that they have committed themselves to.
All brothers of Tau Psi Omega shall be mentors to the pledges and exemplify the ideal standards of which a Tau Psi Omega brother shall possess.
All brothers shall not consume alcohol or be in the presence of illegal drugs while wearing any visible letters or name of Tau Psi Omega.
What status is this? "Members can only petition once during their Undergraduate career and should have a minimum of 90 credit hours completed"
Senior
What are the 4 types of meeting within Tau Psi Omega?
Executive Council, Chapter, Pledge Meeting, Transition Meeting
During initial nominations, a member can accept how many nominations?
A member can accept as many nominations as he wishes
Recognizing the importance of a close family structure, Tau Psi Omega seeks to implement this structure into our fraternity as well as the community.
As a community service based fraternity, it is our goal to bring our community together by using the family values that are present within our brotherhood.
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Keeping these goals in mind, Tau Psi Omega will continue to pursue these dreams as well as new dreams that will come with a new century of honor and service to our community.
Within Tau Psi Omega Fraternity, we seek to reflect the rich cultural diversity that is present in the world we live in today.
It is with this in mind that Tau Psi Omega actively pursues brothers of all races and backgrounds in an attempt to better understand our own cultures as well as the cultures that others could bring to our collective table.
What's the minimum of advisors a chapter can have and how many of them have to be a faculty/staff person of a university?
A chapter of Tau Psi Omega shall have at least three advisors, one of which should be a faculty or staff person at the respective university.
Name 7 levels of statuses within Tau Psi Omega fraternity
Pledge, Depledge, Active, Alumni, Inactive, Deactive, Expelled, Associate, Senior Status, Probationary Associate
All Tau Psi Omega meetings can be changed by how many votes of the Executive Council?
A two-thirds vote
When there are ___ or more candidates running for a position and neither candidate has received enough votes to constitute majority rule, how many candidates can have a run off election?
three or more candidates and two can have a run off election
What happens when a brother abandons his office?
Should any Executive Officer or Committee Chairman abandon his office within Tau Psi Omega, the above replacement rule shall take effect. The brother, which has abandoned his office, shall be expelled from Tau Psi Omega Fraternity.