Constitution

Section I: Name

1. The organization shall be called the Vancouver School of Economics Undergraduate

Society of the University of British ColumbiaVancouver. (VSEUS)

Section II: Objectives

1. To support the student initiatives within the Vancouver School of Economics community.

2. To provide academic, social, athletic, personal, and professional opportunities that will
benefit the undergraduate students of the Vancouver School of Economics.

3. To advocate on behalf of VSEUS members and to liaise between them and the
administration and faculty of the Vancouver School of Economics.

4. To act in the best interests of VSEUS members, on campus and in the community.

5. To assist incoming VSEUS members and to orient them to the Vancouver School of
Economics.

Section III: Membership:

1. The active members of the Society shall be all undergraduate students of UBC who are
registered in the Vancouver School of Economics, and have fully paid their VSEUS
membership fees.

Section IV: Referendum

1. This Constitution shall only be amended by a referendum of VSEUS members in which a

majority of those voting approve the amendments.

2. Fee changes shall only be made by a referendum of VSEUS in which a majority of those
voting approve the fee changes.

3. Quorum for all referendums shall be set according to the quorum rule in AMS bylaw
14(6). If there are less than 1000 members, quorum is 15% or 100 members, whichever is
less. If there are 1000 members or more, quorum is 10% of the members.

Section V: Amendments

1. This Constitution shall only be amended by a referendum of VSEUS members in

accordance with the referendum rules in Section IV.