Article I        Name:

                   The name of this organization shall be the Islander Athletic Trainers

                   Association. (I.S.A.T.A.)

Article II       Membership:

                   Section 1:  Membership shall not be restricting by race, gender, creed, age

                   or disability.  

                   Section 2:  Membership shall be open to all TAMU-CC students interested

                   in Athletic Training.

                   Section 3: All Athletic Training Students must be a member of I.S.A.T.A.

Section 4:  All members must maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher per

                   academic semester.

                   Section 5:  Dues must be paid before coming a member.

                   Section 6:  Members must participate in at least two events per month.

 Article III     Dues and Meetings

                   Section 1:  Dues will be twenty-five dollars per year; which will be paid to

the treasurer, by the set due date, (which is determined at the first meeting of the       academic year) for all new members.   A fine of five dollars will be added to the initial dues for each week the dues are late.

Section 2:  The organization will meet at least once a month on a day to be determined by the executive board. 

Section 3:  The president shall have the power to call special meetings when necessary.

Article IV      Disbursements of Dues and Raised Funds.

Section 1:  Membership dues are disbursed with in the I.S.A.T.A. organization to help purchase new member shirts, starting fundraisers and to help with cost of NATA or SWATA convention registration.

Article V       Officers and Duties

                   The officers of this organization shall be: President, Vice President,

                   Secretary, Treasurer and UCSO representative.

                   Section 1: The duties of the President shall be to preside at all the

                   meetings, enforce the constitution, to decide question order and to vote

                   in the case of a tie.

                   Section 2: The duties of the Vice President are to preside at all meetings

                   in the absence of the President.

                   Section 3: The duties of the Secretary are to keep records of all the

                   meetings and maintain a membership roster.

                   Section 4: The duties of the Treasurer shall be to collect dues, keep

                   financial records, and to spend money as  to the discretion of majority

                   rule of the organization.

                   Section 5: The duties of the Organization Representative shall be to attend

                   all UCSO meetings and to represent our organization at special events.

Article VI      Election of Officers

                   Section 1: Elections will be held the first week in May and elected

                   officials shall take office the following week.

                   Section 2: Nominations shall take place the day of elections.

                   Section 3: Voting shall be by secret ballots and votes will be counted by

                   the faculty advisor.

         Section 4: Terms are for one year. Can be reelected only once.

Article VII     Qualifications of Officers

                   Section 1: Officers must be in good standing with the University and

                   be a member in the organization for one semester.

                   Section 2: Officers must be members of NATA and SWATA.

Article VIII     Faculty Advisor

                    Section 1: The organization shall have a regular faculty advisor who will

                    attend the meetings and advise the organization.

Article IX       Robert’s Rule of Order

                    Section 1: Robert’s rule of order shall be used as a guide by the presiding         

                    officers in all situations not covered by the constitution.

Article X        Amendments

                    Section 1: Amendments to the constitution shall be presented in writing

                    for submission for the members to vote.

                    Section 2: A 2/3 vote by the members shall suffice for the adoption thereof.

                    Section 3: A quorum of 50%+1 must be present at the meetings and 2/3

                    vote must be obtained in order to make amendments and decisions.

Article XI       Attendance and Removal

                    Section 1: Attendance is mandatory.  Secretary shall record all absences.

                    Section 2: Excused absences must be written and turned into the executive

                    board and faculty advisor no later than 12:00pm the day after the meeting.

                    Section 3: Three unexcused absences shall result in removal from the

                    organization.

                    Section 4: To rejoin the organization, the person must repay the twenty-

                    five dollar dues.

          Section 5: Any member may be removed from this organization for a just

          cause by a majority vote of the active members at the meeting where

          cause is discussed (everyone must vote).