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CONSTITUTION UPDATE
BY RAM GOLLAPUDY, WJCL PARLIAMENTARIAN
The new Constitutional system is composed of a Constitution and
Bylaws. The bylaws are meant to be easier to change while the
Constitution is supposed to be more constant of a body of laws. This
happened mainly because of the April board meeting, where 2 bylaws
were passed without really a precedent on what they were or where in
the Constitution they should be put. At the meeting itself a fairly
decent part of the discussion was what exactly bylaws were. After that
meeting I did a lot of research on bylaws/Constitutions and using
various sources like Robert's Rules of Order, Northwestern and
Indiana University and most importantly the NJCL Constitution, which
uses this system, I finally not only figured out the distinction, but also in
which body of laws each Section of our Constitution should fall into. In
terms or changes, the only "new" material was naturalizing already
existing notions: when and where meetings are held, and the purpose
and election of state chairs. The passing of bylaws was also reworded
better in order to prevent further confusion. As to why it happened at a
regular meeting: 1. Nothing new from a law standpoint was introduced.
Everything was either relocated or added as an already observed
practice. 2. There was no feasible way to go through every section of
the Constitution to ensure to no new material had been added at GA3.
We are already pressed for time as it is during that last evening, and
there is simply not enough time to explain material that does not
change anything about how the WJCL carries about its business.
TREASURER UPDATE
ABOVE : WJCL MEMBERS REVIEW RAM’S
REVISED CONSTITUTION BEFORE VOTING
UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT IT.
BY MARK BECHTHOLD, WJCL TREASURER
Currently, as WJCL Treasurer my responsibilities consist of preparing the merchandise for Nationals to make money for
the WJCL through Agora. To make as much money as possible, we decided to buy a number of products including
jerseys, hats, and socks. We are hoping to be very successful in selling these items to show how strong the WJCL really
is. If we can get the support of the whole WJCL in hawking our wares at Nats, we will definitely sell our products,
and the more money we have, the more we can do with
the WJCL. As of right now my concern is advertising for
Nats: how can the WJCL best separate itself from the
other states and thus sell the most LUDI jerseys and
socks? We need the charismatic members of the WJCL
to convince buyers to pay for our products first.
Last year at Nationals a kid from Virginia approached a
group of ten Wisconsinites and asked if we wanted to buy
his Varsity Latin shirts. I had already bought one, but
none of my friends had, so he proceeded to convince us
that we simply could not live without Varsity Latin shirts,
explaining that in truth the shirts that they produced were
ABOVE: BA STUDENTS SOLD BUTTONS AT NATIONnot made of 100% cotton but were rather 90% cotton and
ALS LAST YEAR. PHOTO BY STEVEN CHEN.
10% dreams, and that if we bought his shirt, 10% of our
dreams would come true. His strategy was absolutely absurd, and yet seven of us bought t-shirts because he was
persistent and hilarious. That is the kind of advertising I am hoping to create with the help of the WJCL to sell as much
as possible at this National Latin Convention.