Top of Page Membership Membership in organizations must be open to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, citizenship, or handicap. Title IX of the Federal Educational Amendment of 1972 exempts fraternities and sororities from the requirement that membership in their groups be open to all persons regardless of gender. Non-Cornell community members will be considered as volunteers with organizations. They may avail themselves of the student club insurance by declaring themselves and paying the appropriate fee. Officers must all be current members of the Cornell community.
Participation is voluntary.
Members may disassociate from an organization at any time. The constitution is the basic framework of any organization. It should include the purpose, requirements for membership, officer duties and selection, decision-making principles, and other general operating principles. Specific organization rules and detailed procedures belong in the bylaws. Simplicity and flexibility are the keys to a good constitution.