Soc Team Amendment (Passed on 12/11/14)

Proposed by: Elliot Simon
Endorsed by: Patrick Nikong, Galen Gao

Justification:

As currently stated in the constitution, the Social Team of Ruddock is in charge of, among
other things, organizing parties. Among these parties would be included Big Interhouse,
Our Private Interhouse, and Frosh Party. While this is the system used in many other
Houses at Caltech, Ruddock House has, in recent years, chosen volunteers not necessarily
on the Social Team to organize house parties.

It has been expressed both by members of the current Social Team, the current Executive
committee, and various other members of the house that system is not the method the
house desires. The office of Social Team has been elected without consideration of the
potential party organizers. Additionally, the Social Team turns over in the middle of the
construction of OPI which could easily cause paperwork consistency issues.

This amendment removes the language explicitly assigning the responsibility of organizing
house parties and dances to the Social Team. The Social Team shall still be responsible
for organizing all social functions. The process for choosing those individuals responsible
for organizing house parties shall be left unmentioned in the Constitution and as such shall
be chosen in a method deemed fit by the membership of the House.
Social Member Qualifications Amendment (Passed on 12/11/14)

Proposed By: Elliot Simon
Endorsed By: Patrick Nikong, Allika Walvekar

Justification:

Currently, in order to become a Social Member of Ruddock, a candidate must satisfy the
following conditions: They must be an undergraduate at Caltech, be voted on by the
procedures described in the Constitution, and live neither in Ruddock nor in a designated
off-campus alley. This third condition was originally designed as an extra clause preventing
non-full members of Ruddock House from living on campus or in an off campus location
designated for Ruddock members. In other words, a student desiring to live in Ruddock
House would have to apply for full membership, not social membership.

This amendment would simply remove the restriction on the current residence location from
the requirements of social membership. Thus a social member must be an undergraduate
at the school and have been elected as such as detailed below. This will allow an
upperclassman who currently resides in the Ruddock House Off Campus Alley to become a
social member and thus participate in house activities.
Amendment Procedures Amendment (Passed on 12/11/14)

Proposed By: Elliot Simon
Endorsed By: Allika Walvekar, Galen Gao

Justification:

This amendment makes two substantial changes to the amendment procedure. The first is
that in addition to being posted immediately following the House Meeting at which the
amendment is presented, the amendment must be sent out electronically 3 days before the
House Meeting. The amendment is sent out so that all House Members have a chance to
read the substance and explanation of the amendment before the discussion takes place at
the House Meeting.

The second change adds a 2nd option for obtaining the endorsement of the amendment. In
addition to having the amendment endorsed by a 1/5 of the Full Membership, an
amendment can also be proposed with the endorsement by 2 members of the Executive
Committee. This number was chosen to match the number of members required to call a
meeting of the Executive Committee as in 3.5.1. This allows a much faster path while still
requiring a check on the amendment approval. The old endorsement pathway is kept as an
option to put a check on the power of the Executive Committee. Should the committee not
want to endorse an amendment due to incompetency or political motivation, amendments
can still be proposed by the entire house.