Bylaws of the Hampedia Board of Trustees

Rights and Responsibilities of the Hampedia Board of Trustees
The Hampedia Board of Trustees has the duty to mediate editorial disputes. The Board is also given the responsibility of assigning administrative rights to users of the wiki, for the purpose of maintaining Hampedia's integrity. Users with administrative privileges have the ability to block and ban users for misconduct as defined by the Hampedia Policies. Appeals of users concerning such disciplinary action will be heard by the Board. This will be done through a process to be defined.

Hampedia will be free in that the restrictions on content and governing processes will be minimal; they will exist primarily to maintain as free and accessible a site as possible. This is justified and supported by College computer use policy, subject to some stipulations (e.g. those listed above), which states "The College believes in freedom of speech regardless of the medium used for communication and does not wish to act as a censor of information on College resources, including web page content."

The Board of Trustees is responsible for composing the Hampedia Advisory Board and Hampedia Management Board. These boards are defined on their respective Hampedia pages. The Board is also responsible for appointing and removing all Hampedia administrators. The Hampedia Board of Trustees makes all Hampedia-specific policies (listed at Policies).

Number of Trustees
There shall always be seven (7) voting members and one (1) non-voting chair on the Hampedia Board of Trustees. There shall be four (4) student members, one (1) faculty member, one (1) staff member, and one (1) either faculty or staff member. In addition, the chair will preside over Board meetings, and decide the agenda.

Appointment of Trustees
The first members of the Board are to be chosen by Jose Fuentes. If trustees resign, or become otherwise incapable of performing their duties, the chair, with the support of the Board, will appoint a temporary replacement.

Tenure of Trustees
All trustees will serve one (1) year terms. All trustees will be elected to their position by the constituency of the Hampshire College community which they represent. Elections for all trustees will be held every year, and a committee will be appointed by the Board to organize these elections.

Board Meetings
Trustees will be convened and adjourned by the chair, or by consensus among the trustees.

Board Decision-making
All actions of the Board should be decided by consensus, if possible. The board cannot decide anything without a quorum. If a Board member has a conflict of interest, he or she must not vote.

The Board Agenda
In order to submit a dispute or request to be on the agenda, please contact hampedia@hampshire.edu