Document Committee

= Charge: = The Document Committee is charged with developing the Hampshire Student Union “founding documents” before the end of the 2013 - 2014 academic year. “Inspiration” for these documents will be drawn from the following sources including but not limited to: Purpose, Values, and Scope (PVS), the Red Book, and other forms of drafts that individuals have put together. Informal knowledge of how the system works as it is right now will also be critically helpful in the formation of these documents. In short, members of the HSU that have significant institutional knowledge that is otherwise not reflected in the transitional documents would be wise to consult.

The members of the document committee are expected to read all transitional documents and refer their questions to the co-coordinators of the committee. When writing the documents the document committee should think constitutionally, not congressionally. The purpose is to create legislation, not regulation. During this project the document committee must be in regular communication with Josiah Litant and K&A, as well as the larger student community. The goal is to submit a finalized and proofed document to the last HSU Town Meeting of the Spring 2014 semester. Prior to this, the committee will consult with K&A on final polishes on grammar and document item structure. After the ratification of the document, the committee will create and implement a transitional plan over the summer to get the HSU on to the new system before the start of the 2014-2015 academic year.

= Structure: =

Number of Positions
Membership of “Committee” will be limited to 9-12 members

Reserved Positions
Membership spots will be reserved for representatives from the listed HSU bodies

-1 Re-rad

-1 Accountability Board

-1 Fundcom

-2 Scope Group Coordinators

-2 At-Large Members of CoordBoard

-5 Student Members from the Hampshire Community

Student Member Qualifications
Any student is qualified to serve, though student members should preferably not be currently involved in the HSU. The committee also wants to ensure that diverse voices and opinions are represented. Therefore, the committee intends to specifically solicit nominations from member of the Source and Identity Based Offices such as the Cultural Center, Center for Feminisms, QCA, Spiritual Life, etc. The committee will be in contact with Melissa Scheid-Franz on how to best proceed with this.

= Transparency: =

The Document Committee is dedicated to remaining transparent throughout the document drafting and creation process. All meetings are open to be attended by any member of the Hampshire student community. Minutes for each meeting will be posted to this Hampedia page after each meeting for Students or Document Committee members to review at their leisure. The operational Bylaws of the Document Committee can be viewed below. Concerns, questions or suggestions should ideally be made in person to a member of the document committee or shared electronically to one of the Co Coordinator's emails which are below.

Co-Coordinators Emails
1. cjp12@hampshire.edu

2. There is currently no Student Co Coordinator, please email cjp12@hampshire.edu if you are interested in this position!

Basecamp
While this page will be updated regularly with minutes and other content, The Document Committee will primarily be using BaseCamp to coordinate and create content. All members of the community are welcome to see the content and discussion(s) occurring on on Basecamp. In order to view the Base-camp Documents,discussions etc, please use this login information:

Username: hampshirestudent12@gmail.com

Password: hsumember

= "Canon" Inspirational Documents: =

File:Red Binder.pdf

File:SGA Purpose Values and Scope.pdf

File:SGA Research Packet-2.pdf

File:Early HSU Planning Documents-2.pdf

File:CoCA Bylaws.pdf

File:FiCom Bylaws.pdf

File:ConstReform1975.pdf

= Bylaws: =

File:BylawsofDocCom.pdf

= Meeting Minutes: = 3/6/2014 Minutes File:Minutes3.6.2014DocCom.pdf 3/12/2014 Minutes File:Minutes3.12.2014DocCom.pdf 4/2/2014 Minutes File:Minutes4.2.2014DocCom.pdf 4/30/2014 Minutes File:Notesfrom4.30.2014.pdf 5/5/2014 Minutes File:Notesfrom552014.pdf

= The Result =

The Making of the Hampshire Student Union File:TheMakingoftheHampshireStudentUnion.pdf