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--- bylaws [2024/11/17 22:42] – Update to section 3.04 to reflect recent change to membership voting procedure mefoster
+++ bylaws [2026/05/16 13:15] (current) – [ARTICLE 1 - MEMBERSHIP] bylaws amendments 1.03 passed 2025-05-16 byang2
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 The sole available membership level for alumni and students who have withdrawn will be special membership. Upon graduation, the membership status of all full and social members of good standing will automatically convert to special membership. Special members of Dabney need not pay dues and retain a heavily restricted ability to access house resources or attend social functions.
-Other types of membership can exist and can confer any subset of privileges allotted by full membership.
+Other types of membership can exist and can confer any subset of privileges allotted by full membership. Members of the House must pay the dues associated with their membership type for each academic term they remain a member.
-Members of the House must pay the dues associated with their membership type for each academic term they remain a member.
 **SECTION 1.02 - TERMINATION OR MODIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP**
 Membership of Dabney House is gained through Rotation or after an application is approved by a Membership Vote. Alumni and students who have withdrawn are not eligible to apply for House membership. Individuals can request the removal of their personal membership status at any time by notifying the Secretary, President, or another relevant member of Excomm. If membership is revoked, the individual must wait for a time period greater than one academic term before they are eligible to reapply for any type of Dabney membership. Membership may be revoked as part of an Institute-imposed sanction. If a member remains on temporary leave for at least 2 years, Excomm may, by unanimous consent, revoke or change their membership status.
 **SECTION 1.03 - DUES**
-Members of the House must pay the dues associated with their membership type for each academic term they remain a member. Dues policy may be created and changed by a vote of either Excomm vote or the House. Dues policy must be accessible as an addendum to the Bylaws.
+Dues policy may be created and changed by amendment to the Bylaws. Such policy must be transparently available to the members of the house within this document.
+Members can pay dues on a termly or yearly basis. If on a termly basis, $10 must be paid by the end of term, here defined as the end of the finals testing period for that term. If on a yearly basis, $30 must be paid either by the end of first term or graduation, whichever is earlier for the member.
+A member is required to pay dues if they are a member of the house at any point during the term in question and have been enrolled at the Institute for 6 or more weeks during the term in question.
+Baseline Enforcement Mechanism:
+(A) Failure to pay dues for 1 term may result in social probation. Social probation will result in the member not being able to participate in the roompicks process of the house for the following academic year, if applicable.
+(B) Failure to pay dues for 2 terms may result in expulsion from house membership.
+(C) The above clauses of the enforcement mechanism will be at the discretion of Excomm, decided by unanimous vote.
+(D) If the member is paying dues on a yearly basis, failure to pay dues for an entire year may result in the immediate escalation to the consequences in clause (B).
+(E) Upon the decision of Excomm to render the enforcement mechanism upon a member of the house, Excomm must communicate with the member in regards to the dues violation through a proper channel. The member will then have a 20 day grace period after being notified by Excomm to rectify the violation. If Excomm notifies the offending member during a break of the academic year or while the member is on leave, the grace period will begin when the member is once again enrolled at the Institute.
+(F) Upon payment of all outstanding balances, social probation status will be removed from the member.
+If a member of the house finds themselves unable or unwilling to pay the requested dues to the house, they are entitled to a negotiation with the President or Vice President with regards to a case-by-case mechanism for dues payment/waiver.
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