The name of this organization shall be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hillel Society of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations, hereafter referred to as Hillel.

The purpose of Hillel shall be to serve as the Jewish community on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and to provide functions and services to further Jewish life on the campus.

Hillel shall be under the jurisdiction of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations and the New England Region of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations.

Section 1. Membership in Hillel shall be open to all members of the MIT Community interested in furthering Hillel's purpose.
Section 2. Each member of Hillel shall have the right to count in a General Meeting quorum and to vote at General Meetings.
Section 3. Each member of Hillel shall be eligible to hold a position of the Executive Board.

Section 1. The Student Board of Hillel shall have eight officers: the Executive President, the President of Programming, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Social Vice President, the Shabbat/Holiday Vice President, the Tzedek Vice President, and the Education Vice President.
Section 2. The duties of the President shall be the following:
a. Assuming responsibility for the proper functioning of Hillel.
b. Presiding at all General Meetings and at meetings of the Executive Board.
c. Voting at meetings of the Executive Board and breaking ties in Executive Board votes.
d. Breaking ties in votes taken at General Meetings.
e. Representation of Hillel whenever such representation shall be necessary.
f. Taking emergency actions on matters requiring immediate attention.
g. Notifying the officers of the Executive Board of meeting times and agendas.
h. Communicating with Hillel interest groups and other Jewish groups on campus.
Section 3. The duties of the President of Programming shall be the following:
a. Fulfillment of the duties of the Executive President in the absence of the President and ascending to the Presidency upon the resignation or removal of the President.
b. Overseeing and helping to implement programming events.
c. Coordinating committees and special chairships of Hillel as necessary.
d. Overseeing Hillel’s program calendar.
e. Overseeing and assembling committees for Campus Preview Weekend and Orientation programs.
Section 4. The duties of the Treasurer shall be the following:
a. Maintaining Hillel’s financial records and reporting these records to the Board as well as externally upon request.
b. Paying all legitimate bills in a timely fashion.
c. Developing an annual budget approved by the Executive Board within one month of election.
d. Requesting funding biannually from the MIT Undergraduate Association Finance Board.
e. Co-signing all checks drawn against the Hillel account with the Hillel Director, Administrative Assistant, or President.
f. Overseeing the disbursal of Hillel Board grant funds and communicating with grant recipients to ensure successful programs.
Section 5. The duties of the Secretary shall be the following:
a. Recording minutes of Hillel meetings and submitting these minutes for the access of Board members.
b. Maintaining a current copy of the Constitution.
c. Notifying Hillel’s membership of General Meetings at least one week in advance.
d. Maintaining Hillel’s membership database and mailing lists.
e. Maintaining the Hillel Student Board’s web presence.
f. Publishing a regular electronic newsletter.
g. Serving as the MIT representative to the Regional Hillel Board of New England.
Section 6. The duties of the Social Vice President shall be the following:
a. Initiating and coordinating Hillel’s social program.
b. Working with other members of Hillel to facilitate ideas for social programs.
Section 7. The duties of the Shabbat/Holiday Vice President shall be the following:
a. Initiating and coordinating Hillel’s Shabbat/Holiday Program.
b. Working with other members of Hillel to facilitate ideas for Shabbat and Holiday programs.
c. Overseeing weekly Shabbat dinners.
Section 8. The duties of the Tzedek Vice President shall be the following:
a. Initiating and coordinating Hillel’s Tzedek program.
b. Working with other members of Hillel to facilitate ideas for Tzedek programs.
c. Integrating Tzedek into other aspects of Hillel’s programs.
Section 9. The duties of the Education Vice President shall be the following:
a. Coordinating formal education programs including ongoing classes and guest speakers.
b. Facilitating informal Jewish education in Hillel’s programs
c. Working with other members of Hillel to facilitate ideas for educational programs and classes.
d. Maintaining the Hillel library.

Section 1. The Board shall be empowered to interpret this Constitution.
Section 2. The Board shall be responsible for all the business of Hillel between General Meetings.
Section 3. All members of the Board shall have the following duties:
a. Assisting one another in the completion of duties.
b. Participating in Hillel’s publicity efforts.
Section 4. Regarding meetings of the Student Board:
a. The Executive President may call meetings of the Executive Board. A meeting of the Executive Board shall have a quorum of five officers.
b. All members of the student board shall attend meetings as called for by the Executive President.
c. The Executive Board shall meet weekly.
d. All decisions of the Board must be by simple majority vote. A vote may be called by the presiding officer by the agreement of a majority of the Board. In the event of a tie, the Presiding officer shall cast the deciding vote.
e. The rules contained in the most recent edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern meetings of the Executive Board when not inconsistent with this Constitution.

Section 1. The Board shall assemble committees when necessary, both to assist the vice presidents and to fulfill special program needs.
Section 2. In fulfillment of Hillel's purpose, special interest groups shall exist to provide religious services, special programming, and kosher food. They shall be autonomous in all of their business including appointment of leaders. As permanent committees, each special interest group shall report regularly to the Executive Board via the Executive President.

Section 1. The professional staff of Hillel shall assist the student board in running the daily operations of Hillel, in planning and executing programming, and in raising funds for Hillel.
Section 2. The Board of Directors of Hillel shall guide the organization in its long-term development, assist in its raising of funds, and arrange for the professional staff.
Section 3. The Executive President of the Student Board and the Hillel member heading the special interest group for graduate students shall serve on the Board of Directors. Additionally, two additional student Hillel members - one graduate and one undergraduate - shall serve on the Board of Directors. The undergraduate representative shall be annually selected by the Executive Board in the last month of the Spring term for one year of service beginning at that time. The four student members of the Board of Directors shall attend its regular meetings and represent student viewpoints there.

Section 1. All Hillel business may be transacted at a General Meeting.
Section 2. The Executive President shall preside over General Meetings.
Section 3. A General Meeting shall be held at least annually.
Section 4. A General Meeting may be called by an action of the Executive Board.
Section 5. A quorum of eighteen voting Hillel members shall be necessary at a General Meeting to transact business.
Section 6. No proxies shall be allowed at General Meetings.
Section 7. The rules contained in the most recent edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern General Meetings when not inconsistent with this Constitution.

Section 1. A General Meeting for nominations shall be held at least four weeks prior to the election of officers. Before opening nominations for each office, the Executive President shall read the relevant portion of Article V.
Section 2. Hillel members interested in running for office should be present at the General Meeting or should submit to the Secretary their decision to run in writing to prior to the meeting. Nominations will be allowed until closed by the Executive President at the General Meeting for elections.
Section 3. During the General Meeting for elections, the two highest ranking seniors on the Student Executive Board — as determined by order of voting specified herein — shall tally the vote in private. If two seniors do not serve on the board, the Executive President shall choose two vote counters.

Section 1. Election of the officers shall take place at a General Meeting to be held within six weeks of the end of the Fall Term.
Section 2. The term of office shall run from the beginning of the Spring term for one year.
Section 3. The Secretary shall notify the membership of a General Meeting for elections at least one month in advance.
Section 4. The Executive President shall describe the elections procedure and answer any procedural questions before proceeding with the elections.
Section 5. The order of elections shall be as follows: President, President of Programming, Social Vice President, Shabbat/Holiday Vice President, Tzedek Vice President, Education Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary. The election for each office shall be completed before the election for the next office may begin.
Section 6. Before each election, the Executive President will close nominations for that office.
Section 7. Each candidate for a position may speak for three minutes before that election with the other candidates not present. Subsequently, with no candidates present, the Hillel members present at the election shall discuss the candidates until a motion to vote is approved by a majority.
Section 8. Votes for officers shall be cast by written secret ballot. In order to vote for an office, a Hillel member must have heard all speeches pertaining to that office. The ballot shall contain a list of candidates' names. The names of all candidates nominated off the floor shall be written onto the ballot. Any ballot not containing all the candidates' names shall be disregarded. The vote shall be by prioritization. Voters shall rank candidates in order of preference.
Section 9. To be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast, ranking each vote by priority. First, only first choice votes shall be considered. If no nominee receives a majority, the nominee receiving the fewest votes shall be eliminated. Any ballots in that candidate's pile will then be divided based on second choice votes. This process will be continued through the preference order. If no candidate is elected by this procedure, then a simple majority vote will determine the election in a run off between the two leading candidates from the original ballot.
Section 10. No member may hold more than one office at a time.
Section 11. Upon the resignation or removal of any officer, a special election shall be held in a General Meeting as soon as possible to fill the vacant office. The membership shall be notified of the General Meeting at least one week in advance. Nominations shall occur immediately prior to the election. Remaining officers may run for the vacant office, and vacancies created in other positions by their election will be filled by the same special election procedure. For a vacancy in the position of Executive President, the President of Programming will assume the Presidency and a special election will be held to fill the position of President of Programming. Special elections shall be run in accordance with standard procedures outlined in the other sections of this article.
Section 12. The elections for the Student Executive Board will be conducted in the presence of only those represented by the Student Executive Board.

Section 1. The following shall be acceptable grounds for impeachment:
a. Failure to execute satisfactorily the duties of office.
b. Behavior unbecoming of an officer of Hillel.
Section 2. The impeachment procedure shall be as follows:
a. Impeachment proceedings against any officer may be brought through written charges of four other Executive Board officers or through a petition signed by thirty-six members of Hillel.
b. Those charges shall be submitted to the Secretary, or in the event that the Secretary is the officer in question, to the Executive President. The Secretary or Executive President shall present these charges to the officer in question.
c. A General Meeting shall be held within two weeks of the charge. The officer in question may speak for ten minutes in his or her defense. He or she shall then leave the room and those present may debate until a motion to vote is approved by the majority.
d. Two-thirds of the members present at the General Meeting must vote for removal in order to remove the officer under question from his or her duties.

Section 1. Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed either by the Executive Board or by petition of eighteen Hillel members. Amendment proposals shall be presented to the Secretary at least two weeks before the General Meeting at which they are to be considered.
Section 2. At least one week before the meeting, the Secretary shall send to each Hillel member the following: a copy of the proposed amendment, an explanation of the reasons for the amendment, a copy of this article of the Constitution, and an announcement of the General Meeting at which the amendment is to be considered.
Section 3. At a General Meeting where amendment proposals are processed, the following qualifications shall apply:
a. At that General Meeting, amendments may be modified by proposals approved by a majority vote.
b. The final form of the amendment must be germane to the original proposal.
c. New amendment proposals may not be brought at General Meetings, but must instead be transacted through the procedure outlined in this article.