Governance

Constitution & bylaws

The document that says how the team is run — who can join, who decides what, and how any of it changes.

Placeholder — not adopted

The document below is a structural skeleton, not the Organization's constitution. It has not been written, voted on, or ratified. It is published here so the page and the link are in place; replace the PDF and switch the status to "adopted" once the real document is ratified.

The document

A skeleton, published so the link is stable.

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Constitution and Bylaws

Texas Rover Lab — Austin, Texas

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What it covers

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ART. I

Name

What the Organization is called.

ART. II

Purpose

What the Organization exists to do.

ART. III

Membership

Who may join, the non-discrimination clause, and what active status means.

ART. IV

Officers

Officer positions and duties, and where subsystem leads sit.

ART. V

Elections and vacancies

How officers are chosen and how a mid-term vacancy is filled.

ART. VI

Meetings

Meeting cadence and the quorum needed to conduct business.

ART. VII

Subsystems

How subsystems are created, merged, and dissolved.

ART. VIII

Finances

Who controls funds and what approval spending requires.

ART. IX

Amendments

How this document is changed.

ART. X

Dissolution

What happens to equipment and funds if the Organization ends.

Questions about how the team is run?

Members can ask for anything in here to be explained, and can propose amendments. If something in the document does not match how the team actually operates, tell us — the document is what changes.