The Constitution of Blueprint, Technology for Nonprofits

The documents Current_Constitution.md and Current_Bylaws.md shall be the source of truth for Blueprint's Constitution and Bylaws. Should there be any discrepancies between the markdown and PDF versions, the markdown version should be referenced.

Pull Requests

There are three versions of pull requests that can be created.

1. Amendment

   An amendment that can be proposed by 2/3 of the Executive Committee or 2/3 of the total membership. It must be ratified by 3/4 of the total membership.

2. Bylaw

   A two-thirds majority of the Executive Committee is necessary to enact a bylaw.

3. Feature

   This is any changes that does not modify the contents of the Constitution or Bylaws.

Only the markdown files should be changed when making changes to the Constitution or Bylaws. A Github Action will convert the markdown file into PDFs once a pull request has been created.

Adding a Bylaw

1. Make sure the pull request is properly formatted
   1. Title is prefixed with Bylaw:
   2. Header text is filled in
   3. Description text is added with proper link to decision log
   4. Request review from e-team members
   5. Draft author(s) added as assignees
   6. Pull request properly labeled with bylaw
2. Update voting record after e-team votes through GitHub review (green check should appear)
3. Squash and merge with the follow as the commit message:
   1. Title of pull request
   2. Drafted: the author of the proposal
   3. Proposed: when it was proposed
   4. Proposed by: who proposed it (can only be Executive Team)
   5. Ratified: when it was voted on
   6. Voting record

Adding an Amendment

1. Make sure the pull request is properly formatted
   1. Title is prefixed with Amendment:
   2. Header text is filled in
   3. Description text is added with proper link to decision log
   4. Changes section with diffs showing what has changed
   5. Request review from calblueprint/e-team (won't be used for voting)
   6. Draft author(s) added as assignees
   7. Pull request properly labeled with amendment
2. Add an Amendment file under Amendments/Constitution_B with the same contents as pull request
3. Update voting record after club votes with picture of result
   • Picture/results should indicate date voted
   • Picture/results should go in Amendments/Constitution_B/assets
4. Squash and merge with the follow as the commit message:
   1. Title of pull request
   2. Drafted: the author of the proposal
   3. Proposed: when it was proposed
   4. Proposed by: who proposed it (can be Executive Team or Club Convention)
   5. Ratified: when it was voted on
   6. Voting record

Releases

Releases and tags mark the ratification of an amendment to the Constitution or Bylaws.

Tags should be prefixed with a 'v' and numbers separated with a period with the first number referring to the Constitution version, the second number referring to the Constitution amendment number, and the third number referring to the Bylaws amendment number. (e.g. v2.1.0)

Add the same description as the merged PR with a summarized version of the Text section but no Changes section.

Upload the PDF versions of the new Constitution and Bylaws to the assets for easy download in the future.