Constitution of San Diego State University
Campus Freethought Alliance
Article I - Name and Affiliation
The name of this organization shall be the Campus Freethought Alliance. The Campus Freethought Alliance shall be an autonomous body under the umbrella organization of the Council for Secular Humanism.
Article II - Mission Statement
The Campus Freethought Alliance exists to further the cause of rational and scientific inquiry, individual freedom and responsibiliy, rejection of supernatural and authortarian beliefs, and to increase tolerance and cooperation in the community. The Campus Freethought Alliance provides an organized community for skeptics, non-theists, humanists, and other freethinkers.
Article III- Key Issues
The Campus Freethought Alliance (hereafter called the CFA) supports the following key issues:
1) To foster a cooperative environment where the Freethought Community works together to achieve shared goals.
2) To promote and encourage freedom from superstition, irrationalism, and dogmatic
religious assumptions.
3) To further the acceptance and application of science, reason, and critical thinking.
4) To challenge misrepresentations of non-religious lifestyles.
5) To create a community in which freethinkers feel comfortable in their unbelief.
6) To cultivate in ourselves- and others- a sense of responsibility to, and compassion for,
humanity.
7) To promote humanistic values, such as tolerance, compassion, empathy, and honesty,
within our societies.
8) To counter all forms of religious political extremism.
9) To defend religious freedom and the separation of church and state.
10) To defend individual freedoms and civil liberties for all persons, regardless of race, sex, class, creed, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, etc.
11) To unite campus freethinkers and freethought groups in the pursuit of these common
goals.
Article IV- Membership and Representation
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Membership in the CFA is open to every SDSU student.
All members shall have equal and open access to club rights, privileges, and resources of both the student organization and the Council for Secular Humanism.
All members of the CFA shall have availbable to them all CFA publications, and publications provided to the CFA by the Council for Secular Humanism.
All CFA treasury and administrative decisions are voted on and may be passed by a majority vote after a seconded motion with discussion has happened.
The constitution can be amended by a 2/3 majority vote at any CFA meeting, after a seconded motion with discussion passes.
Article V- Officers and Election
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The officers of the CFA shall be President, Vice President, and Secretary/Treasurer.
Officers are installed at the beginning of each semester by nomination and majority vote of all charter members.
The duties of the President are to preside over all CFA meetings, to keep direct contact with the organizing leaders of the Council for Secular Humanism, and to dispense to the club new CFA materials provided by the Council for Secular Humanism.
The duties of the Vice President shall be to assist the President in his/her duties, and to keep organized all CFA group materials and CFA publications.
The duties of the Secretary/Treasurer shall be to record and monitor all CFA funds, records, memberships, and take minutes at all CFA meetings.