Constitution

Article 1: Name
The name of this organization shall be the Interact Club of Cookeville High School.

Article 2: Purpose and Goals
The purpose of Interact is to provide opportunity for young people to work together in a world fellowship dedicated to service and international understanding.

The goals of Interact are:
1. To recognize and develop constructive leadership and personal integrity.
2. To encourage and practice thoughtfulness of and helpfulness to others.
3. To build respect for the rights of others, based on recognition of the worth of each
     individual.
4. To create an awareness of the importance of home and family.
5. To emphasize acceptance of individual responsibility as the basis of personal success,
     community, improvement, and group achievement.
6. To recognize the dignity and value of all useful occupations as opportunities to serve
     society.
7. To provide opportunities for gaining increased knowledge and understanding of
     community, national, and world affairs.
8. To open avenues of personal and group action leading to the advancement of
      international understanding and goodwill toward all peoples.

Articel 3: Sponsorship
1. The sponsors of the Interact Club are Cookeville Breakfast Rotary Club and Cookeville
     Noonday Rotary Club.which, through a committee of four Rotarians, shall exercise
     supervision and control over all activities, programs, and policies of this Interact Club.
     The continued existence of this Interact Club shall depend upon the continued active
     personal participation of the sponsoring Rotary Clubs.
2. This club is not part of, and neither is this club nor its members have any rights or
     privileges with respect to, the sponsoring Rotary Club.

Articel 4: Membership
1. To be eligible for membership a person must possess good character along with
     leadership potential and have completed his/her freshman year at Cookeville High School.
2. Prospects must apply for membership and be invited by club members for ceremonial
     induction in May.
3. Those students transferring from another school, who were actively involved in their
     past Interact Club, may be considered for membership after the member selection
     process and induction ceremony. The request for membership by these prospects will
     be determined by the President and Club sponsors.
4. Membership shall automatically terminate a) upon graduation from Cookeville High
     School, b) by termination of the club, c) by failure to meet attendance and service
     requirements as described in the policy set forth each year by the board of directors for
     this club for good and sufficient reason.
5.. Membership may be terminated for cause as determined by this club by vote of not less
     than two-thirds of all members in good standing.

Article 5: Meetings
1. The club shall meet not less than twice per month at a time and place suited to the
     convenience of the members. with due respect for their other school obligations.
2. The board of directors shall meet separately not less than once per month. No
     meeting shall be deemed official unless a member of the Interact committee of the
     sponsoring Rotary Club, or representative adult thereof, is in attendance.
3. Meetings of the club and the board of directors may be canceled during holiday or
     vacation periods, or in the event of inclement weather, at the discretion of the board of
     directors and an Interact faculty advisor.
4. A majority of the members in good standing shall constitute a quorum at any regular
    or special meeting of the club. Any four members of the board, one of whom must be
     president or vice president, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the the board.

Article 6: Officers and Directors
1. The central offices of this club shall be presiden, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.
     Class representatives, a historian, and a news letter editor are also included as members
     of the board of directors, and any other officers may be elected if deemed necessary by
     the club. The term of office for all officers and directors shall be one year.
2. The governing body of this club shall be the board of directos composed of the
     president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and additional directors, all to be elected
     or appointed from among the members in good standing. All decisions, policies, and
     actions of the board and of the club are subject to the authority of the sponsoring Rotary
     Clubs, the provisions of this constitution, and policy established by Rotary International.

Article 7: Activities and Projects
1. The club shall be responsible for planning, organizing, financing, and conduction its own
     activities and shall itself supply the money, manpower, and creativity necessary thereto,
     except that in the case of joint projects or activities undertaken in cooperation with
     other organizations, such responsibility shall be shared.
2. The club shall undertake among its activities at least two major projects annually, one
     designed to serve the school or community, the other to promote international
     understanding, and each shall involve most of the members of the club.