This is a .pdf of the ΓΡΚ (Ancient Greek Honor Society) Constitution and Guidelines. ΓΡΚ is an initiative of GlossaHouse. For more information visit: http://www.glossahouse.com/p/greek-honor-society.html
This is a .pdf of the ΓΡΚ (Ancient Greek Honor Society) Constitution and Guidelines. ΓΡΚ is an initiative of GlossaHouse. For more information visit: http://www.glossahouse.com/p/greek-honor-society.html
This is a .pdf of the ΓΡΚ (Ancient Greek Honor Society) Constitution and Guidelines. ΓΡΚ is an initiative of GlossaHouse. For more information visit: http://www.glossahouse.com/p/greek-honor-society.html
);<=> Cummu Rho luu (lPl)letters ubbrevlutlng the noun lputxo (Lut. !"#$%&') "Creek, Creclun.' 1?@ABC=> lPl ls un lnternutlonul Creek Eonor Soclety thut recognlzes outstundlng uchlevements ln the study of Anclent Creek lunguuge, llteruture, und culture. &@;DEC> lPl conslsts of two trucks for membershl: (#))# und !#**#. (#))# 1ruck: 1he urose of the (#))# truck ls to recognlze outstundlng uttulnments ln the study of the Anclent Creek lunguuge und llteruture, to stlmulute study und reseurch ln thls fleld, to romote un understundlng und ureclutlon of the Anclent Creek cultures, und to udvocute the reudlng of Anclent Creek wrltlngs, lncludlng the Creek New 1estument, other eurly Chrlstlun llteruture. 1he (#))# membershl truck ls bused uon scholurshl, cun only be ursued through u lPl chuter orgunlzed ut un educutlonul lnstltutlon, und must follow the generul und (#))# seclflc byluws. !#**# 1ruck> 1he urose of the !#**# truck ls to encouruge the uctlve use of Anclent Creek, to romote cognltlve teuchlngjleurnlng styles, to uctlvely enguge the Creek New 1estument, und to udvocute Anclent Creek studles outslde ucudemlu. 1he !#**# membershl truck ls bused uon contlnulng lnterest ln Anclent Creek lunguuge und cultures, cun be ursued through u lPl chuter orgunlzed ut un educutlonul lnstltutlon or u locul communlty, und must follow the generul und !#**# seclflc byluws. +FG=@F;GHBF;I *ABFCB@> !#**# ,-. (#))# (lPl) wus founded by Chud M. loster, 1. Mlchuel v. Eulcomb, '. lluy Eurrlson, und lredrlck '. Long through ClossuEouse ln zc to encouruge hlgh uchlevement ln Anclent Creek studles. 1he ACRCS (Accesslble Creek Resources und Cnllne Studles) bourd members through ClossuEouse contlnue to uct us sonsor for the soclety und uolnt the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor of !#**# ,-. (#))#. lPl CEAR1LR CCNS1l1U1lCN AUC zc PACL z -B@<;GHBF BJ ; 7BD;I 345 "K;AG=@> Artlcle l Cenerul 8yluws sequentlully descrlbe how to form u new locul chuter of lPl. lor further usslstunce, contuct the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor of lPl, lredrlck '. Long ut fredrlck.longQusburysemlnury.edu, who wlll rovlde some lnltlul guldunce und fleld uny questlons. AR1lCLL l CLNLRAL 8YLAvS A. $.%(* *G;FL;@LC: Any locul lPl chuter formed shull comly wlth the mlnlmum stundurds set forth both here ln the Churter Constltutlon us estubllshed by the ACRCS edltorlul bourd through ClossuEouse und us muy be estubllshed by the educutlonul lnstltutlon's student orgunlzutlon guldellnes. Any orgunlzutlonul questlons or clurlflcutlons muy be dlrected to the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor of lPl. 8. -;D?IGM $LNHCB@ B@ *ABFCB@: Any locul chuter should normully huve u tenuredtruck fuculty udvlsor or u Sonsor (e.g. ustor or educutor) from the stuff of the foundlng educutlonul lnstltutlon or church. 1he Sonsor or luculty Advlsor luys un lnstrumentul role ln formlng the locul chuter by gurnerlng lnterest umong students, by convenlng lnltlul meetlngs, by usslstlng ln the votlng ln of the flrst Lxecutlve Commlttee (see Artlcle ll.A.), und ln hellng customlze und druft these Cenerul Culdellnes for the needs of the urtlculur locul chuter of lPl. Ee or she muy muke recommendutlons to the soclety but cunnot vote. Els or her resence wlll contlnue to suort the locul chuter (see Artlcle ll.A..). C. 'O=D?GHN= "B<<HGG== ;FL "?CGB<HPHFQ GK= 7BD;I "BFCGHG?GHBF RHGK SMI;RC: After the fuculty udvlsor or sonsor hels estubllsh the Lxecutlve Commlttee, they together wlll, flrst, customlze thls Churter Constltutlon for the needs of the urtlculur locul chuter of lPl urtlculurly estubllshlng memberbershl ellglblllty und uny dues, und, second, they wlll lnvlte ellglble otentlul members lnto the locul chuter ln uccordunce wlth thelr customlzed druft of the Churter Constltutlon. 1hls Churter Constltutlon should normully be edlted und used us u temlute for cusomlzutlon. vhen edltlng ls flnullzed, the Locul lPl Chuter Constltutlon wlth 8yluws should be sent to the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor for urovul contlngent uon the meetlng of mlnlmum stundurds set forth ln the Churter Constltutlon. ln order to usslst ln thls determlnutlon, uny chunges or uddltlons mude to thls Churter Constltutlon should be rovlded ln yellow hlghllght. Any subsequent umendments should ulso be sent to the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor for urovul. ln generul, the urovul ls contlngent uon mulntulnlng the mlnlmum stundurds set forth ln thls Churter Constltutlon. lt muy be thut locul lPl chuters wlll lncreuse requlrements for ellglblllty of membershl. L. /=<T=@CKHA =IHQHTHIHGM: lor euch locul lPl chuter membershl ellglblllty vurles uccordlng to whether the chuter ls formed us u (#))# 1ruck or u !#**# 1ruck. ln generul, these guldellnes ure mlnlmum stundurds, locul chuters wlll llkely need to umend thls Churter Constltutlon, whlle mulntulnlng the mlnlmum stundurds, to sulte thelr urtlculur locul chuter's needs und deslres, whlch muy entull rulslng stundurds or uddlng uddltlonul ellglblllty crlterlu. lPl CEAR1LR CCNS1l1U1lCN AUC zc PACL . (#))# 1ruck Mlnlmum Requlrements: (#))# membershl shull be bused uon scholurshl ln coursework. u. Undergruduutes must huve comleted ut leust 6 credlt hours (or equlvulent) of Creek lunguuge courses wlth u .c grude olnt uveruge (tylcully, u 8 uveruge) or equlvulent ln those courses. b. Cruduute students must huve comleted credlt hours (or equlvulent) of Creek lunguuge courses wlth u .c grude olnt uveruge (tylcully, u 8 uveruge) or equlvulent ln those courses. 1he Lxecutlve Commlttee (see Artlcle ll) wlll conslder uny excetlonul clrcumstunces, here, honorury membershl muy be consldered (see Artlcle l.A..f). c. Postgruduute students must huve comleted hours (or equlvulent) of lntermedlutejudvunced level Creek course work wlth ut leust u . grude olnt uveruge (tylcully, un A uveruge) or equlvulent ln these courses tuken durlng the student's gruduute undjor ostgruduute rogrum. Such courses should normully lnclude lntermedlute Creek, udvunced Creek, uer level exegesls courses, undjor textuul crltlclsm courses. Students who ure ln ostgruduute rogrums thut do not requlre coursework (e.g., non U.S. Ph.L. rogrums) must rovlde evldence of sutlsfuctory comletlon of such hlgh level Creek courses durlng herjhls gruduute rogrum or otherwlse rove roflclency to the locul lPl chuter's Lxecutlve Commlttee. d. Alumnl who huve gruduuted from un educutlonul lnstltutlon und who would llke to joln the locul lPl chuter ut thut educutlonul lnstltutlon must contuct thut locul lPl chuter und meet thelr stundurds for membershl ut the urorlute educutlonul level. Students who gruduuted wlth un undergruduute degree must fulflll the undergruduute crlterlu, gruduuted musterlevel students must fulflll the gruduute level crlterlu. Such ersons must rovlde evldence of mulntulnlng thelr Creek roflclency followlng thelr rogrum of study. e. luculty members ut un lnstltutlon holdlng u doctorute degree und worklng closely wlth Anclent Creek should be lnvlted to joln the locul lPl chuter. A one tlme due muy be requested of fuculty members. f. Eonorury members muy be chosen for the (#))# truck on the busls of thelr scholurly dlstlnctlon or notuble contrlbutlons to the fleld of Anclent Creek lunguuge, culture, undjor llteruture. A one tlme due muy be requested of honorury members. z. !#**# Seclflc: !#**# membershl shull be bused uon lnterest ln the Anclent Creek lunguuge, llteruture, und culture. u. Creek certlflcute rogrums ure uvulluble through some educutlonul orgunlzutlons. Cfflclul lndlcutlon wlll occur ufter huvlng comleted the certlflcute course. lf you huve comleted u Creek certlflcute rogrum und were not contucted ubout lPl lPl CEAR1LR CCNS1l1U1lCN AUC zc PACL membershl, then leuse notlfy the locul lPl chuter or your educutlonul orgunlzutlon for membershl detulls. b. ACRCS Serles Creek Currlculum (Accesslble Creek Resources und Cnllne Studles) ls roduclng u tlered Creek currlculum sulte through ClossuEouse. A erson muy work through 1ler und 1ler z resources und then tuke u buslc lolne Creek cometency exum udmlnlstered through the ACRCS 8ourd or u quullfylng educutlonul lnstltutlon, ln erson or vlu webcum. After successful comletlon of the exum und u commltment to work through 1ler muterluls, !#**# 1ruck membershl muy be ucqulred through u locul !#**# truck lPl chuter. c. Conversutlonul lolne Clusses ure tuught by 1. Mlchuel v. Eulcomb (htt:jjwww.Conversutlonullolne.com). Uon the comletlon of z semesters of conversutlonul lolne courses und u commltment to tuke u thlrd semester, !#**# membershl muy be ucqulred through u locul lPl chuter. g. Eonorury members muy be chosen for the !#**# 1ruck on the busls of thelr slgnlflcunt lnvestment ln leurnlng unclent Creek und commltment to the study of Anclent Creek lunguuge, culture, or llteruture. A one tlme due muy be requested of honorury members. d. Cther Avenues muy be formully udoted by locul chuters for !#**# 1ruck membershl wlthln thut locul lPl chuter us estubllshed ln the locul lPl chuter's constltutlon und ln keelng wlth the mlnlmum requlrements of thls Churter Constltutlon. e. votlng rlvlleges und ellglblllty for electlon to executlve commlttee osltlons ure determlned by the locul lPl chuter und ure stuted ln thelr chuter's constltutlon. A lPl chuter muy umend !#**# 1ruck membershl rlvlleges followlng Artlcle l.C. . 'olnt Membershls: A locul lPl chuter muy lnclude members of both (#))# und !#**# 1rucks. Lurlng formutlon of u locul lPl chuter, the chuter must declde whether !#**# members huve votlng rlvlleges und lf !#**# members ure ellglble for electlon of executlve commlttee osltlons. A locul lPl chuter muy umend !#**# truck membershl rlvlleges followlng Artlcle l.l. L. 9?=C: Luch locul lPl chuter ls funded through dues undjor monles dlsbursed through thelr locul foundlng lnstltutlon (e.g., college, semlnury, unlverslty, church). A foundlng lnstltutlon ls not resonslble for fundlng the locul lPl chuter, but ls encouruged to do so. ClossuEouse, the ACRCS bourd members, or the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor ure not resonslble for flnunclully suortlng locul chuters of lPl. 1he locul lPl chuter ls resonslble for ucqulrlng lts own funds. Lues for lPl membershl ure not mundutory, but muy be requlred by the locul chuter. lt ls recommended thut, lf u locul chuter chooses to requlre dues, then uon lnductlon lnto the soclety u due should be requested of euch member for thut und euch subsequent yeur whlle uttendlng thut lnstltutlon. . Suggested dues should be sc.cc or zc.ccjyeur. lPl CEAR1LR CCNS1l1U1lCN AUC zc PACL z. Lues should not normully exceed sc.ccjyeur. . 1he locul lPl chuter shull exend dues on the locul lPl chuter's exenses und romotlons. No money from dues wlll go to the !#**# ,-. (#))# /01$"0#12.0#3 4.0." 5.%2$16, the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor of lPl, the ACRCS 8ourd members, or to ClossuEouse. l. $<=FL<=FGC: Any locul lPl locul member muy roose un umendment to the locul lPl chuter's constltutlon to the Lxecutlve Commlttee. 1he Secretury (see Artlcle ll.A..) wlll notlfy the members ubout the roosed umendment before the meetlng ut whlch the umendment wlll be dlscussed. 1he votes of twothlrds of the votlng members of the chuter ure requlred for rutlflcutlon of un umendment. 1hen, wrltten documentutlon must be rovlded to the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor of lPl for urovul of flnul rutlflcutlon, whlch ls contlngent uon the meetlng of mlnlmum stundurds set forth ln thls Churter Constltutlon. 1he lnternutlonul Coordlnutor wlll consult wlth the ACRCS bourd of ClossuEouse, lf necessury, to muke thls determlnutlon. 1he lnternutlonul Coordlnutor shull then contuct the locul lPl chuter wlth u wrltten resonse regurdlng urovul or dlsurovul of the flnul rutlflcutlon. lf dlsuroved by the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor of lPl, the locul lPl chuter muy reussess the roosed umendment und resubmlt wlthln three months tlme. AR1lCLL ll LLCU1lvL CCMMl11LL A. 'O=D?GHN= "B<<HGG== /=<T=@C. ln uddltlon to the fuculty udvlser or the sonsor, euch locul lPl chuter should huve un Lxecutlve Commlttee thut conslsts of, ut u mlnlmum under normul clrcumstunces, u Presldent, vlcePresldent, Secretury, 1reusurer, und Ldltor. Addltlonul osltlons muy be udoted er chuter needs. 1he members of the Lxecutlve Commlttee for the followlng yeur shull be elected lndlvlduully ut the lust meetlng concludlng the ucudemlc yeur (for u locul (#))# 1ruct chuter) or culendur yeur (for u locul (#))# 1ruct chuter). . luculty Advlser or Sonsor (e.g., ustor, educutor) should be selected for euch locul chuter. ln uddltlon to the foundlng role of the fuculty udvlsor or sonsor us exluln ln Artlcle l.8. ubove, thelr contlnued role would be to encouruge the students, to glve udvlce, und to be u llulson when the locul lPl chuter lnvltes other rofesslonuls for seclul occuslons or seeches. 5&%- )$"'.0' -#7$ 7.2%$ 8&1 0. 7.1$9 #0: '-.&3: )".72:$ 20)&19 ;&2:#0%$9 #0: # "$<$"$0%$ ).201 =21-20 1-$ 20'121&12.0 <." 1-$ 3.%#3 >?@ %-#)1$"9 *$:2#120; 8$1=$$0 1-$ -.'120; 20'121&12.0 A2< #))32%#83$B #0: 1-$ >?@ %-#)1$". z. 1he Presldent resldes ut meetlngs und ls resonslble for conductlng the buslness of the chuter. 1he Presldent muy cull seclul meetlngs wlth the understundlng thut the resence of c of the uctlve members shull constltute u quorum, excet ln the cuse of u roosed constltutlonul umendment (see Artlcle l.l.). ln the cuse of u roosed constltutlonul umendment, twothlrds of the locul chuter's votlng members must be resent. lurthermore, members muy request u seclul meetlng through the lPl CEAR1LR CCNS1l1U1lCN AUC zc PACL 6 Presldent, whlch then requlres the urovul of the Lxecutlve Commlttee ln order to meet. . 1he vlcePresldent resldes ut meetlngs ln the ubsence of the Presldent, und other dutles seclfled by the Presldent or by vote of the executlve commlttee. . 1he Secretury kees mlnutes und records, und ulso conducts corresondence. Luch yeur by Lecember st , the Secretury shull submlt u reort of the uctlvltles of the chuter to the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor of lPl. 1he reort shull lnclude the numes of new members, the offlcers of the chuter, und uny news undjor ltems of lnterest concernlng the uctlvltles of the chuter. lf the locul lPl chuter roduces u newsletter, webslte, or blog thls reort muy be lncluded ln these muterluls or llnks to them. . 1he 1reusurer shull be ln churge of the flnunces for the chutersee Artlcle l.L. thut dlscusses the osslble requlrement of yeurly or onetlme dues. lt ls recommended thut locul chuters work wlth thelr lnstltutlon to set u u student grou uccount. Also, lt muy be osslble for the locul chuter of lPl to request und obtuln funds for use us u student orgunlzutlon. 6. 1he Ldltor shull be ln churge of coordlnutlng the newsletter, blog, or webslte for the chuter. 1he edltor for the locul lPl chuter ls resonslble for creutlng u soclety newsletter (electronlc or rlnt), ut leust unnuully. lt ls requested thut euch (#))# truct lPl member, ut some olnt before gruduutlon, submlt u lece of hlsjher work to be lncluded by the edltor ln the soclety's newsletter. Cost of the newsletter should be covered by the locul chuter's funds. 1he creutlon of u newsletter ls not necessury but ls encouruged. lf the locul chuter does roduce u newsletter, lt ls recommended thut u coy be sent to the lnternutlonul Coordlnutor of lPl. 8. &K= %BI=C ;FL %=CABFCHTHIHGH=C BJ GK= 'O=D?GHN= "B<<HGG==. 1he Lxecutlve Commlttee orgunlzes und luns events of the lPl chuter. Suggested rojects und uctlvltles to conslder for euch locul lPl chuter lnclude, but ure not llmlted to, the followlng: . Sonsor lectures, conversutlonul Creek courses, und other culturul events. z. Lncouruge the exunslon of Anclent Creek studles. . Cffer tutorlng rojects und Anclent Creek reudlng grous. . Publlsh u lPl newsletter undjor muguzlnerlnt undjor electronlc. . Sturt u chuter blog or webslte. 6. Provlde lnformutlon on scholurshls und udvunced studles. ,. Cffer lucement usslstunce ln urttlme und fulltlme osltlons, lf osslble. 8. Lncouruge study ubroud thut focuses on Anclent Creek cultures. . Sturt u rogrum thut lntroduclng ersons ln the surroundlng communlty to the beneflts of leurnlng ubout Anclent Creek cultures und lunguuge. c. Promote !#**# membershl through locul orgunlzutlons or churches. . Attend conferences und meet wlth other locul lPl chuters.