Republican Liberty Caucus College Chapters

Original draft by Clifford Thies, RLC Chairman
Edited and updated by Tom Walls, RLC Executive Director

College Chapters are to act as both caucuses within College Republican
Clubs (or their on-campus equivalents) where such clubs are organized, and
as independent clubs; a model name would be "Cornell University Republican
Liberty Caucus" understood to be "of the Cornell University College
Republicans" if such a club exists.

Membership: Membership in college chapters is to be defined in the by-laws
of the chapter. Persons not enrolled as students at the college may only
have limited membership status, which must be spelled out in the by-laws
and is subject to approval by the Republican Liberty Caucus. Membership is
not necessarily to be limited to registered Republicans, members of the
College Republicans, or current members of the Republican Liberty Caucus.

Officers: College chapters are to have a minimum of two officers, a
Chairman and a Secretary (or Secretary-Treasurer); the Chairman of the
chapter and a two-thirds majority of the officers of the chapter must be
dues-paying members of the Republican Liberty Caucus, and members of the
College Republicans where such clubs are organized.

Meetings: College chapters are to have by-laws providing, at minimum, for
four meetings a year, including an annual meeting during the late spring
semester at which officers are elected for the next academic year by the
members of the chapter. If there are more than three officers, they are to
be elected as a set by the replacement method of proportional voting
subject to the condition that at least a two-thirds majority of them are
dues-paying members of the RLC and members of the College Republicans
where such clubs are organized. Once elected the set of officers would
organize themselves into specific offices.

RLC Dues: Membership dues in the Republican Liberty Caucus of members of
recognized college chapters, such as may be collected by the college
chapter and forwarded to the RLC Treasurer, shall be one-half the
student-discount rate (as of January 1st, 1998, the student discount rate
for general RLC membership is $12, therefore dues collected through
recognized college chapters would be $6 per year). 

RLC College Liaison: the RLC College Liaison (or Campus Coordinator) shall
be appointed by the RLC Chairman, and shall serve under his direction. As
implied by his title, the RLC College Liaison shall be the liaison between
the RLC National Committee and staff and the College Chapters.

RLC College Council: The RLC College Council shall consist of the RLC
College Liaison and the Chairmen of the RLC college chapters. When the
number of RLC College Chapters exceeds twenty, the RLC College Liaison
shall divide the chapters into at most five regions within the United
States. Within three months of the formation of these, four
representatives shall be elected to the RLC College Council by the
chairmen of the RLC college chapters by the replacement method of
proportional representation voting. The RLC College Liaison shall be the
Chairman of the RLC College Council. Other officers of the College Council
shall be appointed by the RLC College Liaison from among the members of
the College Council subject to the approval of the RLC Chairman. The RLC
College Council shall conduct three electronic meetings per academic year:
1) mid-fall semester 2) mid-spring semester, and 3) summer.

Inter-College Chapter Communications: The RLC College Liaison or his
designee shall establish and maintain an internet-based communications
link among the RLC college chapters. Each six-month period, the RLC
College Liaison or his designee shall abstract and edit up to two RLC
newsletter ("Republican Liberty")-sized pages of material from this
communications link and other sources for publication in the RLC
newsletter. 

Grants: The RLC College Council shall, at each of its first two meetings,
within the budget provided by the RLC National Committee, make (cash)
grants to college chapters, generally for specific activities and events,
subject to the approval of the RLC Chairman.

Awards: The RLC College Council shall at its summer meeting, recognize
deserving or exceptional college chapters, such as "Best RLC College
Chapter of 1998-1999."

Activities: Recommended activities for RLC college chapters shall include
but not be limited to the following: regular meetings, holding caucus at
College Republican meetings and/or submitting libertarian-oriented
platform planks or resolutions, hosting tables to distribute RLC
newsletters as well as libertarian and free-market literature,
distributing flyers, writing letters-to-the-editor or opinion articles for
campus newspapers, hosting speakers, or showing videos to interested
students.

Tom Walls, RLC Executive Director  1/1/98