What are the RUSA Governing Documents?
The RUSA Governing documents are the foundational documents we use as a baseline and rulebook to run the student government. These documents include the RUSA Constitution and Standing Rules. Those documents can be found below. Unless specified otherwise in the Constitution or Standing Rules, RUSA operates under the latest version of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (currently the 12th edition).
Constitution:
The RUSA Constitution lays out the basis of the legitimacy of RUSA and establishes the basic purpose and structure of RUSA. The Constitution outlines the Assembly, Executive Committee, Judicial Council, and Allocations. It also creates a way to add more detail to these rules through amendments to the Constitution or the Standing Rules of RUSA.
Standing Rules:
The Standing Rules details the basic outline the Constitution provides. It goes into detail on the specific roles and duties of certain members of the assembly, such as Executive Committee members, while also setting general rules for RUSA such as the Code of Ethics and General Funding Guidelines. It also conveys the details of meeting rules, attendance, allocations, and other such assembly information.