REC FOUNDATION• INTERNATIONAL ROBOTICS HONOR SOCIETY
Section 4. The chapter adviser shall help the chapter officers understand and carry out their duties. Section 5. The chapter adviser shall be a member of the Faculty Council. Section 6. The chapter adviser shall be a member of the faculty, appointed annually by the principal, and may serve consecutive terms.
ARTICLE VII: MEMBERSHIP Section 1.
Membership in local chapters is an honor bestowed upon a student. Selection for membership is by a Faculty Council and is based on outstanding STEM scholarship, Robotics competition participation, character, leadership, and service. Once selected, members have the responsibility to continue to demonstrate and develop these qualities. Section 2. Membership shall be known as active, honorary, and graduate. Active members shall become graduate members at graduation. Graduate members shall have no voice or vote in chapter affairs. Section 3. The Faculty Council shall reserve the right to award honorary membership to school officials, principals, teachers, IRHS advisers, adults, students with disabilities, or foreign exchange students in recognition of achievement and/or outstanding service rendered to the school in keeping with the purposes of the International Robotics Honor Society. Honorary members shall have no voice or vote in chapter affairs. Section 4. Candidates become members when inducted at a special ceremony. Section 5. An IRHS member who transfers to another school and brings a letter from the principal or chapter adviser to the new school adviser shall be accepted automatically as a member in the new school’s chapter. Transfer members
ARTICLE VI: FACULTY COUNCIL Section 1.
The Faculty Council shall consist of three voting faculty members appointed annually by the principal. The chapter adviser shall be a member of the Faculty Council. The principal or assistant principal may be included on the Faculty Council. Section 2. The term of the Faculty Council shall be one year. Members may be appointed to consecutive terms. Section 3. The Faculty Council shall meet at least once a year to review the procedures of the chapter, select members, and to consider non-selection, dismissal, other disciplinary actions, and warning cases. Section 4. The Faculty Council will develop and revise, when necessary, all chapter procedures for selection, discipline, and dismissal of members, all of which must remain in compliance with this Constitution and IRHS policies.
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