If you would like to charter an organization there are three steps:
- Submit an official petition to the Co-Chair for Student Affairs. The petition must include signatures from at least 20 students. Students must represent at least 3 different programs with no more than 10 from the same program. The official petition can be downloaded here.
- Email a one page constitution and a statement of purpose (in DOC or PDF format) to the Co-Chair for Student Affairs. The constitution should detail your group's mission, proposed events, membership, and how co-chairs will be selected/elected. The statement of purpose should, in less than 250 words, explain how the proposed chartered organization is not redundant with the mission of the DGSC or other currently chartered groups.
- Once an official petition (with signatures), statement of purpose, and constitution have been submitted to, and approved by, the Co-Chair for Student Affairs, copies of the constitution and statement of purpose will be distributed and discussed at the DGSC plenary and voted on at the following meeting. If the constitution and statement of purpose is approved by at least 2/3 of the DGSC representatives, your organization will be chartered and can begin claiming up to $300 a semester. Office space is available only after 3 semesters of being active.
For more a detailed description of the chartering process, see Bylaw 5.3.