Article 1. Types of Activities Sponsored by the Rice MSA

Throughout the school year, the MSA will carry out a number of activities that strive to meet the goals of the MSA as defined in the Rice MSA Constitution and Bylaws. These activities must include a combination of events for just the MSA and the entire Rice campus.

Article 2. MSA Events Planning

Events will be planned by one or more of the members of the executive committee, but responsibilities will be divided evenly amongst all officers. All events must be preceded by at least three planning meetings. At the first planning meeting, the officer(s) at the head of the event will present a general overview of the event planned, addressing topics such as segregation, food, funding, location, date and time, and expected attendance. At this point, any concerns about the nature of the event itself or about the plans for the actual event may be brought up and discussed amongst the officers, and major disagreements regarding the event will be resolved following the guidelines defined under Section 3. Any officer who does not attend this planning meeting without prior notice forfeits his/her right to bring up any such concerns in the future. Assuming the event is approved in the first planning meeting, a second meeting must be held at least 10 days before the event is scheduled to happen. At this meeting, the officer(s) at the head of the event will go over all progress made in putting the event together, and will then delegate remaining responsibilities amongst the executive committee members. Any concerns regarding the logistics of the event may be brought up at this meeting for discussion, but at this point no concerns regarding the nature of the activity itself are to be discussed. Anything that needs to be done for the event that comes up following this meeting can be discussed through an email addressed to all officers. The final meeting will take place forty-five minutes prior to the event. The purpose of this meeting is to ensure that everything is in order for the event to run smoothly and to take care of any last minute preparations.