Ratified 15 Nov 2002
Amended 6 November 2018
Amended 11 March 2019
Amended 4 April 2020
Amended 18 June 2021
Amended 16 June 2022
We, the members of this club, find it self-evident that there is no preamble. In the formation of a just club, we find it necessary and sufficient to thank Reza for his continued support.
The name of this organization shall consist of the word "The", followed immediately by a nonempty unordered subset of {"Pure Math", "Applied Math", "Combinatorics and Optimization"}, and terminated with the word "Club", until such a point in each academic term when funding from MathSoc is approved, at which point "Club" may be replaced by "Collective"; or any sane abbreviation for the above, according to the whims of the executive officers (cf. 4).
The purpose of the Pure Math Club is to exist for all eternity. It shall achieve this by ratifying and submitting this document.
Membership to the Pure Math Club shall be open to all sentient beings. Membership shall not be extended to beings until a membership fee, set by the executive officers (cf. 4), has been paid. The membership lasts until the end of the universe, subject to cancellation by the executive officers (cf. 4) which is usually the end of each term.
Members of the Pure Math Club shall endeavour to be nice (in general, and to other members in particular).
Membership of Presidents, current or previous, cannot be cancelled (cf. 4).
This club shall be ruled by the executive officers in a proxioctumvirate (henceforth referred to as "the Triumvirate") consisting of:
To ensure that the Triumvirate contains two distinct signing authorities, the President and Vice-President of Finance must not be the same person.
All executive officers are required to uphold this constitution. Additionally, executive officers are expected to read and respond to emails (cf. 13) that concern their specific duties, which are outlined below.
The President has no duties other than upholding this constitution. It shall also be the duty of the President to support the Vice-President of Finance as a signing officer.
These executive officers are responsible for organizing a "prof talk" by a member of the department that they represent in each term that they hold office. They are also obligated to relay concerns from undergraduate students of their respective departments to the appropriate authority.
The Vice-President of Pop shall facilitate the purchase and transport of refreshments for the office fridge (cf. 11); moreover, they shall aid the other executive and subordinate officers in acquiring refreshments for events such as "prof talks". Candidates for the Vice-President of Pop must demonstrate that they have the means to transport refreshments in such quantities as are required by the Club.
The Vice-President of Finance shall oversee the acquisition and distribution of funds for the Club. These duties include making a termly budget in consultation with the rest of the Triumvirate and obtaining approval of said budget from MathSoc, as well as assisting the other executive and subordinate officers in obtaining reimbursement for expenses incurred within budget. In this role, the Vice-President of Finance shall also be a signing officer.
The Vice-President of Propaganda is responsible for recruitment of new Club members and promotion of Club events such as "prof talks". This includes management of the Club's online image (cf. 11.2, 13).
The Secretary shall be responsible for aiding in coordination and logistics related to club events; this duty includes assisting in event bookings, meeting scheduling, and ensuring record-keeping for events, including but not limited to turnout, budget, and recommendations for future instances of the event. The Secretary shall also appoint a subordinate officer, possibly themselves, to manage the office library (cf. 11).
During their tenure, the Triumvirate shall have absolute power over its operations and those of the PMC. The distribution of power among the members of the Triumvirate shall be determined by the Triumvirate in whatever way they see fit.
The Triumvirate shall be elected at a disorganizational meeting at the beginning of each academic term. Selection shall be democratic unless decided otherwise by the membership.
The Triumvirate shall hold their positions until the disorganizational meeting at the beginning of the subsequent term (cf. 3.2).
In the event that an executive officer is unable to fulfill their duties due to incapacitation or resignation, the President shall appoint an individual to the vacant seat at their nearest convenience. If the seat of the President is vacant, the Vice-President of Finance may choose to immediately assume the presidency and appoint a new Vice-President of Finance who is not themselves; otherwise, or if the Vice-President of Finance is also incapacitated, the appointment of a new President shall be decided by a unanimous vote of the remaining Triumvirate. If all seats are vacant, then the Club is immediately dissolved (cf. 7).
Subordinate officers may be appointed any time at the pleasure of the Triumvirate, to perform such duties as the Triumvirate sees fit. These appointments shall last until the deposement or other removal of the Triumvirate. Ideally, all members and select non-members shall be subordinate officers during the disorganizational meeting; however, this maximal ideal may be freely quotiented by the Triumvirate, should it so choose.
Subordinate officers shall have no powers or privileges other than those explicitly granted by the Triumvirate.
Amendments to this document may be made by any majority of the Triumvirate containing at least three invididuals. By a majority, it is meant a majority of individuals, rather than of positions: the votes of beings who hold multiple positions in the Triumvirate are not double-counted. If the number of individuals in the Triumvirate is \(2n+1\) for some natural number \(n\), then a majority of individuals is at least \(\max\{3, n+1\}\); if the number of individuals in the Triumvirate is \(2n\) for some natural number \(n\), then a majority of individuals is at least \(\max\{3, n\}\) if the President is included in the majority or \(\max\{3, n+1\}\) if the President is not included in the majority. Amendments may be made at any time and are neither obligated to be made in any structured fashion, nor required to preserve the content or spirit of any past version of the document.
In the event of the dissolution of the club, all assets of the club shall be transferred to the Flat Earth Society, with the exception of any remaining debts, which shall be transferred to MathSoc.
The PMC officially endorses the Axiom of Choice and all consequences thereof. Any member who does not accept said Axiom shall be scorned nicely by other members.
The PMC officially endorses the Axiom of Choice and all consequences thereof. Any member who does not accept said Axiom shall be scorned nicely by other members.
The PMC is officially disgruntled at MathSoc for their Luddite demand that the November 2002 constitution be submitted on paper. It is resolved that we shall remain officially disgruntled until such time as MathSoc submits to the Triumvirate a 1500 to 2000 word essay on the topic, 'Why we are ashamed that our previous reluctance to accept an electronic copy of the PMC constitution is directly responsible for clearcutting in British Columbia.'
The PMC officially recognizes the Pure Math Club Office (MC 3033) as a place of worship, of indeterminate religious affiliation. Every member is invited to make the customary pilgrimage to the Third Floor of the Mathematics and Computer Building at least once in their life, and observe the Sacred Blackboard during irregular service hours.
The PMC considers it a basic sentient-being right to be denied the PMC office door code. All beings, members and non-members alike, may request the current door code from the Triumvirate, to be denied at the Triumvirate's leisure.
The PMC officially recognizes the Pure Math Club Discord Server as a continuous extension of the Club Office.
In the event of an emergency which renders PMC unable to properly hold the termly disorganizational meeting, the Triumvirate may, with the consent of MathSoc Council, extend their tenure for an academic term. If after the additional term the emergency is not over, the Triumvirate may extend their tenure for another term by obtaining the consent of MathSoc Council once again, and may repeat this for as many terms as needed until the emergency is over. If MathSoc Council is unable to give the Triumvirate a decision, then the Triumvirate's terms may be extended until MathSoc Council makes a decision, and the Triumvirate shall badger MathSoc Council into giving a decision until MathSoc Council does so.
Furthermore, at the time of a term extension, any member of the Triumvirate who is unable or unwilling to continue with their term may end their term at that point, and the remaining Triumvirate members may appoint a replacement (cf. 4.5).
The PMC endorses the @uwpmclub Instagram account, the pmclub@gmail.com email address, the puremath.club website, and the Pure Math Club Discord server as official means of online communication.