PREAMBLE
The purpose of the Kansas Jayhawk
Community College Conference (KJCCC) shall be to provide a well-regulated
program of intercollegiate athletics consistent with the policy of service to
youth within the community who can profit from these services.
College athletes are expected to be
students first, with their participation in athletics a part of a well-rounded
educational experience. Their personal
conduct is expected to be in the highest tradition of amateur athletics.
ARTICLE
I
NAME
AND MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Name
of Organization: The name of this organization shall be the
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC).
Section 2. Membership: The membership of this Conference shall consist
of the community colleges of
No
member of the KJCCC may belong to another conference.
ARTICLE
II
ADMINISTRATION
Section 1. Administrative
Body: The business of this
Conference shall be transacted by the Administrative Body which shall be
composed of the chief administrative officers of the member community colleges, or by
persons representing them. A simple
majority of the Administrative Body shall constitute a quorum (10). Each community college shall have one vote.
Section 2. Other
Administrative Bodies and Individuals:
Additional administrative bodies
and individuals, whose duties and composition are outlined in the KJCCC
By-Laws, are: (1) executive committee; (2) athletic committee; (3) conference
commissioner, (4)employees, and any other employees as
the administrative body may employee. (
Section 3. Officers: The officers of this conference, whose duties
shall be those usually performed by such officers,
shall be: (1) a president; (2) a past-
president; (3) a president elect; and, (4) a secretary-treasurer. The offices of President, past-president and
president elect of the Jayhawk Conference may be held only by the President of
a member institution. Elected at the
annual meeting in March for a one-year term, their terms shall begin on July 1.
Section 4. Meetings: The annual meeting of the Administrative Body
shall be held in March and August of each year.
Special meetings shall be called by the president when occasion demands,
or by the secretary when a special written request, signed by two-thirds (2/3)
of the membership, is made to him/her.
A. Bylaws additions,
changes and deletions will be considered at both the March and August
conference meetings subject to proper notice as stipulated elsewhere in
conference bylaws.
B. Each college sport is
to be represented by a coaches’ association for that sport. Such associations will establish their own
operational procedures which will not conflict with conference bylaws. Each association will elect its own leadership
who will represent that association at the March and August conference meetings.(
The secretary will notify the
membership forty-five (45) days prior to all meetings of the Administrative
Body, requesting agenda items and making official modification of the date of
the meeting. Agenda items must be
received by the secretary, in writing, thirty (30) days before scheduled
meetings. Proposed amendments to the
Constitution and/or By-Laws must be received by the secretary, in writing,
thirty (30) days before the annual meeting in March. The secretary will compile items for
scheduled meetings and forward them to the membership fourteen (14) days prior
to the meeting date.
Only the president of member
institution (or Acting President or Interim President), as designated by the
Board of Trustees of a member institution may cast a vote for that
institution. If the meeting in which
actions are to be taken he/she may designate an institution representative to
vote for the institution. The proxy
document/letter, designating the institutional representative to vote for the institution,
must be received by the secretary no later than the beginning of the meeting. (
Roberts Rules of Orders, latest
edition, shall be used to conduct all meetings.
ARTICLE
III
ACTIVITIES
Section 1. Conference
Athletic Activities: The athletic activities which shall be regulated by
this Conference shall be:
For
men: football, baseball,
basketball, indoor track, outdoor track, cross country, tennis, golf, wrestling
and soccer.(
For
women: volleyball, basketball,
indoor track, outdoor track, cross country, softball, golf, soccer and tennis.(
Section 2. Non-Conference
Athletic Activities: All athletes in
any sport under the jurisdiction of a member college and participating on an
intercollegiate level must meet all requirements of the Rules of Eligibility
found in the By-Laws.
ARTICLE
IV
AMENDING
THE CONSTITUTION
Section 1. This
constitution may be amended under the following process:
a. The constitution may be amended only at
a regular meeting of the Administrative Body.
b. Proposed amendments must be distributed
by the Conference Secretary to all member institutions according to Article II,
Section 4, paragraph 2. of
the Constitution.
c. Any abstention on a vote regarding a
sport by a school not participating in that sport will not be counted toward
the two-thirds (2/3) majority of those voting.