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How to Start a Club or Organization
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Registration First of
all, see
http://studentaffairs.utep.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=lwbvv%2fbrEs0%3d&tabid=15778&mid=33192
. Then:
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Download a
registration form from
http://studentaffairs.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=15778
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Read the registration
form
·
Complete packet in its
entirety
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Organization Name
§
Determine
Classification
§
Summarize the
Organization’s Purpose
§
List Membership
Requirements
§
List Officers (need at
least President, Secretary and
Treasurer)
§
List Advisor (must be
full-time UTEP Faculty/Staff member)
§
Sign Affidavits
(included in registration packet)
§
Attach Constitution
and Bylaws
§
Attach Membership
Roster with names, 800#s, emails,
and phone numbers
·
Turn completed
registration packet to the Student
Development Center (SDC), Union West
106.
How
to Find an Advisor [You must
have an advisor to qualify as an
organization]
·
Consider finding
someone who has the same interests
as the organization
·
Remember to find a
full-time UTEP Faculty/Staff member,
no students
·
Ask your professors if
they would be interested in becoming
an advisor, if not, ask them if they
can suggest someone
·
Ask your friends if
they know of a faculty/staff member
·
Select someone who can
advise, attend meetings and
functions
·
Attend a Student
Organization Advisor Board (SOAB)
meeting to help identify potential
advisors (meeting times are posted
on
http://studentaffairs.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=studentaffairs.utep.edu/soab
·
Ask a Student
Development Center Coordinator
Other Recommendations
·
Attend Student Club
and Organization Orientation at the
beginning of every semester
·
Join the Student
Organization Advisory Board (SOAB)
for key information regarding
important deadlines and event
information for clubs and
organizations
·
Ask students in your
class and at other activities to
join your organization
·
For event planning
assistance download a Student
Activity Request form and an Event
Planning & Resource Guide
·
Set up a bank account,
contact March Guevara in Accounting
Services 747-5197
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Refer to the Student
Organization website often for
workshops, events, deadlines, etc. (http://studentaffairs.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=studentaffairs.utep.edu/soab
·
For more details you
may consider looking at the Handbook
of Operating Procedures (HOPS)
Section II (www.admin.utep.edu/hoop)
Contact Information:
Shannon Osborne, M.A.
Clubs & Organizations Coordinator
Student Development Center
El
Paso, TX 79968
sosborne@utep.edu
Office: 915-747-5670
Fax: 915-747-7400
OW 08/2008 rev
10/10
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