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The name of the organization shall be Lebanese Collegiate Network. For the sake of brevity, the title will be referred to as LCN.

The foremost purpose of LCN is to foster, connect and develop Lebanese collegiate clubs, students and alumni within the United States.

Membership in LCN is open to all university students and university alumni that agree to abide by this LCN Constitution and the LCN Bylaws. It is further open to all who are willing to network with other members to develop students both academically and professionally while preserving Lebanese history, heritage, and culture.

There shall be no entrance fee.

Annual dues for each University Lebanese Club (ULC) shall be in accordance with the provisions of the LCN Bylaws. Membership will cease for any member whose dues are delinquent.

LCN is not affiliated with, nor does it support or exclude, any religious, political, racial, or social group.

For the sake of brevity, the Executive Board will be referred to as the “Board”.

The Board is composed of seven (7) elected Executive Officers. The Board includes the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Vice Presidents of Information Technology, Public Relations, Membership, and Events.

The Executive Officers cannot actively hold the office of a ULC President.

The Executive Officers cannot hold more than one Executive Officer Chair during the same term.

The Legislative Branch is composed of all ULC Presidents.

Voting rights are reserved for ULC Presidents that are officially recognized per LCN Bylaws by their respective Universities.

The Board shall adopt LCN Bylaws consistent with this Constitution for the guidance of officers and members.

The LCN Convention shall be held on such date and at such place as the Board designates. Other meetings shall be held in accordance with the LCN Bylaws.

The term of the fiscal year shall start June 1st and shall end May 31st. Each Executive Officer shall serve his/her position for one fiscal year with the possibility of being reelected for consecutive terms each fiscal year. The official transition of officers will occur on June 1st of every year.

Amendments to this Constitution may be initiated by any member of the Board or Legislative Branch President no later than 45 days prior to the Annual LCN Convention. Such amendments must be submitted in written form during an LCN Board meeting.

All submitted amendments must include no less than three signatures from current official ULC Presidents in order to be accepted by the Board.

The Board shall then forward the written request to all ULC Presidents in the Legislative Branch no later than one month prior to the Annual LCN Convention. The Presidents shall be asked to vote on the amendment during the Annual LCN Convention.

The Amendment shall be immediately adopted after a minimum two-thirds affirmative vote of no less than five official ULC Presidents from the Legislative Branch in attendance at the Annual LCN Convention.

Upon adoption, the Vice President of Membership shall notify the Legislative Branch defining the Constitutional amendment.

The Legislative Branch shall vote on nominees for the Board at the Annual LCN Convention. Elections shall also be held in accordance with the LCN Bylaws.

Privacy Policy
No part of the net earnings of the LCN shall inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. No substantial part of the activities of the LCN shall engage in propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence legislation. The LCN shall not participate or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

Dissolution
Upon dissolution of LCN, the assets remaining after the payment of the debts of LCN shall be distributed to such corporation, community chest, fund or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, which would then qualify under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended, as the Executive Board shall have designated.