Adopted: 3/31/2004
Ratified: 4/21/2014
Constitution of the Columbia University African Students Association
Committees
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Section 1. At present, the standing committees of this organization are:
1. The Communications Team: The duties of this committee shall be to work in conjunction with the webmaster on updating the website with newsletters, the publicity chair in his/her publicity duties, and the historian with the yearbook. This will be a team consisting of the Historian, Secretary, Publicity Chair, and Webmaster.
2. The Political Committee: This committee will be chaired by the Political Chair. The duties of this committee shall be to organize politically themed events including but not limited to one political roundtable each semester and to keep the E-board well informed of any political issues on the continent
3. The Social Committee: This committee will be chaired by the Social Chair. The duties of this committee shall be to organize social events with an emphasis on promoting the culture of Africa’s various peoples.
4. The Outreach Committee: This committee will be chaired by the Campus Liaison. The duties of this committee shall be to organize volunteer events for the ASA and will be chaired by the Volunteer Coordinator and be led by a committee chairperson nominated by any member of the E-board
​5. The ASA’s Afropolitan Committee: The Afropolitan Committee is a semi-autonomous committee under ASA.The duties of this committee shall be to organize and prepare for the annual Afropolitan Show. The membership of this committee is not limited to ASA members.
Section 2. All committees will be capped at 5 members including the head