The Residence Hall Association executive board will be proposing new revisions to their constitution at their meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday in the National Pan-Hellenic Council building in Greek Court.

Patrick Morrow, the RHA president, said most of the revisions involved the election process for the presidency. He added they want to make it a more seamless process if the president needs to resign for whatever circumstances.

They reworded the constitution to make it easier for the vice president to step up if the president cannot, such as at the previous meeting when Morrow was elected president.

Committees were also revised in the committee section of the constitution. Like with the budget, which was voted on and passed on Jan. 16, the community development committee was removed. Morrow said their man purpose was to plan ROCFest, which is not necessary anymore.

“The executive board has been doing ROCFest for the past few years,” Morrow said.

They also added new responsibilities for the treasurer. In the revised constitution, the treasurer would be the liaison for RHA to the University Board homecoming committee.

“(The treasurer) really doesn’t have much of a overlying role,” Morrow said. “Granted it is an important role but he doesn’t have much in the constitution.”

He added this would keep the treasurer active in the meetings instead of just stating the budget.

While it will be proposed this week, the constitutional revisions will not be voted on until the following week on Feb. 6.

After the meeting, Morrow said they will be talking to committee chairs after the meeting to talk about accountability and duties involved with being a committee chairmen.

“It is basically a communication screw up,” Morrow said.

In the constitution, it states if an RHA representative misses one-third of the meetings, then their voting rights will get revoked.

“We don’t have the attendance sheet as to who is at the meetings,” Morrow said.

It is a duty of the chairmen to take attendance a keep track of the their committee members.

Kate Mokry, the RHA secretary, said it is their duty to handle this sort of thing and they plan to instill it in those responsible. She added they plan to work on it in the upcoming meeting.

Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.