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While the Constitution was written to provide the team with a stable and long term governance structure, it shall also be a living document. The word/operating structure/experiences of Launch officers in 2022 may not be applicable to those in the future and, as such, the Constitution must be amended to reflect the team that it so governs. 

This page is to be used for documenting any and all significant amendments to the Constitution.

A significant amendment to the Constitution is one that:

• Notably changes the operating structure of the team
• Notably changes the powers of officers or members
• Notably changes any team decision/electoral/penal procedure 
• Otherwise provides a meaningful change to the Constitution that alters its function or how its language AND/ORspirit applies to the team

1. Amendments shall be announced at least 1 week before the vote is to be taken and a method of online attendance is to be provided
2. Amendments shall be proposed to at least 2/3 of the Launch officers, upon which they shall vote. A 2/3 majority of all present officers (in person or online) will pass or reject the amendment.
   1. If passed, the amendment shall be codified into the Constitution
   2. If rejected, the amendment shall be deliberated/altered to compromise or struck entirely
3. All sections of the amendment document shall be completed THE SAME DAY the amendment was made
4. Amendments to the Constitution shall be made in sequential order, and shall be properly documented

6.E: Quorum

Quorum, hereby defined as the minimum number of members to conduct a valid meeting, for both Leads Meetings and General Meetings, will require at least two thirds of the team Officers and at least one member of the Admin Team. It is sufficient to attend any of the aforementioned events online or in-person, and it is equivalently valid for that representative to provide and distribute detailed, comprehensive meeting notes.

We the Officers of Launch Initiative for the 2022-2023 term do hereby amend the Constitution. We have decided to delete section 6.E: Quorum under Article 6 for the purposes of efficient and timely transfer of information and updates between the Officers. While Quorum is a good idea on paper, Launch Initiative is ultimately a volunteer organization and absolutely perfect attendance of enough leads to begin meetings is not always guaranteed. While this section of the Constitution was in effect, Leads Meetings were delayed by ten, fifteen, even twenty minutes, causing the Officers present to rush through information