Constitution of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society of

the New York University College of Dentistry

(Last revised: 05/02/2017)

PREAMBLE
We the students of NYUCD in order to foster the integration and
growth of all students in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery do hereby create the, NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Society enacting this constitution for its government.

ARTICLE I. NAME
This organization shall be known as the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) Society. The members of this
organization will consist primarily of dental students with
interest in providing educational support and social resources
to encourage students to survive and thrive in the field of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery. The club is open to any individual
with interest in bridging the gaps between Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery and other specialties in the field of
dentistry. The association does not discriminate against any
individual who wishes to participate regardless of race, gender,
religion, age, or nationality. NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Society does not represent any political or religious
group.

ARTICLE II. PURPOSE

A. The purpose of NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
is to:
B. The powers of NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
shall be:
1. To enact legislation on matters concerning the welfare
of NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
members as a whole and the relationship of such to the
faculty and staff of NYUCD.
2. To make recommendations to the administration,
faculty, and staff on all matters affecting NYUCD Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Society members welfare.
3. To determine, allocate, supervise, and review all
funds appropriated to NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Society from NYUCD Student Council and other
donations in the best interest of the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society, its membership, and its
activities.
4. To appropriate all financial decisions and legislation
of the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
committees.
5. To issue policy statements on behalf of the NYUCD Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
6. To review and approve or disapprove, by a majority,
all presidential appointments.
7. To impeach, by a majority, any previously approved
presidential appointment.
 8. To impeach any officers of the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society committee members by a
two-thirds vote of its voting members.
9. To amend the constitution by a two-thirds vote of its
voting members.
10. To implement all foregoing purposes and
privileges and any other functions delegated to the
NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society.
11. To collect fees from the administration, which
the student body has paid as part of their tuition,
for the financial support of the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society.

ARTICLE III. MEMBERS

All Members of NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
shall:
A. Be full-time pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, hygiene or DATP
students of NYUCD.
B. Have made a reasonable donation annually (amount to be
determined).
C. Be responsible and uphold the values of NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society.
D. Vow to fulfill NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
objectives (article II).

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

The officers of NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
shall be student members all elected by the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society members unless by majority the
members agree to allow the elected president to select his own
staff.
A. President
B. Vice-president
C. Treasurer
D. Secretary

ARTICLE V. THE NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society

EXECUTIVE BOARD
A. The NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society Executive
Board Members
1. President
2. Vice-president
3. Treasurer
4. Secretary
5. Faculty Advisor of the association
B. The voting members of the Executive Board
1. President
2. Vice-president
 3. Treasurer
4. Secretary
C. The executive board will meet once per month and when
necessary to discuss the agendas of meetings, new business,
petitions, appeal, and amendments to be brought before the
NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society. The agenda
and all other decisions made by the Executive Board will be
approved by a majority vote with the president making the
final decision if there is a tie.

ARTICLE VI. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NYUCD Oral

and Maxillofacial Surgery Society OFFICERS
All elected officers of the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Society shall:
A. Be full time pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, hygiene, or DATP
students of NYUCD.
B. The elected officers of the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Society shall be the voting body.
C. Terms of the office for voting members of the NYUCD Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Society begin the first day of
September and end on the last day of August the following
year.
D. All officers and representatives shall vote to override a
presidential veto.
E. The President
1. Shall be a fourth-year dental student.
2. Shall be the primary representative of the NYUCD Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Society at all times.
3. Shall serve as the liaison between the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society and the administrative
and governing bodies of the college.
4. Shall preside over all NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Society meetings.
5. Shall perform other duties as are pertinent to the
office.
F. The Vice-president
1. Shall be a third-year dental student.
2. Shall preside over all NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Society meetings in the absence of the
president.
3. Shall carry out duties of the president in the event
of the presidents absence or inability to serve.
4. Is responsible for the preparation and distribution of
a calendar of all NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Society meetings and activities.
G. The Treasurer
 1. Shall maintain the financial records of the NYUCD Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Society and maintain an
accurate account of all receipts.
2. Shall be responsible for the release of bills for
payment.
3. Shall submit a financial report to the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society at the end of each
semester or at any time deemed necessary by the
president of the majority of the executive board of
the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society.
4. Shall collect fees and assessments for all NYUCD Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Society activities.
H. The Secretary
1. Shall keep accurate and complete minutes of all NYUCD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society meetings.
2. Shall keep a record of attendance at all meetings of
the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society and
shall be notified in writing as to the reason for
nonattendance by an officer or representative by the
next regularly scheduled meeting.
3. Shall have charge of the records and the filings for
the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society.
4. Shall notify the membership of the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society and advisor(s) of all
meetings.
5. Shall maintain a roster of all NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society officers and all NYUCD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society members.
I. The NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society advisors
The president with the advice and consent of the officers and
representative of the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Society shall choose an advisor. The advisors
responsibilities are:
1. Attend all regularly scheduled meetings.
2. Assume a leadership role and offer advice and
information pursuant to their interest and experience
to support and encourage activities that application
to NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society.

ARTICLE VII. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ORAL AND

MAXILLOFACIAL SOCIETY GENERAL BOARD
All appointed officers of the OMS Society General Board, you
shall:
A. Be full time pre-doctoral students of NYUCD.
B. Terms of the office begin the first day of September and
end on the last day of August the following year.
C. The Social Chair
 1. Shall organize and publicize social events for the
Society and collaborate with other clubs on social
events whenever need be.
D. The Class Representatives
1. D1
i. Shall promote the events of the Society to the
general body.
ii. Shall help out the D1 Academic Elevator
Coordinator with organizing and promoting
Academic Elevators.
2. D2
i. Shall promote the events of the Society to the
general body.
ii. Shall help out the D2 Academic Elevator
Coordinator with organizing and promoting
Academic Elevators.
3. D3
i. Shall promote the events of the Society to the
general body.
4. D4
i. Shall promote the events of the Society to the
general body.
E. The Academic Chair
1. Shall set up events to further promote the general
mission and message of the Society in representing the
field of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
F. The Academic Elevator Chairs (D1 and D2)
1. Shall organize and promote academic elevators to the
D1 and D2 classes, respectively.
G. Philantrophy Chair
1. Shall organize and promote at minimum one (1) outreach
event each semester in promoting the general mission
and message of the Society in representing the field
of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
H. Fundraising Chair
1. Shall organize and promote Society fundraising events
in order to fund Society social events, academic
elevators, etc.
I. Journal Club Chair
1. Shall organize and promote journal clubs, or other
scholarly activity, whether it be by faculty or
students, at minimum of twice (2) each semester.
J. Honors OMS Liason
1. Shall serve as a liason between the OMS Society and
Honors OMS Selective in facilitating students in
shadowing at Bellevue Hospital.
K. Webmaster
1. Shall maintain and update the Society webpage
 2. Shall keep the domain current: www.nyuomssociety.com

ARTICLE VIII. THE ELECTIONS

A. Candidates must be students of NYUCD.
B. Elections shall be held in late Spring
C. The Office of Student Council in conjunction with the NYUCD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society Executive Board
members shall establish and enforce rules for campaigning,
evaluate all political advertising, warn any violators,
and/or discontinue the campaign if excessive abuse of the
election rules is determined.
D. The Executive Board will be voting on by the current
Executive Board
a. Those who do not get voted on the Executive Board are
still eligible to run for the General Board
E. The General Board will be voted by the current Executive
and General Board as well as those who were newly elected
to the Executive Board.

ARTICLE IX MEETINGS
A. The NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society shall meet
the first week of each month. The meetings will be
announced and posted by the secretary. The president, when
deemed necessary, may convene additional meetings.
B. Meetings will be opened for members of the NYUCD to attend
and discuss issues. The time and date of all meetings
(including emergency meetings) will be publicly announced
by the secretary at least two days prior to the meeting.
C. Only officers and representatives will vote on all issues.
A simple majority of existing voting members of NYUCD Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Society shall constitute a
quorum.
D. All matters requiring the vote of the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society must be brought up at
meetings at which a quorum of voting members is present.
These mattes shall be proposed via a motion, seconded,
discussed, and voted upon. There shall be no deviation
from these procedures.
E. A simple majority of voting members requesting an emergency
meeting shall be sufficient to cause to call a meeting.

ARTICLE X. PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

The rules contained in the current edition of Roberts Rules of
Order shall govern the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Society meetings in all cases to which they are applicable and
in which they are not inconsistent with the rules set forth in
this Constitution and any special rules of order the NYUCD Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Society may adopt.
ARTICLE XI. RESIGNATION
Resignation from the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Society may be accomplished by one or two methods:
A. A hand-written or typed statement announcing the
resignation of the officer or representative signed by the
individual. This recognition will take effect at the
beginning of the next official NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Society meeting.
B. A verbal statement by the officer or representative
announcing the resignation at an official meeting of the
NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society at which a
quorum of the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
officers and representatives are present. This resignation
will be effective immediately.

ARTICLE XII. DISMISSALS

Criteria for immediate dismissal of voting members of the NYUCD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society shall be: missing any
three regularly scheduled meetings during the course of one term
in office when no valid reasons are provided in writing.

ARTICLE XIII. AMENDMENTS

A. Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by any
officer or representative of the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society in good standing at any
regular meeting provided that all suggestions and
recommendations be presented to the President at least
twenty four hours prior to a regularly scheduled meeting,
and all suggestions and recommendations in writing for
review by all members of the NYUCD Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Society.
B. A two-thirds majority vote of the NYUCD Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Society voting members is necessary
to ratify an amendment.