Here is a proposed amended version of the constitution:
The current constitution and the list of requirements we have to satisfy for re-recognition are attached.
The main change is of course the "membership must be more than half students" line, which is required. I removed the "non-active member" category which is a bit superfluous when we can't have that many non-students and lowered the bar for student membership from three practices to one practice. To avoid disenfranchising most of our ringers, I am also proposing that anyone who has attended at least three tower or handbell sessions be eligible to vote.
It would probably work just to make the required changes on paper and carry on as we are, but having most Old North ringers not be members of the guild running Old North seems like possibly not the best long-term plan. We could consider forming another guild for those ringers, which can be as symbiotic with the MIT Guild as we want it to be (options ranging from non-student faction of the same organizational structure to a splitting off of Old North from the MIT Guild.) This can be something else to discuss at the meeting.
We'll schedule an online vote two weeks from today, which will be 5/10, two days before the re-recognition deadline. Please make comments and suggestions before then, and we'll keep ironing this out. Since the current constitution does have a clause about abiding by ASA rules, in the event that we don't reach an agreement by 5/12, I think we reserve the right to minimally edit the current constitution to meet the requirements for re-recognition.
Let me know if there are any questions!
Abby