How to Form a Student Government Recognized Club
- Fill out an Intent to Form Application, which can be found in the Center for Campus Life (CCL)
office, located on the 2nd floor of the SAU RITreat, or on the Club Resources page. This one page form is very simple to complete
and gives your organization the ability to reserve rooms in the SAU.
- Get as many people interested as you can with flyers and meetings.
At least 10 RIT students are required for a club to exist. At this
point you should be looking for an Advisor. This must be a full time
RIT employee.
- Once you have at least 10 RIT students as members and an Advisor, complete the Application for RIT Club Recognition which can be found in the CCL
office or on the Club Resources page.
- At this point, you may want to draft a club constitution for effective
leadership, and/or plan a basic operating budget.
- Once the Application for Club Recognition is complete, turn it into the
Campus Life Office or the SG Information Center (in the SAU RITreat). The Assistant Director for Campus Life Programs or the Clubs Graduate Assistant
will then present the application to the Club Review
Board (CRB). The CRB will then vote on whether or not to grant Recognition to the prospective club.
- Representatives from the prospective club will be given the opportunity
to answer questions posed by the CRB and defend the mission and purpose
of the club. You will be notified by email about the CRB's decision.
- If your club is approved for Recognized, you must meet with the Clubs Graduate Assistant to get Club and Advisor Handbooks and find out what will be required of you as a club each year.
- If your club is not approved for Recognition, you will be told why it
was denied and the CRB Chair or Clubs Graduate Assistant will be available to tell you
what your prospective club needs to do to become a recognized club at RIT.
