Add the following subsections:

2.3.1 The IRC shall remain institutionally neutral, and will not lend its name or resources to any external cause, open letter, or other campaign that doesn't directly and primarily pertain to the IRC's mission statement.

2.3.2 Should the IRC want to lend its name or resources to an external cause that meets the criteria laid out in Article 2.3.1, a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote is required during a general council meeting.

Rationale:

The IRC exists to build community and advocate for students in the Innis Residence; should the council sign an open letter or get involved in a cause that is unrelated to the council's mission statement, this may distract from these goals or actively work against them by creating unnecessary conflict. Should the IRC wish to contribute to a cause that does pertain to an aspect of the council's mission statement, this ensures that a large majority of the council actually supports doing so.

Replace the following subsections:

3.1. The constituency shall consist of all current residents who have signed the Innis Residence Occupancy Agreement. 

3.1.1. For events requiring external purchases such as ticket sales, fee-paying members may be subsidized.

With:

3.1. The constituency shall consist of all current residents who have signed the Innis Residence Occupancy Agreement. 

3.1.1. Innis Residence Dons may not hold any position on the Council.

Rationale:

Clarifies the constituency of the IRC to formally include the Residence Dons, and replaces an outdated article from before paying the IRC fee was mandatory with a new one that specifies that while Dons are constituents of the IRC, they may not hold positions on the council.

Add the following subsection:

4.3.2.7. Responsible for maintaining an archive of past IRC records. For records collected by other council members (e.g., attendance records collected by the Director of Operations), the Vice-President Internal is responsible for compiling these records and adding them to the archive. The archive shall be made available to all members of the public, either in its entirety or as a limited collection selected in cooperation with the Vice-President Communications. The records kept in the archive include but are not limited to:

4.3.2.7.1. Meeting minutes.

4.3.2.7.2. Event attendance sheets.

4.3.2.7.3. Budget, expense, and revenue records.

4.3.2.7.4. Any non-confidential paper records stored by the IRC.

Rationale:

Past councils left behind many paper records, and those records should be kept and maintained in a digital format to track council history and changes over the years. These records have all been digitized and added to the archive, so at this point, it’s just adding each year’s records as we go. 

Replace the following sections:

5.3.6. Organizes at least one House Olympics as a group.

5.4.7. Organizes at least one House Olympics as a group.

With:

5.3.6. Participates in organizing and running at least one House Olympics.

5.4.7. Participates in organizing and running at least one House Olympics.

Rationale:

The current wording implies that the House Reps or Jr. House Reps are as a group are responsible for planning/running a House Olympics, rather than each individual being responsible for helping with planning/running one. The new language allows for an individual who was unavailable during their group's designated month to make up their House Olympics requirement by helping with a different month's event, which will still meet their co-curricular record requirements.

Keep the following subsection:

7.5. No person shall accept or hold more than one IRC position that bears voting rights at a time.

Remove the following subsections:

4.6 No Executive Officer may hold two or more roles on the Innis Residence Council

5.1.2. No House Representative may hold two or more roles on the Innis Residence Council.

Rationale:

Removes redundancy by applying the same rules about holding multiple voting positions to all positions on the IRC (currently there are separate references to this rule across multiple articles; this removes all of them except the one in the elections article).

Add the following subsections:

8.2.1. Any non-executive IRC member may instead be removed from their office with four-fifths (4/5) agreement from the Executive if they have met any of the following requirements:

8.2.1.1. Has missed three mandatory IRC general meetings without prior notice.

8.2.1.2. Has missed at least one half (1/2) of mandatory IRC general meetings to date, starting from the fall training meeting. 

8.2.1.3. Has consistently failed to fulfill one or more of their responsibilities outlined by this Constitution.

Rationale:

Currently, there is no way to remove council members who are fully MIA without subjecting them to a vote of the full council. Although a council vote may be reasonable in some circumstances, it may be better to have a way to remove members neglecting their responsibilities without subjecting them to a full vote.

Add the following subsection:

10.9. All committees must host a building-wide event at least once per month during the academic year (excluding December and April), or at a frequency determined by the Executive with the Office of Student Life.

Rationale:

The OSL requires that committees host an event at least once a month in order for their events to count towards residence readmission. This amendment reflects that requirement and will help the IRC Executive to enforce this standard and ensure that committee events continue to count towards readmission.

Replace the following subsection:

11.1.1. Responsible for publicising and advertising Innis Residence Council events physically and digitally on social media. They are responsible for making sure social media is up to date and used frequently, as well as making posters if requested by other IRC members, according to their specifications. The Photographer will be responsible for taking photographs during IRC events, at the discretion of the IRC Vice-President Communications. 

With:

11.1.1. Responsible for publicising and advertising Innis Residence Council events physically and digitally on social media. They are responsible for making sure social media is up to date and used frequently, as well as making posters if requested by other IRC members, according to their specifications. They are also responsible for taking photographs during IRC events, at the discretion of the IRC Vice-President Communications. 

Rationale:

Removes references to a photographer, which is not a formal position on the IRC, and distributes this responsibility among all of the SMM Directors. Also allows year-to-year flexibility to distribute roles among the SMM Directors.

Replace the following section:

12.4. All of the Executive Officers shall have signing power. Two signatures are required for validity. Signing power must be transferred to the incoming executives by the previous executives by the end of their term.

With:

12.4. At least three executives shall having signing authority, including the Vice-President Finance. All executives are entitled to have signing authority. Two signatures are required for validity. Signing power must begin to be transferred to the incoming executives by the previous executives by the end of their term.

Rationale:

Working with the IRC's bank over the summer transition period has historically been quite difficult, especially with executives who are out of the country for the summer. This changes the signing authority requirement so that only three out of the five executives need to have it, while only two signatures are needed for transaction authorization. Also changes the timeline to add flexibility; typically signing authority transfer is not complete until the mid-to-late summer.

Add the following subsection:

10.10. Each Committee Co-Chair must participate in organizing and running at least one House Olympics.

Rationale:

This has been an assumed policy for the last several years, and adding this amendment will help to formalize this requirement. Formerly, Co-Chairs were not considered proper members of the council and they were not expected to participate in council activities like House Olympics. However, this has since changed and Co-Chairs are now considered council members with many of the same responsibilities as House Reps.