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Dear Student Ambassadors,

By now many of you may have already heard that I will be resigning from my position as Director of Individual Giving effective April 30th.  Since I had my first baby last year, I have been considering staying home with him.  Now that I have two babies, I know it will be better for me to have more time with my children.  At some point in the future, I hope to come back to the University to work.  For almost six years I have enjoyed working here and I have especially enjoyed the time I spent working with the Ambassadors.  Obviously, I am also resigning my position as one of your sponsors.  I wish you all the best of luck in school and in your careers.  All of you are proven leaders and will succeed in life.  I wish you all the best!  Enjoy college and continue to help the University grow.

Sincerely,
Lisa

Lisa Bennett Morales, M.A.
Director of Individual Giving
Office for Institutional Advancement
Texas A&M International University
5201 University Blvd.
Laredo, TX 78041-1900
Phone: (956) 326-2176 fax: (956) 326-2174
email: lmorales@tamiu.edu

Congratulations to our newly elected officers for the 2002 - 2003 academic year:

President - Nick Gallegos

V.P. University Relations - Mike Herrera

V.P. Finance and Development - Miguel Rodriguez

Secretary - Arlyn Solis

Parlimentarian - Monica Rojas

Treasurer - Laura Garcia

Historian - Dennis Saldivar

We have been granted a cubicle in the new Student Center along with a computer courtesy of the Dep. of Student Development. This is great because we now have a little space to call our own and it will make things a bit more efficient. As soon as finals are over we will need help in doing the following:

* Decorating and organizing the cubicle

* Trying to find a printer, scanner, etc. to go along with the computer we have

* Moving our files and such from Institutional Advancement over to the Student Center

* Working out a way to keep the blazers in the Student Center close by our "office"

Please keep these in mind and after finals I'll e-mail everyone with move-in date and time. Thanks and take care!

Mike H.

As announced, the Constitution Committee met last week, and came up with some proposed amendments. Our constitution states that for any amendment to pass all ambassadors must have copies of it for at least 5 working days, then we meet and vote on them. Here are the proposed amendments. Only posted are the lines that may be changed, the rest stays the same. Please review them so that we can all vote when we next meet. Thanks.

Constitution
Article II, Sec. I: Would be changed to "There will be an election of officers once during the fall and spring semesters."..."Nominations for these positions will be held at least one week prior to elections."..."A meeting between outgoing and incoming officers must take place at least three weeks prior to the beginning of the fall and spring semesters.

Article V- New Section 4: "It is the responsibility of each member and officer to attend all monthly organizational meetings. Meetings shall be held at least twice a month."

By-laws
Article III, Sec.2: "To retain active status, each member must attend at least two organizational meetings a month. In order to be excused from a meeting, a member must give written notice of his or her absence to any officer or sponsor by no later than 5 p.m. the day prior to the meeting. If a member is absent from a meeting without given prior notice, the Membership Committee shall take their membership under review.

Article III, Sec. 3: "Should a member or officer be unable to complete the monthly requirement of ambassador hours due to school, work, etc. they may be considered inactive. In order to be considered inactive, a member must complete an inactive status form for record-keeping purposes.

Article III, Sec. 4- "The title of Honorary Ambassador can be given at least once a year to anyone outside the organization who has served Texas A&M International University or the City of Laredo, or South Texas. Selection of Honorary Ambassadors shall be made by a simple majority vote of all active members present in an organizational meeting

Upcoming Events For May

Date	Day of Week	Event	Time	Dress	Location	Activities
23rd	Thursday	Student Center Dedication Ceremony	10:30am - 12:30pm	Formal	Student Center	Welcoming guests as well as opening the doors to the center once the ribbon is cut.
24th	Friday	Officer/Group Picture and General Meeting	1:30pm	Formal	TBA	Picture Time! Also, discuss Ambassador propaganda

Upcoming Events For June

Date	Day of Week	Event	Time	Dress	Location	Activities
1st	Saturday	New Student Orientation	11:30am - 1:30pm	Formal	Student Center lobby	Set up the recruitment table and recruit new members for the organization. Only two from the organization are required to attend, so please notify us if you are interested.