Society of individual Investors Virginia Tech 2011
Club Objectives:
The objective of this club is to better educate its members in domestic and foreign markets; to
enhance the overall knowledge about the stock market through the sharing of strategies; to
teach and learn from one another the analysis of equities; and to network with one another so
that it may in the future promote members to higher success.
Goal(s):
The goal of this club is to help educate its members to be more competitive when applying to
Virginia Tech’s SEED and BASIS programs. SII members who are accepted to SEED or BASIS are
expected to help support and encourage other members of SII to join SEED or BASIS. The
Society gives students a chance to work on teams with other student members in forming
investment goals and planning a course of action in order to obtain those goals.
Amendment(s):
1. The club shall be open any Virginia Tech student who wants to learn about the stock
market.
2. There shall be voting for the executive board and sector heads at the end of each school
year.
3. The election of executive board members will be directly from its members and the
current executive board shall have no say in the appointments.
4. The votes for Sector Heads will be written anonymously by its members (not including
the current executive board). The executive board will heavily take into consideration
the votes of its members in making its decision to appoint sector heads, however, the
executive board reserves the right to appoint sector heads (even if the majority of votes
are for another candidate).
i. Preference of sector heads will go to members not of the executive board.
ii. If there are many members in a particular sector, there may be a motion by
the club members to appoint another sector head, so that there shall be two
sector heads.
iii. Members must be present at the meeting when votes will be held in order
to vote, unless the vote is online. This is up to the members of the club to
decide which method is best, but the executive board decides on which day
the votes take place.
5. Internal problems with members shall be brought to the attention of the executive
board, who will be respectful and courteous to any request, concern, or desire.
6. Any decisions or amendments made by the executive boardmust first be approved by
the club’s members and be passed by at least 51 percent of its members, as long as the
decision or amendment affects all or most members.
Society of individual Investors Virginia Tech 2011
7. There may be motions by members to make new amendments. The amendment shall
be passed if at least 51 percent of the club votes on it.
8. Trades for the club’s portfolio shall be made only if the trade is approved by at least 51
percent of its members. Members shall discuss the decisions in a positive and respectful
environment. If there is concern that a member is abusive in language towards another
member in these discussions or any discussion, any member of the executive board may
ask the member to leave.
9. The prizes granted to the winners of stock track competitions may only be to members
not on the Executive Board. This is to ensure fairness and promote interest amongst the
organization.
History:
Founded in 2006 by Amir Nadjmabadi.
Executive Board and Duties:
President: To oversee the success of the club; to make sure that meetings run smoothly;
and to hold ultimate power in decision making in that the club is efficient in reaching its
goals and objectives.
Chairman: To help the president oversee the success of the club; to contribute to the
weekly meetings; to take over the position of President when the president is absent.
Chief Executive Officer: To oversee the club’s finances and keep track of its virtual portfolio
and trades. He or she shall be the one to execute trades that the club agrees upon.
VP of Marketing: To oversee the recruitment of new members; and to help promote the
club to students of all majors. He or she is in charge of creating flyers, table cards, etc.
Historian: To keep track of SII events; to send out emails to club members when there is an
upcoming event; and to help in publishing events on the club’s web site.
Secretary: To keep track of club dues from its members; to write a report of what
happened at each meeting and to have a back up secretary in case of tardiness; to send
those reports to club members at the end of each meeting so that those who miss the
meeting will know what’s going on; and to keep attendance of executive members, sector
heads, and analysts.
VP of Event Planning:To select rooms for meetings and various events. Arranges
conferences, arranges any other special events, and secures accommodations for all events.
Web Masters:To keep the club website up to date on information; to update the club site in
a timely fashion; and to help maintain and improve the site. There may be two webmasters
appointed if necessary.
Sector Heads and Analyst Duties:
Society of individual Investors Virginia Tech 2011
Sector Heads: To lead each sector in the advancement of its members; to help make
presentations to the club and overall recommendations for stock picks; to help lead
discussions about their sector. The club sector head is responsible for assigning tasks to
sector analysts.
Sector Analysts: To help discuss and present stocks; to do outside work to enhance their
knowledge and the clubs knowledge about their sectors; to help present that information to
the club; and to respect the sector head and his or her requests.
Rules for the Executive Board, Sector Heads, and Analysts:
1. Executive Board members and Sector Heads must try to attend every meeting. In the
event that an executive member or Sector Head is unable to attend a meeting, he or she
must email the President before hand.
2. Analysts who miss meetings must report to their Sector Head.
3. If there is a concern of an Executive member or Sector Head who is not excused after
extensive failure of attendance or does not live up to the duties of his or her position,
then the President and Executive Board has the power to re-appoint that position to
another member of the club. The Executive member or Sector Head will be notified
about the obligations of attendance and duty that the position requires prior to the re-
appointment, in hopes to persuade the member to keep his or her position.