Revised Charter: Updated August 2007

The Organization

* The name of the organization shall be "The Roosevelt Institution."

* The Roosevelt Institution exists to provide students with a voice in the policy process, and by exercising that voice, to train them for future leadership.

* The Roosevelt Institution shall be a semi-autonomous division of the Franklin and Elanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI) with its own governing committee, it's own programs adn its own statement of principles.

* The Roosevelt Institution shall be a joint project of its student membership, its staff, its advisers, friends and investors. Each shall have specific responsibilities within the organization, as described in this Charter.

* The decision making organs of the Roosevelt Institution shall be a Governing Committee of board members, a staff answering to an Executive Director, a collection of Chapters, a set of Caucuses, and an Editorial Board.

* (Charter) The Roosevelt Institution shall be governed by this Charter. This Charter shall apply to (i) employees and officers of the Roosevelt Institution, (ii) accounts payable by and receivable by the Roosevelt Institution, (iii) Roosevelt Institution-accounts under the control of FEI, and (iv) Roosevelt Institution intellectual property including the Roosevelt Institution name and branding. All internal policies of the Roosevelt Institution, and all actions of the FERI board and its staff pertaining to the Roosevelt Institution, shall be in compliance with this Charter.