CCSO Constitution

This repository tracks changes to the constitution of Penn State's Competitive Cyber Security Organization (CCSO).

The constitution is maintained as a LaTeX document (CCSO_Constitution.tex), formatted to match the official Penn State Office of Student Activities constitution template so it satisfies OrgCentral submission requirements.

Amending the Constitution

Changes to the constitution can be proposed through a pull request and must be voted on as outlined within the constitution. Voting results should be appended to a pull request before merging.

Editing the Constitution (LaTeX)

The source of truth is CCSO_Constitution.tex. Do not reintroduce a markdown copy — edit the .tex file directly and keep it in sync with the compiled PDF.

Prerequisites

Install a LaTeX distribution with pdflatex. On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra

Building the PDF locally

pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode CCSO_Constitution.tex
pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode CCSO_Constitution.tex

Run it twice so section references resolve correctly. This produces CCSO_Constitution.pdf in the repo root.

Editing tips

• Each Article maps to a \section*{Article N -- ...} block. Keep article numbering and ordering consistent with the PSU template (Name/Affiliation, Mission, Membership, Officers, Operating Procedure, Advisors, Financial Statement, Enabling Clause).
• Officer/chair duties use nested itemize/enumerate lists — match the existing list style when adding new roles so formatting stays consistent.
• Required PSU compliance language (Non-Hazing Compliance Statement, Non-Discrimination Statement, co-President/co-Treasurer restriction, Enabling Clause) must remain present verbatim; OrgCentral submissions are rejected without them.
• The Enabling Clause ratification date is a blank line (\underline{\hspace{4cm}}) — fill it in with the actual date before submitting to OrgCentral, then revert to blank (or update) after the next ratification.
• Clean up build artifacts before committing (*.aux, *.log, *.out — already covered by .gitignore).

CI

Pushing changes to CCSO_Constitution.tex triggers .github/workflows/pdf-publish.yaml, which builds the PDF with pdflatex and cuts a dated GitHub release with the compiled PDF attached.

License

MIT