In response to student confusion about hours and meetings, National Honor Society (NHS) officers Charlie Crane, Jennie Maddux, Cienna Roget, and Laney Search met with adviser Wendy Auld on April 10 in order to revise the club’s constitution.

Prior to this recent revision, the NHS Constitution had not been amended since September of 2008 under the supervision of Pam Webb.

Due to a collective uncertainty among members about the distinction between the 15 National Honor Society sanctioned hours and remaining 10 “other” hours, officers eliminated specifications and simplified the requirement to a general total of 25 service hours rendered for each school year.

The attendance policy to remain active in the club was also slightly adjusted from 80 percent to 75 percent of meetings, in which members must sign in at least once per month.

“It is more important for members to be in good standing through participation in service rather than placing such a great significance on attending meetings. However, we didn’t lower the attendance by much because attendance is still a necessary requirement to fulfill,” Search said.

However, for many members, it is difficult to remember to attend meetings held every other Thursday, and attendance can fall below the minimum.

In order to offer the opportunity for members with low attendance and busy lives to remain in the club, officers decided to create an article that allows a missed meeting to be compensated for by completing three extra volunteer hours or pay $10.

“Attending meetings should be a priority for students, but we understand that sometimes people forget or just can’t make it. We feel that $10 per meeting is enough incentive to encourage students to come to meetings, but not too harsh of a punishment if they can’t get there,” Crane said.