Alpha Gamma Sigma History
1950-1972
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The 1950 revision of the AGS Constitution had given the student members the authority to form their own organization. Nothing was done about this until the chapter advisors of the colleges in the southern part of the state invited students to attend the Southern Regional Conference at Santa Monica City College on December 5, 1953.
There it was decided to divide the state into three regions ~ Southern, Central, and Northern and to invite members from the other two regions to attend the Spring Convention to formulate a set of bylaws for the proposed Student organization. The amount of time available at the convention did not allow completion of the organization at that time, but the task did get finished and the new bylaws were ratified by the Advisory Board in time for implementation at the following Spring Convention. Note that the ratification of the Bylaws for the Student organization was done by the advisors!
The 1950 revision of the AGS Constitution was amended in 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. Each amendment resulted in giving the students more authority and responsibility in running AGS. By 1972 it had become evident that what was really needed was a complete revision of the Constitution. Under the advisorship of William Miller, Advisor of the Diablo Valley Chapter, a group of students formed a constitutional revision committee. By February 1973, they had met several times and finally had a new constitution ready to present to the membership at the 1973 Spring Convention on Catalina Island. There the new constitution was ratified BY THE STUDENTS.
