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Although, De Anza has roughly 60 clubs, with much to offer in diversity, academics, outreach, religion, and sports. New clubs are always being created, but sometimes this process can be confusing.

If you are interested in starting a club, I would recommend meeting with me or one of the other ICC officers beforehand. Office hours are posted on the outside of the ICC Office door in the lower level of the Hinson Campus Center right next to the Financial Aid Office. You will need to obtain a "How To Start A Club Packet," available on the ICC rack outside of the Student Activities, in the Student Activities Office, the ICC Office, which is also located in the same building, or you can download a PDF file from the ICC website at http://www.deanza. edu/clubs.

You will need to obtain 10 signatures from any student on campus, who is willing to support your club. They must be registered students. Next, you need to seek out a faculty person available to be your club adviser. The advisor may be either academic or classified, but cannot be a student. No club can exist under ICC codes without an advisor. This is for both the students' personal protection and to protect the college.

Next, you should study the template inside the packet, which shows a sample constitution, and than mold it to fit your club's needs.

After you have prepared all of your paperwork, than you or a representative of your club must attend an ICC Agenda Meeting on Monday, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Student Council Chambers. You don't need to stay the whole hour, as this process takes a short time, but we do take each club on a first come basis.

The ICC officers and adviser will look over your constitution and paperwork. If everything is in order you will be on the ICC agenda as a club on trial for a maximum three weeks.

During this time, it will be your club's responsibility to set up a club orientation meeting with one of the ICC officers or the ICC advisor before the three week expiration date. This meeting is mandatory, all officers and one advisor from the club must be present for the forty-five minutes.

If anyone is absent, the meeting will not take place until everyone can be present for the full time. During this meeting, we will go over ICC forms, budget requests, and everything an officer and adviser needs to know to survive as a club. Than you will be taken on a tour. Afterwards, you will turn in a form called the blue roster, which lists all officers and advisors.

You are now an official club.

As a new club, you will receive $100 in the club account, which will take about 10 days to post. You will also be given a copy code to use the club copy machine. You will be assigned a club drawer in the Club Room to store your club banner and other items.

Your club representative will now have voting privileges at the General ICC Business Meeting on Wednesdays from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the representative will also have a parliamentary seat at the voting table.

Before you start a club, please check to see if there is another club already in existence that is promoting your interests. You might want join the club, rather than start a duplicate. Remember, there is strength in numbers.

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