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To identify, appreciate, and care for snake-related (visually, lexically, metaphorically, or taxonomically) things.
Anyone is welcome to attend our meetings and SNek Appreciation aCtivities (SNACs). Additionally, we maintain a roster of members that regularly attend club activities/are subscribed to our mailing list.
Two officers manage Snek Club, a primary leader (known as the Tail) and a secondary leader (known as the Head).
In keeping with the concept of ouroboros, at the end of each year, the Head "eats" the Tail, becoming the primary leader of the club (the Tail) and fulfilling the circle of life and death. A new Head is chosen from the membership at a candle-lit ceremony on the last full moon of the school year through excellence voting of all attendees. If the former Head chooses not to "eat" the Tail, a new Tail is chosen with the same process.
- the [email protected] mailing list
- locked storage cabinet on the 4th floor of the AC (containing NO LIVE SNAKES)
- various secret shrines in Parcel B
We generally purchase frozen mice, candles, and eggs on a regular basis (around $15/month). Periodically (about once every two years) we'll probably need to augment our long-term supplies of snakes costumes (both for people and snakes) plastic boxes with breathing holes, and humane animal traps (around $100 every two years).
SNACs occur roughly every month, where members will share their latest snek-related news and consume visually-snek-related confections. Daily excursions are made to the locked closet on the fourth floor of the AC.
Anyone may propose an amendment to this charter with a pull request on GitHub or by emailing the current Head/Tail or any CCO director.
All club members are expected to follow the Olin Honor Code in all activities.
During trips into Parcel B, members are expected to leave no trash behind, respect the neighboring private properties, and not release any non-native snake species.
Additionally, all club members are expected to adhere to the following pledge, adapted from the Contributer Covenant (v2.0) by Coraline Ada Ehmke, used under CC BY 4.0:
We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
That means:
- Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
- Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
- Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
- Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
- Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community