Article 1
Rebirth X Admission & General Ethics Policies
I: Grounds for Termination
Rebirth X reserves the right to terminate association if application materials are found to be falsified. The Executive Branch will assess the severity of the fabrication before a final determination is made.
Rebirth X is advertised and traditionally a high school-dominated non profit, but we do accept non-high school volunteers. Your age is not permitted to be a reason you are denied admission or terminated.
Generative AI tools are permitted for brainstorming and clarifying concepts. Utilizing AI to generate final written responses for admission questions is prohibited and will result in immediate rejection.
Terminated staff are allowed to appeal a termination upon contacting the association. We will review your case and your provided information and review accordingly.
Rebirth X is not allowed to hide or omit the reason of termination when terminating staff.
Terminated staff have a 30 day window to appeal. This process is initiated via email request.
Terminated staff receive a letter/email/pdf containing the termination grounds and overall circumstances. This is required to be submitted in the appeal if appealing a termination.
Further staff misconduct will lead to termination in accordance with A2 Work Policies, and follow this procedure. Your admission / role within the program will be rescinded if in violation of the work policies.
II: Young Teen & Extraneous Admission
Applicants are requested to inform Rebirth X of any extraneous circumstances that may affect their application following review, including but not limited to emancipated minors, green-card status, etc.
Minors are required to notify us of their age. While Rebirth X does non-demographical admission, it is required we know the age of young teen volunteers. These applicants are defined as those aged 11-14 years of age, or in the U.S equivalent of grades 6 - 8.
These factors will majorly not discount or affect your admission. We are not permitted to reject applicants solely on this basis
Rebirth X will admit young teens (11-14), and in cases of doing so, will require parent knowledge and a brief meeting with guardian(s).
Minors applying are required to undergo an interview for further assessment. Parent presence is not required during the interview, but preferred. We require guardians are aware of their child's work within the organization, and have to initiate some form of contact as per policy.
Emancipated minors will still have the interview requirement for young teen admission, but the parental aspect is waived.
International applications and all applicants in the equivalent of United States Grade 6 - 8 education fall into the Young Teen category.
All applicants that fall into the young teen category are required to notify admission personnel in the notes section of the application. Age is a demographically protected characteristic, and we must be made aware.
Young teen applicants will have admissions standards scaled with age for non-leadership roles, but for leadership positions, held to the same standard as any other applicant.
Extraneous applicants with extraneous circumstances will not have this affect their possibility for leadership roles, held to the same standard as other applicants.
Rebirth X is Maryland based, and will follow any Maryland policies for work limitations and adult interaction.
III: Ethics & Policy Protection
Rebirth X admission policies are always subject to change, and new policy updates are under jurisdiction of the executive branch. The founder will be able to override this updates should they be against the Rebirth X mission statement.
Members are always able to provide feedback for policy consideration. A small majority population will be required for implementing policy update, only applicable to Article 1 policies.
Rebirth X does not permit loopholes and rule bending. Should a volunteer / rejected volunteer / terminated staff attempt to utilize loopholes within any policy listed, we will refuse further contact. *This policy is not allowed to be used rashly, and the violation has to be a clear loophole that is not the intended use of a policy
Should the Rebirth X organization be found guilty of violating any rules, our incurred penalty will most likely be staff termination of the aggressor representing the organization. This is subject to change in accordance with the situation, but the standard punishment for rule violation.
Rebirth X will have aggravated punishments for Teen Minor cases or repeat offenders, resulting in a significantly increased punishment.
Rebirth X will not have a standard punishment for any rule violation by personnel. We will access the situation to the best of our ability, and give a punishment we believe is just. Standardizing punishment does not account for all possible scenarios and leaves room for injustice, which we do not permit.
Any punishments and resulting consequences of policy violation have to be deemed proportional to the crime. We certify our board will make decisions morally, and violations will be taken extremely seriously.
Rebirth X certifies applicant information is kept strictly confidential and we are not permitted from using it maliciously. Potential malicious use will result in heavy penalty to be decided by the board, and no one in the organization is exempt from this policy.
This policy applies to general Rebirth X application along with the Legal Program application.
Recruits reached out too by Rebirth X will not have their information leaked, and have their data protected under this policy. Recruit information is only permitted to be shared in recruiter channels.
Rebirth X certifies we will do everything in our power to follow your outlined preferences in the admission form for events and role decision.
Your initial department and role are not permanent. Individuals may be promoted or request reassignment upon openings, work ethic, and availability.
Rebirth X is based in Maryland, and for Chapter creation, we will not accept Maryland-Based chapters.
Admittees have a month deadline to reply to offer of admission.
Rejected applicants are not permitted to refute a rejection from our association and accept when you have not been provided an offer.
We follow special admission into executive branch of Rebirth X upon direct offer; we do not permit any attempts at forceful entry into this branch of the organization, and will follow corresponding procedure should an applicant attempt to do so.
IV: Ethical Admission
Rebirth X admission will not take any monetary or physical bribes to receive specific roles within the organization.
Rebirth X does not guarantee acceptance to our organization. We do not support a 100% admission rate, and we reserve the right to deny applicants positions.
Rebirth X admission does not permit nepotism or allow personal relationships to interfere with admission.
Should an admissions personnel have a personal connection to an individual applying to the organization, it will be directed to a separate admissions personnel to review the application.
Rebirth X is not allowed to factor any demographical information or personal circumstances in admission (Ethnic background, Sex, etc)
Rebirth X work will not require any financial commitments for any members.
Rebirth X will hold strict confidentiality for admission related procedure. We do not permit outside individuals accessing this information, and we certify no one outside the applicant and certain members of the executive branch will have viewed the application.
Rebirth X will not deny admission based on provided consent or special circumstance in the admissions form.
Rebirth X provides an anonymous alternative should staff not wish to physically appear with the organization, by providing an artwork instead of an image.
Rebirth X will face penalty should we have been deemed to follow unjust admission procedures. This penalty can result in termination for admission staff, etc.
Rebirth X certifies we will rightfully acknowledge new information added to applications along with following correct, unbiased admission procedures.
IIV: Internal Evelette Division and the Rebirth X Legal Program
The internal division Evelette along with the Rebirth X Legal program will follow the same admission standards as the general program, and fall under the same eligibility.
The internal Evelette division & the Rebirth X Legal program will utilize the same work standards and general ethics policies as the rest of Rebirth X.
Shared policy includes all Article 2 and Article 1, in an effort to protect our staff.
The Rebirth X Legal Program, while ethnically blind, will not have the same identity protection as our primary application.
We ask for age and more specific information about educational background, but we certify that this information will not leave the confides of the application.
Rebirth X admission personnel will face harsh consequences should this data intentionally be shared outside approved channels.
Rebirth X Legal Program Staff will be given democratic jurisdiction over all policy within Rebirth X, expect this section IIV. They are not permitted to modify this section.
For major policy changes (adding an article, adding a section to an article), a majority of the 5 will have to agree or voice consent. This is 3 out of 5 people minimum agreeing with a policy change.
Rebirth X as an organization still reserves the right to change policy, but majority of policy updates will be done by the legal program.
Legal program staff and the 5 seats are required to document any policy changes in case of damages or other events.
Rebirth X Legal Program Staff are held liable for any damages resulting from policy changes / updates by the program.
Article 2
Rebirth X Workplace Policies
I: Staff Protection & Staff Policies
Rebirth X will provide staff mental health and incident report forms (upon request) to assure staff stability and safety.
Staff reports for misconduct or other similar incidents will be held privately and discreetly.
Staff showing signs of mental distress will be promptly redirected to helplines and mental health resources. Any team member ignoring signs of mental distress will have to meet with the executive board to discuss negligence.
Rebirth X will terminate staff racially, sexually, hazing/cyberbullying, or physically discriminating or directing prejudice towards team member(s)
Should an admitted Young Teen volunteer be victim to any misconduct mentioned above, the aggressor will receive aggravated disciplinary action.
Staff found guilty of misconduct more than once will additionally receive an aggravated consequence
Other protected characteristics are religion, gender, and other personal characteristics.
Rebirth X executive branch members are held to the same standards as all staff. Should they be found guilty of misconduct, they will face termination & the same consequences as any regular staff member.
Rebirth X Executive Branch Members are held to the same standards in terms of rights as regular volunteers. The only acknowledged difference will be their duty volume & commitment within the organization. They are not granted any liberties, or extra permissions as members.
Rebirth X assigned work will not go out of bounds of team member roles and department.
Rebirth X will not assign inappropriate work (Sexual, Personal, etc) and investigate instances it is assigned.
Should this occur, the assigner or project creator will be investigated and terminated.
Rebirth X wants our staff to prioritize their roles as students and humans before their work in Rebirth X. We will waive and or extend assignment due-dates should it meaningfully conflict with any academic responsibilities or personal situations.
Rebirth X team members have the right to decline assignments should they provide valid reasoning. This will be reviewed by the executive board, where they will approve or deny the request.
Rebirth X is not allowed to hide policy changes from staff and team members.
Rebirth X assigned work will not endanger or risk the safety of our team members.
Rebirth X assigned work is not allowed to infringe on volunteer human rights. We will not prevent staff from eating, sleeping, or other such activity.
II: Work load
Rebirth X certifies we will limit work to a maximum of 2-3 hours weekly. (This may not apply in certain occasions to Executive Branch Members, in which, they are still able to request partial duty allocation)
Should we exceed this, we will be subject to penalty. Modifications must be allowed, or at a minimum reviewed should the volunteer be unable to complete this load.
We will approximate this number, as this is hard to quantify for a single individual. Regardless, should your needed time commitment exceed this for any assignment, you may be in contact with us to request extension.
Rebirth X will factor in external circumstances in quantity of work assignment to staff.
Rebirth X has no limitations on work extension requests.
Rebirth X will limit work to a maximum of 1 hour weekly for teen minor volunteer & staff.
Same work exemption/review process applies to minors should their be an academic, personal situation, or an inability to complete work.
Staff are free to request heavier work loads if they explicitly desire a standard workload.
Rebirth X is based in Maryland, Bethesda and will base our working conditions & standard under this regions guidelines.
Circumstances such as examination season will result in decreased organization-wide load. Staff are able to apply or request decreased load upon a personal circumstance.
Rebirth X will have short periods of inactivity following national U.S / Maryland holidays not to exceed 10 days.
Rebirth X operates with EST (Eastern Standard Time) as a result of our location. We will not terminate staff for being unable to attend Rebirth X duties (meetings, etc) should time zones or similar issues meaningfully restrict their attendance.
III: Adaptability
Rebirth X work policies are always subject to change, and new policy updates are under jurisdiction of the executive branch. The founder will be able to override this updates should they be against the Rebirth X mission statement.
Staff are always able to request policies, and they will be reviewed by the executive branch. This is held separately to policy change in Article 1, where no majority is required.
Unjust policies can be modified upon review and team agreeance on malice or misuse.
If a team members submitted work is significantly and consistently below standard, we will reconsider their status in the association and potentially discuss reassignment and other such procedure.
Below standard is defined as meeting 3 or more of the following criteria: Late assignments and failure to request needed extension, significant revision of your work retaining less than 25% of your submitted content, consistent failure to submit assignments, failure to communicate with your team leaders upon contact / lack of activity
Rebirth X may ask consent to be recorded for potential team introduction posts and other such information.
Rebirth X legally certifies with this statement staff likeness will not be used outside of introduction material. Liability is held with Rebirth X and it is not permitted for images or other material to be used maliciously.
Refusing consent will not punish you in any way, shape, or form. We do not permit misuse of consent.
Staff are allowed to ask for reassignment in department, projects, tasks, and similar should they be unable to complete or perform at their best.
In case of a unique situation our policies do not cover, a case can be submitted to the Executive board and we will review it earnestly.
The verdict of the executive board can be overturned should it be deemed misjudgment, bribery / nepotism, etc
IV: Physical Commitments & Funds
Should staff live in the Maryland area, they are able to join any physical Rebirth X commitments on a voluntary basis. Staff outside of this area do not have to worry, and there will be no penalties or action for not attending such events.
Physical commitments will mostly be coordinated with department heads and executive branch members, not subject to be required by staff.
Young Teen staff are free to opt out of physical commitments, but if they desire to attend a physical event, are able to request shorter appearances and longer breaks.
Rebirth X work will not require any financial commitments for any members.
Should a staff member be found guilty of a policy violation, no monetary-related disciplinary action will be permitted. In no circumstance in any staffs work with this organization will they incur a required charge or fee, regardless of policy violation.
Should we fundraise/receive donation, all funds will go to organization costs. Any staff, including the executive branch members, are subject to penalty should funds be misused or mishandled.
Staff again are not required to have any financial commitments in their role with Rebirth X. All funds, should a volunteer offer / donate, will be held to the same standard as money obtained via fundraising.
Staff will be terminated if we suspect oppression, peer pressure, coercion, or intimidation to get volunteers to donate or provide any financial commitment.
Staff not living inside Maryland are still eligible to volunteer to join physical commitments, but Rebirth X will not cover travel costs or any expenses incurred. It is a voluntary commitment and will be treated as such.
IIV: Leave & Suspended Leave
Suspended leave is defined as a period of inactivity, in which Rebirth X will not assign you tasks and you may receive additional penalty.
Additional penalty is dependent on the case severity. Voluntary leave receives no penalty, and other penalty is up to jurisdiction.
There are 3 scenarios in which a volunteer can be placed under suspended leave: Policy Punishment, Active Investigation, and Voluntary request.
Leave is defined as full parting from your volunteer position. You will no longer be a registered member of the organization, and fully exit your role and responsibilities associated with Rebirth X.
Termination is a type of leave Rebirth X offers, but it follows unique guidelines not specified in this section of our policy (Article 1, Section 1). There is no 2 day prior notice required, and this is leave imposed by the organization rather than on a voluntarily basis.
An individual is allowed to part from their Rebirth X role at any time (leave), but we require written notice at least 2 days in advance.
Volunteers who have submitted "leave" but request to rejoin the organization may in some rare cases be readmitted, but this is not the standard nor should be expected.
Possible reinstitution of your position with Rebirth X following leave is extremely rare, and we usually only permit it if you left amicably. Amicably in this context is defined as a voluntarily leave, in which you willingly chose to leave the organization due to external circumstances. If you have been terminated or left the organization for alternative reason, we will not readmit you.