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Actually, in current parliamentary practice, the basic document of an organization is called the "bylaws". The use of a separate constitution or calling the document "constitution and bylaws" went out of favor several decades ago. (sadly, several GLOs don't seem to have gotten this message).

Is this group a local or part of a National organization. If part of a national group, said group will probably expect you to sign off on some kind of 'standard chapter articles of association' and provide you with a template for your chapter bylaws. Heck, if you are reactivating one of their chapters, they may have the previous groups documents on file.

In addition to bylaws, its a good idea to have a set of "Standing Rules". Standing rules contain additional information about the org that really don't belong in the bylaws.

Most national orgs will have additional policy documents covering things like Membership Policy, Disciplinary Policy, Risk Management, and the like. If you are a local, you may need to create your own, but I would check with your university to see if they have any rules/policies regarding what they require from student groups. Check with them in any case. they may have rules regarding organizational bylaws and the like, including clauses they expect to be in them or the like.

Hope this helps.