Which statement about alumni voting rights is accurate?

• A. Alumni have no rights.
• B. Alumni retain all voting rights they had while active.
• C. Alumni may retain defined privileges or voting rights as provided by the Constitution and bylaws.
• D. Alumni can vote only on budget matters.

Answer: (C)

The key idea is that alumni voting rights aren’t automatic or universal; they’re defined by the organization’s governing documents. The right statement reflects that alumni may keep certain privileges or voting rights, but only those that the Constitution and bylaws explicitly specify. This recognizes that governance often preserves a limited, predefined set of rights for alumni rather than giving them full active-member rights or none at all.

So, alumni may retain defined privileges or voting rights as provided by those documents—meaning any rights they have are spelled out in the Constitution and bylaws, not assumed. The other options treat alumni rights as either completely absent, identical to active members, or limited to budget matters, which would only be true if the bylaws expressly state so.