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[Mit-talk] UA SENATE MINUTES
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jiang Wei Zhu)
Mon Apr 2 21:04:37 2007
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:04:14 -0400
From: "Jiang Wei Zhu" <jiangweizhu@gmail.com>
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*Senate Meeting*
*April 2, 2007*
38 UAS 10
I. Roll Call
II. Welcome and Announcements
a. Welcome back from Spring Break
b. We will be reviewing a lot of executive appointments and committee
chairs, jud, etc.
c. Next meeting will be in three weeks
d. Next meeting looking at Sec, Treas, etc.
III. Report of the Executive
Fellow Senators,
I wanted to take this opportunity to deliver a few messages to you. First I
would like to apologize for not being present at this meeting to personally
convey these words. I was forced to reschedule my return flight to Bostondue
to family issues and will instead arrive back on campus late Tuesday night.
I?m sure that the meeting will progress more that sufficiently without me,
but if you feel the need please don?t refrain from calling my cell if there
are any questions I might be able to answer.
That being said, I would like to remind the whole body that though the UA
Elections for the next school year have recently concluded, it by no means
signifies that our responsibilities as elected officials have come to an
end.
Almost two months still remain to make progress on the important issues that
we
have begun to address and investigate. Two of those issues are of particular
import to me.
First, in light of recent conversations with officers of the Faculty and
with
members of the Corporation Joint Advisory Committee, I think it is time for
us
to take steps to define and give support to changes in Institute policy that
would strengthen the ?Student-Faculty Relationship.? Deriving inspiration
from the recent Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons? Report,
we should recommend steps to incentivize advising and mentoring and to
integrate in into the tenure and salary review process. Senator Schlyar has
already expressed an interest to me in exploring further action on this
issue.
Any Senator or UA member interested in drafting policy on this issue should
submit their name to Senator Schlyar who will work with me to set up a
series
of meetings over the next couple of weeks to put pen to paper.
Second, it is time to revisit our student group funding policies in light of
our
new financial situation. We must work to make UA, Finboard and ASA policies
consistent and coherent. We must encourage new and inventive forms of
funding
and collaboration to ensure the efficient expenditure of funds. We must work
to
lower the barriers to receiving funds to ensure that student groups benefit
from
the additional institute funds that we have fought for this year. In essence
we
need a wholesale reevaluation of how funds are disbursed to student groups.
Over the next three weeks I will be working on a series of policy changes to
address this issue. If you are interested in working with me, please submit
your name to Ruth and I will contact you in the next few days.
Please take the time to participate actively in at lease one of the
policy-making groups. In my experience as a Senator, these break-out groups
are
often some of the most significant, productive and rewarding opportunities
to
make substantial change. Please feel free to call me at any time if you have
questions for me about these issues or any other. I am looking forward to
working with you as we draw this academic year to a close.
Yours in Service,
Andrew Lukmann
UA President
EXEC Minutes:
*Housing:* will continue from last week.
*Sustainability (CSC):*Last senate: greenhouse emissions bill passed, Andrew
will meet with Chris (author of bill), this month is Earth Day=85now it is
Earth week, booth for a day, finding some space for the group/branding
(speaking with James P)
*Orientation:* April 11th =96 next club meeting
*SCEP:* flexible majors: task force to determine flexibility in beginning
years of certain courses. Will analyze answers to questions on courses.
*PR:* Newsletters are in dorm bathrooms, etc., will go around Frats and
Sororities to do more surveys, sometime in April.
*2008 Class, Martin:* April 20th Formal at the Marriott.
JW: You should come to the 08 formal!
Ruth: But I'm not dating a 08
Martin: You could
Ruth: eyes look at him
*ASA:* James: I need help
*CSL:* 4 weeks to wellness week, so planning starting and ordering T shirts
will start soon.
*FinBoard:* Numbers are all up and on the system, second round of startup
numbers will come up in this senate meeting, in the process of getting new
members starting
*Transitioning:* to Ali and Martin
IV. Report from Standing Committees
V. 38 UAS 10.1 - Request for $1500 from EcoExpo
a. Numbers not matching up, let's get this sorted- where did budget
items come from if they are already in GSC application
b. Fogg: would like to amend statement 'and approves'
c. Werbos: lots of discrepancies in monetary needs to let it slide.
Don't want to commit to blind funding
d. To Amend: 3-18-0, Motion Fails, Steve will let Eco people know they
need to revise
VI. Finboard Start-Up Fund Allocations Review for Approval
a. Allocated $7,650 to start up funds
b. Approval of the start up fund allocations: Passes, unanimous
VII. Old Business
VIII. New Business: 38 UAS 10.2: Bill to Fund a Funding Board Retreat
a. Change $2000 to $1500, 17-4, amendment passed
b. Motion carrys
IX. Good of the Order Announcements
X. Nominations for
a. Speaker
i. Fogg
ii. Irina
iii. Forte
iv. Bennie
b. Vice-Chair
i. Forte
ii.
Perkinson
c. Senate Rep to the Finance Board
i.
Anderson
ii. Bennie
d. Senate Rep to Exec
i. Forte
ii. Ranade
iii. Mehta
XI. Adjournment
*SENATE PHOTO IN THREE WEEKS!!!*
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