[137] in UA Senate
Re: Resolution to Continue Transparency and Representation throughout
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Liz A. Denys)
Sun Oct 18 12:49:39 2009
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:49:10 -0400
From: "Liz A. Denys" <lizdenys@MIT.EDU>
To: "Liz A. Denys" <lizdenys@mit.edu>
CC: ua-senate@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <4ADB43AB.2030703@mit.edu>
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Liz A. Denys wrote:
> I wrote a resolution which is available at
> http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS41/pending/41%20UAS%202.2%20Resolution%20to%20Continue%20Transparency%20and%20Representation%20throughout%20the%20Institute-wide%20Planning%20Process.pdf
>
>
> For new senators, recall that resolutions are for legislation where the
> Senate does not have direct power over seeing it through, but still
> strongly believes the proposal put forward should happen.
>
> The piece itself is fairly straightforward, but I did want to clarify a
> couple of things now and also make myself available for questions
> regarding my resolution before Senate.
>
> Clarification 1: The Project Teams mentioned in the second "that"
> statement refers to the Project Teams mentioned in the Institute-wide
> Planning Task Force's Preliminary Report. According to that report,
> these teams will be formed to investigate the feasibility of
> recommendations, and each team will cover an overarching area of work.
> Even though Project Teams may seem vague at first glance (if you did not
> read that report), it is referring to something very specific.
>
> Clarification 2: The third "that" clause points to MIT senior leadership
> because they will ultimately make decisions, whereas the Planning Task
> Force Coordinators will be giving forth "final recommendations." These
> recommendations will have to be approved by the senior leadership before
> being implemented.
>
> Again, if you have any questions, I'd love to answer them.
>
> -Liz Denys, UA Secretary General
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Elizabeth A. Denys
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2011
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Mathematics
630.730.1136 | lizdenys@mit.edu
