[147] in UA Senate
Re: Resolution to Continue Transparency and Representation throughout
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Baranay)
Sun Oct 18 16:22:50 2009
In-Reply-To: <4ADB4706.500@mit.edu>
From: Paul Baranay <pbaranay@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:22:24 -0400
To: "Liz A. Denys" <lizdenys@mit.edu>
Cc: ua-senate@mit.edu
--0016e6dab6d7473edd04763b6462
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS41/2/2.pdf also works :)
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Liz A. Denys <lizdenys@mit.edu> wrote:
> For those of you who don't like how long the locker's formatting makes my
> url:
>
> http://bit.ly/yFl2L :)
>
>
> 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
>>
>
> --
> Elizabeth A. Denys
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2011
> Department of Electrical Engineering
> Department of Mathematics
> 630.730.1136 | lizdenys@mit.edu
>
--0016e6dab6d7473edd04763b6462
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<a href=3D"http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS41/2/2.pdf">http://web.mit.edu/u=
a/senate/UAS41/2/2.pdf</a> also works :)<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Liz A. Denys <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:lizdenys@mit.edu">lizdenys@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">For those of you =
who don't like how long the locker's formatting makes my url:<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://bit.ly/yFl2L" target=3D"_blank">http://bit.ly/yFl2L</a> :=
)<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
Liz A. Denys wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I wrote a resolution which is available at <a href=3D"http://web.mit.edu/ua=
/senate/UAS41/pending/41%20UAS%202.2%20Resolution%20to%20Continue%20Transpa=
rency%20and%20Representation%20throughout%20the%20Institute-wide%20Planning=
%20Process.pdf" target=3D"_blank">http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS41/pendin=
g/41%20UAS%202.2%20Resolution%20to%20Continue%20Transparency%20and%20Repres=
entation%20throughout%20the%20Institute-wide%20Planning%20Process.pdf</a> <=
br>
<br>
For new senators, recall that resolutions are for legislation where the Sen=
ate does not have direct power over seeing it through, but still strongly b=
elieves the proposal put forward should happen.<br>
<br>
The piece itself is fairly straightforward, but I did want to clarify a cou=
ple of things now and also make myself available for questions regarding my=
resolution before Senate.<br>
<br>
Clarification 1: The Project Teams mentioned in the second "that"=
statement refers to the Project Teams mentioned in the Institute-wide Plan=
ning Task Force's Preliminary Report. According to that report, these t=
eams 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 re=
ferring to something very specific.<br>
<br>
Clarification 2: The third "that" clause points to MIT senior lea=
dership because they will ultimately make decisions, whereas the Planning T=
ask Force Coordinators will be giving forth "final recommendations.&qu=
ot; These recommendations will have to be approved by the senior leadership=
before =A0being implemented.<br>
<br>
Again, if you have any questions, I'd love to answer them.<br>
<br>
-Liz Denys, UA Secretary General<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
-- <br>
Elizabeth A. Denys<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2011<br>
Department of Electrical Engineering<br>
Department of Mathematics<br>
630.730.1136 | <a href=3D"mailto:lizdenys@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">lizden=
ys@mit.edu</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>
--0016e6dab6d7473edd04763b6462--
