[149] in UA Senate
Re: Resolution to Continue Transparency and Representation throughout
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Liz A. Denys)
Sun Oct 18 17:26:30 2009
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:26:00 -0400
From: "Liz A. Denys" <lizdenys@MIT.EDU>
To: Sammi Wyman <swyman@mit.edu>
CC: Paul Baranay <pbaranay@mit.edu>, ua-senate@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <5CF62F38-8146-4DE6-9494-5988097B7FD0@mit.edu>
While I appreciate your feedback, I'm not going to do either of these
because:
1. They are about two separate thoughts. One is general--we like that we
are getting more involvement overall, and we would like this trend to
continue--while the other is specific--the involvement in the process so
far was good, and we would like this specific process to continue to be
good.
2. That the MIT senior leadership provide the MIT community with
explanations of the reasoning
behind the cuts ultimately selected for implementation: refers to all
cuts that will be implemented, not just those in this report.
-Liz
Sammi Wyman wrote:
> I have two thoughts on this bill. This are more stylistic/ message
> thoughts than big changes, so I don't think I would propose them as
> amendments, but you could consider doing so, Liz.
>
> 1. I think it would read better if the second and third whereas clauses
> were somehow combined.
>
> 2. I think adding a that clause to address the cuts not coming from
> proposals in the report might be a nice touch.
>
> The idea is great, Thanks for writing this bill.
>
> -Sammi (BC)
> On Oct 18, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Paul Baranay wrote:
>
>> 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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto:lizdenys@mit.edu>
>>
>>
>
--
Elizabeth A. Denys
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2011
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Mathematics
630.730.1136 | lizdenys@mit.edu
