[279] in UA Senate
41 UAS 5.4 - ASA Bylaws
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rachel Meyer)
Mon Nov 9 09:29:18 2009
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:12:05 -0500
From: Rachel Meyer <remeyer@MIT.EDU>
To: ua-senate@mit.edu
Hey, one more time...
As I said in my earlier email: I just wanted to start some threads about the
various pieces of legislation I wrote so we can try to get some questions
resolved before tonight. Sorry for not doing this sooner - I've been sick.
This bill is at: http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS41/5/4/.pdf
Basically, I think it would be sorta nice if ASA technically existed and was
recognized.
The ASA Bylaws as posted on the ASA website
(http://mit.edu/asa/rules/pdf/ASA-Bylaws.pdf) and as they appear in the GSC
Bylaws (http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/about-gsc/const-bylaw) require that the
bylaws are in both the UA and GSC Bylaws since ASA is a joint committee of the
UA and GSC.
Why in the Senate Bylaws?
(which are at:
http://web.mit.edu/ua/docs/senate/govdocs/Senate%20Bylaws%20as%20of%20April%2027,%202009.pdf)
This is where the committees are enumerated so it seemed like the appropriate
place for any further bylaws on committees.
Why hasn't this happened previously?
I don't have a particularly good or complete answer for this... I would guess
that these bylaws may have been viewed as a separate document or as being
bylaws of the ASA and ASA being a committee of the UA they were already in the
UA bylaws. Whatever the case may be, I think it would be highly beneficial for
these bylaws to be explicitly in one of the 3 main UA governing documents and
this seems like the most appropriate place.
Again, please ask any questions, discuss any concerns, etc.
Thanks,
Rachel
