[526] in UA Senate
Re: Agenda
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexandra Jordan)
Sun Apr 4 23:00:48 2010
Cc: Tim Jenks <trjenks@gmail.com>, Tim Stumbaugh <stum@mit.edu>,
Maggie Delano <maggied@mit.edu>, ua-senate@mit.edu
From: Alexandra Jordan <amjordan@MIT.EDU>
To: Paul Youchak <youchakp@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4BB950E4.2060208@mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:00:44 -0400
What about appointing someone in the dorm's existing government to the
interim position? This would ensure that the person was elected by
their dorm and trusted to represent them, instead of handing over the
position to some arbitrarily chosen stand-in. I don't know how dorm
governments would feel about this, but it's something to consider.
Alex
On Apr 4, 2010, at 10:54 PM, Paul Youchak wrote:
> Even though I completely agree with the sentiment of Tim Stumbaugh
> and think the idea is great, Maggie's point is very important to
> consider. (I do think 2 meetings is probably enough but 3 or 4 are
> fine)
>
> I believe a process for the appointment of the replacement senator
> should be developed. For instance, if the dorm president is
> negligent, the UA can ask for their own applications from the living
> group. The applicants can then be interviewed by the UAP and then
> top top choices can be brought to senate for a selection process
> similar to what is done for committee chairs.
>
> Just a thought,
>
> Paul
>
> Tim Jenks wrote:
>> What if we had this change include "interim" senator? We could
>> appoint an interim senator so their constituency is represented.
>> And then in the Best Practices document, we can strongly suggest
>> that once the President appoints an interim senator, the the
>> Speaker/UAP talks to the constituency president, to see if this new
>> appointment will work.
>>
>> --Tim
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Tim Stumbaugh <stum@mit.edu <mailto:stum@mit.edu
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> I mean, they're all trying to codify things that are undefined
>> right
>> now. I agree that some of them are more controversial, but the
>> intent
>> is the same.
>>
>> What should we do if there is no Sorority senator for 6 weeks
>> because
>> Panhel is incompetent?
>>
>> On 4/4/10, Maggie Delano <maggied@mit.edu
>> <mailto:maggied@mit.edu>> wrote:
>> > A few comments on 41 UAS 13.2:
>> >
>> > - First of all, I don't think this is strictly a by-laws
>> maintenance bill. I
>> > think some of the suggested changes are controversial enough
>> that they
>> > shouldn't all be lumped into one bill.
>> >
>> > - I'm specifically concerned with the first That statement. I
>> don't think
>> > the UA President or Senate Officers should have the ability to
>> appoint a
>> > Senator, even with Senate approval. I think it would be better
>> to have a
>> > vacant seat rather than have a new Senator appointed by someone
>> who is not
>> > from the Senator's constituency. I understand that this
>> provision is only
>> > valid after 2 full Senate meetings, but what happens if e.g. the
>> president
>> > is not satisfied with any of the Senate applicants? I'd rather
>> have an empty
>> > senate seat, even in the (unlikely) case of completely gross
>> negligence on
>> > the part of a constituency president. Not naming a new Senator
>> in two weeks
>> > is also, in my opinion, a poor judgment of negligence, as
>> suggested by my
>> > above example. It is the constituency's responsibility to select
>> their
>> > representatives, and I think it would be more appropriate to
>> leave a seat
>> > empty than for someone else to appoint a new Senator.
>> >
>> > -Maggie
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: Tim Stumbaugh <ua-speaker@mit.edu <mailto:ua-speaker@mit.edu
>> >>
>> > Date: Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 6:16 PM
>> > Subject: Agenda
>> > To: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu <mailto:ua-senate@mit.edu>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hey guys,
>> > I have been working on a couple of bills, so I'm sorry this took
>> so long.
>> > The agenda is at
>> http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS41/agendas/2010-04-05.pdf.
>> > The relevant legislation should be linked correctly. If I messed
>> it up,
>> > please let me know.
>> >
>> > My bills are sort of done. I'll continue to be updating them
>> before the
>> > meeting tomorrow.
>> >
>> > See you tomorrow-
>> > --
>> > -Tim Stumbaugh '12
>> > MIT Undergraduate Association Senate Speaker
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> -Tim
>> "There is no emotion, there is peace."
>>
>>
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Alexandra Jordan
MIT 2011
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
Political Science
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