[68] in UA Senate
Re: Meeting this evening - discuss!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Baranay)
Tue Oct 13 16:36:19 2009
In-Reply-To: <1255458785.31018.20.camel@eestata40.csail.mit.edu>
From: Paul Baranay <pbaranay@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:42 -0400
To: Catherine A Olsson <catherio@mit.edu>
Cc: ua-senate@mit.edu
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On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Catherine A Olsson <catherio@mit.edu>wrote:
> 2. I intend to vote to approve Adam Bockelie as dining chair, SheeShee
> Jin as Space Planning chair, and Alexandra Jordan as Sustainability
> chair, and don't feel I need more information on them before voting. (if
> you want more information, ask someone now!)
> 2a. I'd like to know a bit more about Aaron Liu's plans as
> Communications Chair. I think communications is one area that the UA
> could do *much* better at, and in the question phase of his confirmation
> hearing I hope to convey that to the nominee. Can anyone provide
> information about Aaron Liu's history in the UA, or his plans as
> communication chair?
>
In case it was unclear (which would be my fault), the proposed chairs will
all be attending Senate to (a) give a short presentation on their overall
background with the UA and their goals for their committee and (b) answer
any questions you may have. This will be followed a semi-private session,
where the person being confirmed is asked to leave the room, for discussion
amongst the remaining members of Senate. Finally the vote is held.
Incidentally, Aaron is on this mailing list, so perhaps he will reply more
directly; otherwise, I'm sure these questions will all be answered during
the confirmation session.
> 3. To the authors of 41 U.A.S. 1.2, I'd like to see the bill altered to
> clarify who MIT's alumni base is a strong asset to - students, the
> institute, the UA, etc? I'd also like to see some clarification as to
> whether the committee will focus on relationships between individual
> students and individual alumni, or students as a whole and alumni, or
> something else. In short, I support the bill but think its current
> phrasing is unclear.
>
> 4. I sat on Finboard during the appeals meeting as Senate's
> representative, and will glady defend the allocations if people have any
> questions.
>
> 5. The UA operating budget should be approved as it stands. Yes, I am
> concerned that we are spending so much money on PLUS and Athletics
> Weekend, but think that should be a target for future budgets, not the
> current budget. I am glad that there are concrete plans to hand off PLUS
> next year, and would like to see this promise held to. Thus I am
> considering authoring a bill requiring the management of PLUS to be
> handed over by next year as promised - is there support among other
> senators?
6. The election transparency act is a great bill. I would have written
> it myself if it hadn't been done already.
>
Further amendments and revisions to the Election Code are still very much
being considered. Let me know if you are interested in refining the
Election Code, and I will put you in touch with the right peopple.
> 7. Suspending the minimum meeting interval is a necessary action for
> this meeting, and this bill should be passed with no fuss. Perhaps we
> should amend the Senate bylaws to allow for six days, not seven, between
> meetings - is there support?
>
> Also, please look over the minutes if you haven't already to make sure
> we can vote on them quickly! We shouldn't need to spend time in meetings
> reading over past minutes since they're available beforehand.
>
> That's all I can think of for now. Here's hoping for only a three-hour
> meeting tonight (/wishful thinking)...
>
> Respectfully,
> Catherine Olsson, Random Hall Senator
>
>
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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Catheri=
ne A Olsson <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:catherio@mit.edu">cathe=
rio@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
2. I intend to vote to approve Adam Bockelie as dining chair, SheeShee<br>
Jin as Space Planning chair, and Alexandra Jordan as Sustainability<br>
chair, and don't feel I need more information on them before voting. (i=
f<br>
you want more information, ask someone now!)<br>
2a. I'd like to know a bit more about Aaron Liu's plans as<br>
Communications Chair. I think communications is one area that the UA<br>
could do *much* better at, and in the question phase of his confirmation<br=
>
hearing I hope to convey that to the nominee. Can anyone provide<br>
information about Aaron Liu's history in the UA, or his plans as<br>
communication chair?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In case it was unc=
lear (which would be my fault), the proposed chairs will all be attending S=
enate to (a) give a short presentation on their overall background with the=
UA and their goals for their committee and (b) answer any questions you ma=
y have. =A0This will be followed a semi-private session, where the person b=
eing confirmed is asked to leave the room, for discussion amongst the remai=
ning members of Senate. =A0Finally the vote is held.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Incidentally, Aaron is on this mailing list, so perhaps=
he will reply more directly; otherwise, I'm sure these questions will =
all be answered during the confirmation session.</div><div>=A0</div><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc =
solid;padding-left:1ex;">
3. To the authors of 41 U.A.S. 1.2, I'd like to see the bill altered to=
<br>
clarify who MIT's alumni base is a strong asset to - students, the<br>
institute, the UA, etc? I'd also like to see some clarification as to<b=
r>
whether the committee will focus on relationships between individual<br>
students and individual alumni, or students as a whole and alumni, or<br>
something else. In short, I support the bill but think its current<br>
phrasing is unclear.<br>
<br>
4. I sat on Finboard during the appeals meeting as Senate's<br>
representative, and will glady defend the allocations if people have any<br=
>
questions.<br>
<br>
5. The UA operating budget should be approved as it stands. Yes, I am<br>
concerned that we are spending so much money on PLUS and Athletics<br>
Weekend, but think that should be a target for future budgets, not the<br>
current budget. I am glad that there are concrete plans to hand off PLUS<br=
>
next year, and would like to see this promise held to. Thus I am<br>
considering authoring a bill requiring the management of PLUS to be<br>
handed over by next year as promised - is there support among other<br>
senators?=A0</blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:=
0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">=A0</blockquote><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
6. The election transparency act is a great bill. I would have written<br>
it myself if it hadn't been done already.<br></blockquote><div><br></di=
v><div>Further amendments and revisions to the Election Code are still very=
much being considered. =A0Let me know if you are interested in refining th=
e Election Code, and I will put you in touch with the right peopple.</div>
<div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">7. Suspending the minimum mee=
ting interval is a necessary action for<br>
this meeting, and this bill should be passed with no fuss. Perhaps we<br>
should amend the Senate bylaws to allow for six days, not seven, between<br=
>
meetings - is there support?<br>
<br>
Also, please look over the minutes if you haven't already to make sure<=
br>
we can vote on them quickly! We shouldn't need to spend time in meeting=
s<br>
reading over past minutes since they're available beforehand.<br>
<br>
That's all I can think of for now. Here's hoping for only a three-h=
our<br>
meeting tonight (/wishful thinking)...<br>
<br>
Respectfully,<br>
Catherine Olsson, Random Hall Senator<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br>
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