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Agenda for 42 UAS 4
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Sat Oct 23 22:45:38 2010
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:45:14 -0400
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Hi, everyone:
Please find linked below the agenda for 42 UAS 4. We will not have a guest
speaker this week.
http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS42/agendas/2010-10-25.pdf
You will likely notice a few changes in the agenda, which I have outlined
below*:
*
- *Suggested times for business on the agenda*
- Since the agenda is never formally adopted by Senate, a call for the
"Orders of the Day" is never in order according to Roberts' Rules. I =
have
included a note on the agenda this week to make this clear, but
this should
be implicit with any agenda submitted going forward. Our agenda
stands only
to establish the order of items at the meeting in accordance with the
Bylaws.
- *Discussion follows all scheduled business*
- Based on feedback, we decided to try this measure this week (it has
been done in the past). Everyone should be aware that having
discussion at
the end of the meeting can discourage direct student
feedback--it can quite
often be too late to reasonably expect other students to attend.
- *New Business section prior to open discussion*
- The Bylaws do not specifically prohibit new business at meetings. As a
result, we have explicitly added a section where members may
introduce new
main motions that did not make the agenda. Given that Senators should
solicit feedback from their constituents before voting, I would stron=
gly
discourage the introduction of legislation that others' have not had =
the
proper time to read and consider. To introduce new business, simply
introduce a motion before we move into discussion mode.
Please let me know if you have any questions--I expect that these changes
will help Senate run more smoothly, but I would very much like to hear any
opinions to the contrary.
Thanks,
Jont=E9 Craighead
Speaker of the Senate
MIT Undergraduate Association
Course 1C: Class of 2013
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Hi, everyone:<br><br>Please find linked below the agenda for 42 UAS 4. We w=
ill not have a guest speaker this week.<br><br><a href=3D"http://web.mit.ed=
u/ua/senate/UAS42/agendas/2010-10-25.pdf">http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS4=
2/agendas/2010-10-25.pdf</a><br>
<br>You will likely notice a few changes in the agenda, which I have outlin=
ed below<i>:<br></i><ul><li><b>Suggested times for business on the agenda</=
b><br></li><ul><li>Since the agenda is never formally adopted by Senate, a =
call for the "Orders of the Day" is never in order according to R=
oberts' Rules. I have included a note on the agenda this week to make t=
his clear, but this should be implicit with any agenda submitted going forw=
ard. Our agenda stands only to establish the order of items at the meeting =
in accordance with the Bylaws.<br>
</li></ul><li><b>Discussion follows all scheduled business</b></li><ul><li>=
Based on feedback, we decided to try this measure this week (it has been do=
ne in the past). Everyone should be aware that having discussion at the end=
of the meeting can discourage direct student feedback--it can quite often =
be too late to reasonably expect other students to attend.</li>
</ul><li><b>New Business section prior to open discussion</b><br></li><ul><=
li>The Bylaws do not specifically prohibit new business at meetings. As a r=
esult, we have explicitly added a section where members may introduce new m=
ain motions that did not make the agenda. Given that Senators should solici=
t feedback from their constituents before voting, I would strongly discoura=
ge the introduction of legislation that others' have not had the proper=
time to read and consider. To introduce new business, simply introduce a m=
otion before we move into discussion mode.<br>
</li></ul></ul>Please let me know if you have any questions--I expect that =
these changes will help Senate run more smoothly, but I would very much lik=
e to hear any opinions to the contrary.<br><br clear=3D"all">Thanks,<br>
Jont=E9 Craighead<br>
<br>Speaker of the Senate<br>MIT Undergraduate Association<br>Course 1C: Cl=
ass of 2013<br>
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