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Editor’s note: These notes from SGA meetings are part of an ongoing collaboration between The Voice and SGA.
CCDissent: The non-affiliated organization CCDissent came to open forum to discuss their trip to New York to attend Taking Over Wall Street and their plans to support other such non-violent protests and movements. CCDissent then asked for SGA’s support for continuing to effect change through non-violence. This proposal sparked a debate among the assembly members about whether the assembly can simply vote to officially support CCDissent without feedback from their constituencies. Most of the assembly agreed that SGA needs to engage the public before holding a vote of support. This proposal sparked another debate about the proper procedure for engaging the public: Should senators discuss this with their house council, should SGA hold a referendum or should both actions be taken? The debate will continue next week.
Resolutions 9 and 10: Vice President Edward Fisher ’12 and Chief of Communications Dorian Ehrlich ’14 brought resolutions 9 and 10 to the assembly last Thursday. Resolution 9 addresses the lack of guidelines in the C-Book for mid-semester senator replacements, and resolution 10 overrides the referendum for these changes. This issue most recently arose when Janet Tso ’12 from Hamilton stepped down, and appointed Laura Garciduenas ’14 as her replacement. This appointment conflicted with how the executive board felt replacements should be dealt with, yet without any strict guidelines, SGA has no authority to tell dorms otherwise. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, the new guidelines were excluded from the resolution, and the resolutions were tabled until next week.
Housing Feedback: Chair of Residential Affairs Justine Keller ’13 asked senators to provide feedback on the housing lottery after requesting the senators to bring this issue to their houses for the last two weeks. Despite these repeated requests, only three senators had any feedback on this issue. More feedback is expected to come in the next meeting. Keller also asked senators to provide her with feedback on dorm stigma, also to be discussed in the next meeting.
Soccer Fields: SAAC will be placing signs around Harkness Green with the SGA seal kindly asking all to be considerate of their playing field when using the green.
Thanksgiving Classic: SGA will be beginning a new tradition: an all-women’s round robin football tournament among women from all four classes. President Diane Essis ’12 has begun to speak to athletic directors about the feasibility of holding this tournament given reservations for the different fields on campus. Nevertheless, ground has been broken on beginning this tradition. •
