SU Legislation, Winter Break Update

SU Legislation, Winter Break Update

Connect 4 Legislation Meeting (12/11/09)

Purpose: Connect 4 to be established as an Executive Committee of SU

[page 1] Benefits and Expressed Concerns

[page 2] Proposal and Legislation Statutes

[page 3] TO DO list and Timeline

Benefit of Higher SU Recognition

Financial security

Power of programming (more publicity, and various campus outlets, more participation from the general student body)

Have more to gain from working with executives of what is going on on campus

More legitimacy for programming by becoming a part of the exec branch

Institutionalization in SU will allow Connect 4 to more stabilized.

More student and administrative cooperation on diversity policies

Allows direct involvement in and support of groups and new initiatives like WUFUSED that share similar goals. Such groups could be subsumed underneath the “Department of Connect 4” if group leaders desire.

Expressed Concerns of SU Merger

Confusion to the role of what the role of C4 will be

Bureaucracy fears with dealing with SU

Connect 4 constantly transitioning into different levels and roles on campus

Instability of SU

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  Not necessarily true

      Senate is very strong

      SU Senate has been the most stable than they have ever been

      Execs change on a yearly basis

To Define within the Proposal and Legislation

      Purpose and Goals

      Address the need on campus

      Create a statute for the occurrence of C4 getting “demoted” as an Executive Committee

Address appointment/ voting of Exec. Board 

How are we going to integrate/ address WU/FUSED and other initiatives on campus (should we or shouldn’t we) “Connect 4 should have the power to create task forces”

Task Forces:  entities forming under the umbrella of C4, makes it very legitimate for people to see maybe re-name it (initiative)

      Issue based task forces and Operation/Programming/ Activities

      Incorporation and working with Orientation

      Ehi thinks it’s a bad idea: too much beaurocracy

Advisors/ not advisiors

Create a constitution

Say exactly what we would be doing (facilitation of programming, ***proposing policy initiatives)

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    • Have a legitimate presentation that would address a lot of Senate/Treasury Concerns

Some Proposals

Connect 4 will maintain its current staff and administrative advisors.

Connect 4 will maintain two (2) presidents, external and internal.

Connect 4 members will nominate Connect 4 external and internal presidents. The elected SU President will confirm the appointment of the external president (as a formality).

The Connect 4 External President will host a diversity affairs role in SU, but will be able to uphold other roles within SU.

Connect 4 members will be allowed to share roles within the SU Legislative body.

   Connect 4 will be allocated a yearly budget, instead of semesterly.

Chase: concerns with double roles in SU (Perhaps no Connect 4 President can share a second role in Exec Council, maybe legislative branch as well).

Question from Ehi: Will the purpose of Connect 4 be to Connect other groups or to do things autonomously to bring students in? Do BOTH!

TO DO

Write legislation over winter break.

Have proposal done by the first Connect 4 meeting. Have legislation by early-mid February.

Set a date whereby C4 members read proposal and have answers.

Have VP of Programming advising.

Confirm with Treasury and Senate.

Decide structure and desires of group.

Decide: should we continue to keep the name “Connect 4?”

Timeline

January 3- Have structural, name, logistical concerns and questions addressed.

January 10- Have first Legislation and Proposal drafts.

January 18, 10pm- Meet again.