Meeting #18
February 4, 2004
Public Input
After thanking the council for its hard work, Revelle College Assembly Ex-officio Member Garo Bournoutian urged the council not to take away the students’ voice by making the commissioner of athletics an appointed position.
A.S. Executive Assistant Kyle Nakanishi announced that a town hall meeting regarding applications for the 2005-06 UC Student Regent will take place on Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Paul DeWine Student Leadership Chambers on the third floor of Price Center. The student regent serves as a full voting member for one year after serving as student regent-designate for one year.
Items of Immediate Consideration
Item A
The council approved the appointment of Manisha Daryani to director of publicity through April 30, 2004, by consensus.
Item C
The council approved changes to the elections bylaws enacting a single runoff voting system for this year’s elections with a vote of 9-8-6. See page 1 for more information.
Item F
The council approved the appointment of new Earl Warren College Sophomore Senator Anish Jina to the Finance Committee by consensus.
Reports
Vice President Finance Eric Webster
Webster reported that student organization funding requests for spring quarter must be submitted no later than noon on Feb. 6.
Commissioner of Student Advocacy Jeff Boyd
Boyd reported that all six college councils approved his amendment to the A.S. Constitution to make the commissioner of student advocacy an appointed position. The change will take effect for next quarter’s A.S. elections.
Old Business
Item E
A proposal to change the funding for the graduations unallocated line-item to zero failed. The council accepted the Finance Committee’s recommendation of 1-8-0.
Item G
An open roll call vote will expire on Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. regarding legislation that would make the commissioner of athletics an appointed position. See page 1 for more information.
Item H
An amendment to the A.S. Constitution that would allow sponsors of constitutional amendments to seek approval from the college councils before consulting the A.S. Council is subject to an open roll call vote that will expire on Feb. 6 at 4 p.m.
ó Compiled by Neil Spears
Senior Staff Writer