Items of Immediate Consideration

Item A

The A.S. Council approved the appointment of new Revelle College Sophomore Senator Ashley Aluisi to the Internal Committee by consensus.

Item B

After considering the item four times, the council successfully overturned A.S. President Jeremy Paul Gallagher’s veto of single runoff voting legislation with a final vote of 15-6-1. See page 1 for more information.

Item D

The council failed to approve an amendment to the elections bylaws that would have implemented plurality voting by a final vote of 9-12-1. See page 1 for more information.

Item E

The council approved select changes to the vote tabulation section of the A.S. elections bylaws that were originally vetoed by Gallagher.

Reports

Vice President Finance Eric Webster

Webster reported that Student Organizations Funding Advisory Board received $204,000 in funding requests for spring 2004. The figure is more than twice the amount requested for winter quarter.

Student Council of Eleanor Roosevelt College Chair David Goodwin

Goodwin reported that the event Rock n’ Roosevelt attracted over 1,000 students.

Old Business

Item G

The council approved an amendment to the A.S. Constitution that clarified the definition of an “”academic year”” as beginning on the first day of fall quarter and ending on the day prior to the first day of fall quarter of the following year with a vote of 20-0-3.

Item H

The council approved making the commissioner of academic affairs a vice presidential position with a vote of 20-0-3. See page 1 for more information.

– Compiled by Neil Spears

Senior Staff Writer