A.S. Meeting #7 – Oct. 5

Public Input

Student-Run Television Co-Manager Andy Tess announced that SRTV is looking to form partnerships with other student organizations to provide airtime for different programs addressing a broad variety of campuswide issues.

Items of Immediate Consideration

Item A

A motion to move $500 to the external affairs office from the general unallocated fund for the A.S. Voter Registration Campaign was passed by consensus.

Item D

The council postponed a vote on a proposed change to its contract with Micro 101, which would remove a clause limiting Associated Students from “procur[ing], rent[ing] or leas[ing]” appliances from other vendors during the 2005-06 school year. While the motion to remove the clause passed in internal committee, councilmembers debated whether or not it was appropriate or businesslike to amend a contract in progress before negotiating specific terms with the vendor. Ultimately, the vote was deferred for one week in order to allow for an additional meeting between the A.S. enterprises office and Micro 101.

Reports

Vice President Finance

Greg Murphy

Murphy noted that more people have taken notice of the A.S. Council’s budget surplus and urged senators to vote to increase funds to programs that “greatly benefit UCSD,” citing specifically the A.S. programming office and the Women’s Commission as examples.

Muir Council Chair Neil Spears

Spears announced that the John Muir College Council raised its funding limit for non-Muir organizations holding events outside of the college from $60 to $75.

Panhellenic Representative Erica Malouf

Malouf introduced the 4.5-mile “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk, which will take place on Oct. 23. Currently, the sororities have raised approximately $9,500 for this charity event.

Old Business

Item P2

An article in the proposed SRTV charter that forbade “graphic depictions of sexual activity involving nudity” was tabled indefinitely after the council approved the internal committee’s 9-0-1 recommendation. This clause, which was originally included in the charter’s general revisions (Item P), was made its own item after it became a subject of controversy at last week’s council caucus.

Although there was a motion to pull the item from committee for further discussion, it failed in a 2-14-2 vote.