More awesome ideas!

"Awesome," in this context, means funny and news-generating.

First, let me clarify a bit about the GA's failure to hold up its end of the new MOU. The first failure was the failure to find GA folks to serve on the Elections Council Selection Committee. There are six folks on this committee, and two of them are graduate students, according to the MOU. When I last checked, he was trying to defer this to the Senate.

There is also the requirement for a "Graduate Outreach Coordinator" on the Elections Council. The wording of the e-mail suggests that this is what he's looking for, but there's no reason to believe that he actually gets any say in this. (Elections Council members are nominated by the Elections Council Chair and approved by the Senate) I should note that he's sent out such e-mails before, too, which, if I recall, suggested the same thing, during the time he was actually looking for folks for the Selection Committee. It's entirely possible he just doesn't know what he's talking about.

Anyway, the funny part would be that, if the GA doesn't hold to its end of the MOU, the ASUC Senate could decide that it doesn't need to stick to the requirements either. The best result out of this would be a two sevenths budget cut for the GA. This would send a signal to the GA that they don't get to play the "GIVE US MORE POWER BUT NO MORE RESPONSIBILITY" game anymore, which would for once strike a blow in favor of students when dealing with the GA. Unfortunately, this requires an ASUC leadership which has balls, and I don't believe ours is properly equipped.

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 11/27/2006 12:01:00 PM #
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