WHEREAS, In December 2011, Cornell won the competition to create Cornell NYC Tech on Roosevelt Island in New York City; and

WHEREAS, The first class of students matriculated in Spring 2013, at rented space in Manhattan; and

WHEREAS, The GPSA is charged with representing all graduate and professional students, including those at Cornell NYC Tech; and

WHEREAS, Students at Cornell NYC Tech are members of the same graduate fields and departments as students based in Ithaca; and

WHEREAS, The GPSA sets and allocates the Graduate and Professional Student Activity Fee (GPSAF); and

WHEREAS, The majority of services and events funded by the GPSAF take place in Ithaca; and

WHEREAS, The procedures governing the setting and allocation of the GPSAF are established by in a letter dated March 1, 1999 (the Guidelines) and the GPSA Charter (the Charter), Section 2.02; and

WHEREAS, The GPSA has the ability to allocate the fee differently for different groups of students; and

WHEREAS, The GPSA leadership met with Barbara Knuth, Dean of the Graduate School, Susan Murphy, Vice President for Student and Academic Services, Cathy Dove, Vice President for Cornell NYC Tech and representatives from Counsel’s Office, the Student Activities Office and the Graduate School on April 5, 2013; and

WHEREAS, This resolution reflects the agreement reached at that meeting; and

WHEREAS, The GPSA will set and allocate the fee in Fall 2013; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That —

(1) All graduate and professional students, including those at Cornell NYC Tech, will pay the full dollar amount of the GPSAF;

(2) Students at Cornell NYC Tech will form a student organization, registered with the Student Activities Office (SAO).

(3) The GPSAF collected from Cornell NYC Tech students will be allocated, such that the only byline funded organizations they will fund are: (a) The GPSA, at the same amount as Ithaca-based students; and (b) Club Insurance, at the same amount as Ithaca-based students.

(3) The remaining balance of the GPSAF collected from Cornell NYC Tech students will revert to their student organization account, to be used according to the same guidelines as any other byline funded organization (GPSA Eligibility Criteria and Obligations for Byline Funded Organizations, especially Item V).

(4) Ithaca-based students will be able to attend events at Cornell NYC Tech and NYC Tech-based students will be able to attend events in Ithaca at the same price, whether free or subsidized, as all other students.

(5) This arrangement will be reevaluated in Fall 2015, with the next setting and allocation of the activity fee.

RESOLVED, That this resolution will be sent to David Skorton, President; Barbara Knuth, Dean of the Graduate School; Daniel Huttenlocher, Dean of Cornell NYC Tech; Cathy Dove, Vice President of Cornell NYC Tech; Kent Hubbell, Dean of Students; and Peggy Beach, Director of the Office of the Assemblies.

Respectfully submitted,

Vinay Pagay
Chair of the GPSA Finance Commission

Mitch Paine
President of the GPSA

Evan Cortens
Counsel to the GPSA