SA: January 29, 2009 Meeting

R.22 Resolution Regarding Slope Day Funding

Originally Presented On:	Thursday, January 29, 2009
Sponsors:	Gregory Mezey ‘09, Ryan Lavin ‘09
Subject of Resolution:	Resolution regarding Slope Day Funding
Status/Result:	-

Whereas the Student Assembly Finance Commission (The Commission) is a committee of the Student Assembly (the Assembly) chartered under Bylaw 7.5.a.5 of the Assembly;

Whereas Appendix B, Section 4.L.5 (the Rule) of the Charter (the Charter) of the Assembly states, regarding the portion of the Student Activity Fee (the Fee) allocated to the Commission,

• Five dollars per student per year shall be placed in a Universtiy endowment fund. The SA shall create guidelines for the use of the endowment.

Whereas the University has yet to commit installments for the month of January and all subsequent months in the current fiscal year;

Whereas the University in response to the economic condition, has announced reductions in funding for several programs, including the Slope Day Programming Board (SDPB);

Whereas it is the sense of the body that the anticipated cuts will severely impact SDPB’s operations and the student community;

Whereas it is the sense of the body that remaining portion of the Fee remaining to be applied towards the Commission’s endowment would better meet the needs of the student community if applied to SDPB instead;

Whereas Article II, Section 2 of the Charter states:

• Any voting members of the SA may present an amendment to the entire SA for consideration. Within two regularly scheduled meetings after such presentation the SA will discuss and vote on the proposed amendment(s). Under no circumstanced will this Charter be amended without the consent of two-thirds of the voting members of the SA.

Be it therefore resolved that the Rule be amended as follows with instertions indicated in bold and deletions in strikethrough:

• Five dollars per student per year shall be placed in a University endowment fund, except that any portion not yet invested in the fund during fiscal year ending in 2009 shall be redirected to the Slope Day Steering Committee. The SA shall create guidelines for use of the endowment.

Be it further resolved that the Assembly declares invalid all bylaws and rules of the Commission inconsistent with the Rule as amended to the extent that they are inconsistent;

Be it further resolved that the Assembly charges its Appropriations Committee, in collaboration with the Commission, to develop guidelines for use of the Commission’s endowment consistent with the Rule and to present those guidelines to the Assembly for its consideration no later than April 1, 2009;

Be it finally resolved that the President of the Assembly transmit this resolution to the President of the University for approval.

Respectfully submitted,

Greg Mezey ‘09 Vice President for Finance

Ryan Lavin ‘09 President

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