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ASG seeks change within org, city
Possible legislation will reorganize cabinet positions, responsibilities
Dave Matthews
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: Campus
In hopes of getting as many viewpoints as possible before voting on what is considered a "monumental" piece of legislation, Associated Student Government (ASG) is hosting information sessions for students before voting on the Executive Reorganization Act of 2007.
The information sessions are open to all students and will take place at 1 p.m. Nov. 16, at 5 p.m. Nov. 19 and at 4 p.m. Nov. 26. All sessions will be held in ASG's conference room at 376 Shriver, in the student
organizations wing.
The legislation; written by President Pro Tempore Douglas Haynes, Student Body President Jens Sutmöller and former Student Body President Brian Alexander; calls for more effective distribution of executive cabinet responsibilities within ASG. These actions include eliminating the positions of executive vice president, the vice president for student services and ASG's communication director.
"What we're attempting to do is to make student government better," Haynes said. "To make the people (on cabinet) who get paid to be better at what they do."
The executive vice president, elected by the student body, primarily chairs all student senate meetings and serves as the head of ASG's
election committee.
The vice president for student services, also elected by the student body, primarily chairs the Student Legal Services Board as well as produces the First-Year Record.
The communication director, elected by student senate, markets and advertises ASG events and maintains the ASG Web site.
The most drastic of these changes is the elimination of the executive vice president, splitting the position into two-the student body vice president and president of the student senate.
The student body vice president would be elected by the student body and would chair the elections committee and the student legal services board. The president of the student senate would be elected by the senate and would chair all senate meetings.
The responsibilities of the former communication director office would also be split two-fold, with public relations duties given to a newly created secretary for public relations, elected by ASG; and Web site responsibilities going to a newly created technology director, to be chosen by a special committee of members of ASG and Information
The information sessions are open to all students and will take place at 1 p.m. Nov. 16, at 5 p.m. Nov. 19 and at 4 p.m. Nov. 26. All sessions will be held in ASG's conference room at 376 Shriver, in the student
organizations wing.
The legislation; written by President Pro Tempore Douglas Haynes, Student Body President Jens Sutmöller and former Student Body President Brian Alexander; calls for more effective distribution of executive cabinet responsibilities within ASG. These actions include eliminating the positions of executive vice president, the vice president for student services and ASG's communication director.
"What we're attempting to do is to make student government better," Haynes said. "To make the people (on cabinet) who get paid to be better at what they do."
The executive vice president, elected by the student body, primarily chairs all student senate meetings and serves as the head of ASG's
election committee.
The vice president for student services, also elected by the student body, primarily chairs the Student Legal Services Board as well as produces the First-Year Record.
The communication director, elected by student senate, markets and advertises ASG events and maintains the ASG Web site.
The most drastic of these changes is the elimination of the executive vice president, splitting the position into two-the student body vice president and president of the student senate.
The student body vice president would be elected by the student body and would chair the elections committee and the student legal services board. The president of the student senate would be elected by the senate and would chair all senate meetings.
The responsibilities of the former communication director office would also be split two-fold, with public relations duties given to a newly created secretary for public relations, elected by ASG; and Web site responsibilities going to a newly created technology director, to be chosen by a special committee of members of ASG and Information
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