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October 3, 2023

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GA-Cycle-1.2-Minutes.pdf

Meeting Minutes

 

Associated Students of the University of Utah 2023-2024 ASUU Assembly, Cycle #1 Part 2 General Assembly Meeting Agenda 10.3.2023 6:00PM-10:00PM

 

I.               Call to Order

  1. Assembly Chair will call the meeting to order to convene the General Assembly

 

II.            Roll Call

Absences

Advocacy, service, awareness – Anna Locke Academics and Research – None

Affinity and Inclusion – Antonio Chicos Sports & Marketing – Charlie Crockett

 

Ex – Officio Members Present

  • President Jack O’Leary
  • Attorney General Ho
  • Director of Finance Subotic
  • Associate Director of Finance Sunjot
  • Senate Parliamentarian Ault

III.          Land Acknowledgement

“We acknowledge that this land, which is named for the Ute Tribe, is the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute, and Ute Tribes. The University of Utah recognizes and respects the enduring relationship that exists between many Indigenous peoples and their traditional homelands. We respect the sovereign relationship between tribes, states, and the federal government, and we affirm the University of Utah’s commitment to a partnership with Native Nations and Urban Indian communities through research, education, and community outreach activities.”

 

IV.          Public Forum

  1. Opportunity for members of the public (i.e. any non-Assembly community members) to spend time talking with and/or presenting to the Assembly.

V.             General Announcements

  1. Time for any ASUU Assembly Representatives to share out any important announcements with the group.

Dong: Motion to limit questions and debate to 5 minutes. Motion passes.

VI.          Rules Committee Reports

 

  1. Members of the Assembly Rules Committee will have time to share out updates from their areas (i.e. what they and their teams are working on.)
  2. Chair Dong
  3. AR Subcommittee Chair Altamiranda
  4. ACI Subcommittee Chair Burnett
  5. SRM Subcommittee Chair Crockett
  6. AAS Subcommittee Chair Locke
  7. Parliamentarian Maughan
  8. Treasurer Johnson
  9. Vice Chair Bayard

 

VII.        Ex-Officio Reports

  1. Ex-Officio members of the Assembly will have time to share out updates from their areas (i.e. what they and their teams are working on.)
  2. Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Director Estorpe
  3. Finance Director Subotic
  4. Director S
  5. Attorney General Ho
  6. Student Body President O’Leary

 

VIII.      Old Business

  1. New Business
  2. AB—15 Brown, UDEBATE, -- $3,947

1.     Presentation

  1. Brown
    1. Only request this club will make all
  2. Questions
    1. Bond: Why spending so much?
    2. RSO: hosting several prestigious associations at this Hosting over 300 people who we are expected to feed. Partnering with the JRP debate society for this championship. Representing the school and representing them.
    3. Maughan: have you been able to fundraise at all for this event?
    4. RSO: since we are a sponsored group, we have not been able to
    5. Bond: were you able to get funds from the COH?
    6. RSO: the COH is funding part of it but not all of
    7. O’Leary: is there an attendance fee for schools?
    8. RSO: they are paying the the Qatar Debate foundation for But, we are not getting paid anything by Qatar Debate.
    9. Subotic: you are using student fees to fund Stanford university student food?
    10. RSO: we are funding a student debate
    11. Subotic: who will be eating this food?
    12. RSO: not U of U

 

  1. Subotic: under University of Utah guidelines, this is not eligible for funding. We cannot fund for anything consumed by non-Utah
  2. Bond: move for catering to be struck
  3. Brown: all the other events we are funding are not solely benefitting students at the university of Utah.
  4. Cerynar: what can we fund here?
  5. Subotic: in the past, we have funded I think that is fine. It is a gray line. Other bills like this include a club that funded a space for a memorial.
  1. Vote

a.     11 -- Yes

  1. 5 -- No
  2. 6 – Abstain

 

  1. AB 20 – Burke, Bangladeshi Student Association ($667.10)
    1. Presentation
      1. Burke: The BSA is requesting reimbursement for a cricket tournament over the summer. There were 36 participants (students). The costs included materials utilized at the tournament, food, and trophies. Trophies were retained by individuals, not by the group, which could be amended in the bill.
    2. Questions
      1. Kotter: No clarification on cost of trophies?
      2. Burke: does not know the individual
      3. Munot: why is there an issue with trophies?
      4. Burke: The trophies are counted as If we can fund t shirts, we should be able to fund the trophies.
      5. Locke: would it be possible to send a follow-up? Can we table this bill?
      6. Burke: I think it is beneficial to table this
        1. Motion to Seconded by Treasurer Johnson.
      7. Bill might not be fundable; tournament took place in June or

10/03/2023 Presentation, reconvening at 7:30.

  1. Presentation
    1. Burke: org expenses were in June and This bill is unspecific. I would suggest someone move to vote.
  2. Vote
    1. 0 -- Yes

b.     20 – No

  1. 1 – abstain
  • AB 21 – Burke, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association ($1,500.00)
    1. Presentation
      1. Burke: For the Lunar New Year The APALSA held this event last year, with food catered from a local restaurant. This totaled

$1,500, so they are using it as a point of reference and asking for the same

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presentation, 10/03/2023

amount. I specificed this amount must be used for catering, and nothing else.

  1. Questions
    1. Dong: is this the only funding they want to request the entire year?
    2. Burke: they are allowed to make future requests but they have to be very specific. They also wanted to get money for future events but wanted to get this first, because it is their biggest event. They do want to have funding in the future.
    3. Maughan: is $1,500 all going to catering?
    4. Burke:
    5. Bond: is this for all students?
    6. Burke: This is for all interested students.
  2. Debate
    1. Maughan: it’s a big request without any
    2. Thomas: motion to table to next meeting, 3rd.

i.     Passed.

 

  1. Presentation
    1. Burke: want 1500 for an event in February. They got back to me about catering but they are not sure yet. I said it would be harder to pass and they are aware of that, they will try again later until this is funded. They want $1500 in catering and they are only supposed to use that for They expect 250 law students and 8 attorneys. This event is good for networking. They used all the food last year, and leftover food was saved for the law school kitchen. They could use this event as a fundraiser.

 

  1. Debate
    1. Bond: we have set a precedent where attorneys can network with
    2. Burnett: since the event is in February, my suggestion would be to not pass the bill this They want to make sure this money is allocated to them.
    3. Dutton: they do not have an exact
    4. Burke: they do not have a
    5. Oleary: I think it’s fine if they don’t know where they are gonna go They know they can’t go more than that, that is the same for any club. I would have done that too. I think we should avoid looking at the time,
    6. Cerynar: I agree with We get the money they don’t spend back. Ths is the baseline. If they go over we will be fine.
    7. Maughan: be financially conscious of what’s happening now
    8. Subotic: not the first bill happening in the
  2. Vote

a.     13 – Yes

  1. 1 – abstain
  2. 7 – No
  1. AB 22 – Barlow, Management Consulting Club ($1,900.00)
    1. Presentation

 

  1. Barlow: Management Consulting Club is a club within the business school, helping them prepare for jobs in the consulting industry. They get to hear from alumni in the field and help plan They have requested branding services and marketing, i.e. t-shirts, notebooks, and posters for tabling events. They want to increase club awareness and popularity. With guest speakers, they want to have food available. They have 45-50 students attend all meetings. They also requested club officer jackets.
  1. Questions
    1. Bond: how many officers are using these jackets?

b.     Barlow: 10

  1. Thomas: how many meetings are there?
  2. Barlow: weekly, with food at every
  3. Alba: how many t shirts, notebooks, will be provided?
  4. Barlow:
  5. Thomas: is this for the semester or year?
  6. Barlow: not sure if they are requesting more
  7. Bond: to clarify, these jackets won’t be retained?
  8. Barlow: I can put that into the bill, not in current
  9. Johnson: personal names cannot be on the Strike that line item.
  10. Barlow: names will not be on the
  11. Kotter: will money be spent on guest speakers or on food?
  12. Barlow: just on food
  13. Kotter: do they know if they will spend $1,000 or if they are guessing?
  14. Barlow: we are not
  15. Subotic: it is about $100 every They asked only for money for meetings with guest speakers.
  16. Bond: will officers be receiving t shirts?
  17. Barlow: not
  1. Debate
    1. Munot: motion to add jackets be
    2. Maughan: table this to the next
      1. Motion Tabled to next meeting. Presentation – 10/03/2023
    3. Presentation
      1. Barlow: This club helps students interested in the consulting industry learn about and prepare for these jobs. Asking for $75 for a vinyl poster for $400 for branded T shirts, and $1,000 for meetings when they have a guest speaker attend.
      2. RSO: people who go into management consulting come from everywhere across campus. These jobs are not just jobs that are nice to have. 50% women and minority groups can reach high paying jobs through these
    4. Questions
      1. Kotter: is money for food for meetings that are scheduled or hypothetical?

 

  1. RSO: already scheduled, resume-building. Meetings are 5-6. We try to help people with a little snack.
  2. Bond: how necessary are the jackets for your
  3. Barlow: eliminated from Should have been updated.
  4. Parra: is the $75 for multiple posters?
  5. Rso: They are up across campus.
  1. Debate
    1. Johnson: can we put the dates in the bill for the meetings? Without dates, we have to slash it.
    2. Foley: that is not
  2. Vote

a.     17 – yes

  1. 3 – no
  2. 1 abstain
  1. AB 24 – Altamiranda, Aerospace Club ($3,140.00)
    1. Presentation
      1. Altamiranda: promotes aeronautics and astronomy at the U; requesting funds for jerseys, utilized for competitions and contain the club They are requesting reimbursement for stickers and for shirts that club members can receive and retain.
    2. Questions
      1. Bayard: with 16 members, are they expecting to grow?

b.     Altamiranda: no.

  1. Johnson: jerseys vs t shirts?
  2. Altamiranda: no Around campus versus for competition.
  3. Kotter: it is $6 a sticker—what are they buying?
  4. Altamiranda: no They have not responded to inquiries about where they are finding stickers.
  5. Subotic: other clubs are finding good deals on stickers—this is
  6. Thomas: would you be willing to strike this line item for stickers?
  7. Altamiranda:
  8. Alba: how many members?

k.     Altamiranda: 16.

  1. Bayard: motion to table to next

i.     Motion passes if they do not respond.

  1. Thomas: adjust the total before moving the motion to the next New total is $1,940.

3.     Pushed to next cycle.

  1. AB 25 – Altamiranda, Academic Medicine ($1,200.00)
    1. Presentation
      1. Altamiranda: trying to inform MS1 and MS2 students on how to get involved in academic Requesting three different panels with catering for students. They have the first date for the first panel.
    2. Questions
      1. Munot: how many members?

 

b.     Altamiranda: not sure.

  1. Bond: do they have a way to guarantee people will attend?
  1. Debate
    1. Johnson: Motion to table to next Presentation 10/03/2023
  2. Presentation
    1. Altamiranda: prices from café rio, $12 per 25 people to be there. They are requesting $300.
  3. Questions
    1. Burnett: $300
  4. Vote

a.     21 -- Yes

  1. 0 – No
  2. 0 – Abstain
  • AB 26 – Cernyar, Physician Assistant Student Society (2,501.94)
    1. Presentation
      1. RSO: PA students introduce bill. Get funding for jackets for our class. Class size of 69 students. It is a highly known PA program across the country and it is highly competitive. Take a lot of pride in the program. We ask for funding because of pride in the program, and representation for the community as we provide care. Migrant farms, reservations, etc. – the idea of the jacket is to represent our program and community. We will be wearing the jackets for two years.
      2. Cerynar: all of the clinics and events are listed on the whereas 69 jackets.
    2. Questions
      1. Oguz: I know we are not allowed to reimburse taxes, would card fees go under that category?
      2. Subotic:
      3. Bond: are there cheaper alternatives to the jackets?
      4. RSO: this is half the price of the jackets themselves. We are saking for funding because there are a lot of students who cannot pay for these jackets. It would be paid out of pocket. Grad school is expensive as is. We are trying to be inclusive as is. We are not hand picking people who cannot afford it. Pas cannot work.
      5. Burke: what jackets are these?
      6. RSO: they have the logo on them with the school of medicine. You will not find PA merch at the stores.
      7. Kotter: have you already purchased the jackets or is there time to fund elsewhere?
      8. RSO: They are submitted
      9. Maughan: licensing ?
      10. Bond: names?
      11. RSO:
    3. Debate:

 

  1. Kotter: seems like a worthy cause. We are on a tight budget. It would be easier to pass this if we only refund a portion of this I recommend you amend the bill so that only a percentage of the cost is reimbursed.
  2. Cerynar: reduce by 75%. New tota is $1,898.19.
  3. RSO: we have volunteered in over 5 different
  1. Vote

a.     Yes -- 20

  1. No -- 0
  2. 1 -- abstain

 

  • AB 31 – Dutton, Family Medicine Interest Group ($550.02)
    1. Presentation
      1. Dutton: 3 lunch panel They have removed medical supplies and such that they are requesting. These allow them to network with people in the medical profession.
    2. Questions
      1. Burke: is this event open to everyone?
      2. Dutton: 15-20 people per session.
    3. Debate:
      1. Cerynar: motion to amend this bill so we can include the total allocation at the bottom.

b.     Dutton:

  1. Vote

a.     18 – Yes

  1. 1 – No
  2. 2 – Abstain
  1. AB 36 – Cernyar, Plastic Surgery Interest Group ($2,000.00)
    1. Presentation
      1. Cerynar: 30 people, for graduate They want 500 in food for January meeting, 500 for dinner and lunch again, and a showcase of surgery.
    2. Questions
      1. Thomas: what do these materials include?
      2. Cerynar: I have heard thanks back. I don’t know what that means.
      3. Bond: you said that included grad students or for all members?
      4. Cerynar: this is mostly for grad students who are interested in plastic
      5. Kotter: if we don’t have itemized materials, is that fundable?
      6. Subotic:
    3. Debate
      1. Thomas: motion to move this bill to next
    4. Motion to table to next
      1. Motion passes

i.     12 – Yes

  1. 5 – No

 

  • 4 – Abstain
  1. AB 38 – Kwon, Fashion In Business ($782.42)
    1. Presentation
      1. Oliver: anyone can come to these First line item is a model walk dance. This is an event for models to practice. The catering is also included. Bartending is non-alcoholic. Tote bags are $60.
    2. Questions
      1. Dong: why do they need to rent an additional dance space?
      2. Oliver: I don’t
      3. Johnson: they said they could use another It would be nice to go somewhere off campus with more space. It is something up for negotiation. Did you get an anwser to the tote bag question?
      4. Oliver:
      5. Subotic: bartending table is soft drinks and such?
      6. Oliver:
      7. Alba: date?
      8. Oliver: I believe
    3. Debate
      1. Burnett: could we change the venue from model walk complex to on - campus to make it more accessible to students?
      2. Oliver: this event will be on
      3. Burnett: is there space on campus for them to
      4. Dong: new total is $612.42.
      5. Johnson: Date is in I am adjusting something on the dotes.
      6. Oliver: totes may be given away for
      7. Dong: new total is $552.42.
      8. Kotter: needs to be updated on
    4. Vote

a.     18 – Yes

  1. 0 – No
  2. 2 -- abstain
  1. AB 39 – Kwon, Yoga of Stressed-Out Law Students ($350)
    1. Presentation
      1. Oliver: requesting 350 for two different One event is on Novemer 18th at Lyla studios, a 1 hour class. The other is December 4th at SLPower Yoga.
    2. Questions
      1. Subotic: any items resold are against finance
      2. Alba: how many students are coming to the event?
      3. Oliver: 9 current
      4. Thomas: are they able to use any rooms on campus for this?
      5. Oliver: I know that they meet weekly for yoga, I think they wanted some place different. They are always studying so they want to be not on campus. They want to relax.
      6. Burke: is the cost per person?

 

  1. Oliver: they are renting out the
  1. Debate
    1. Bond: being in a location different from a place you study can help relax and put you in a different mindset.
    2. Reese: I would like to point out that we have funded other bills with the presumption more people would be coming to the club.
    3. Burnett: this might just be for future There are plenty of other spaces that aren’t the corner where the law building is.
    4. Thomas: you cantell them, the Honors college has yoga and meditation rooms has places they can use.
  2. Vote

a.     19 – Yes

  1. 0 – No
  2. 1 – Abstain
  • AB 41 – Joseph, Dance Club ($1,000.00)
    1. Presentation
      1. Joseph: rental fee for They do have it as $500 per semester, but they are asking for total year rental fee.
    2. Debate
      1. Dong: we are running tight on budget for this Even allocation, instead of completely funding some bills, I would suggest partially

funding all of them. We don’t have money to fund all of them. They abide by university policies, so even if there s nothing wrog, we can partially fund all of them.

  1. Locke: would it be possible to fund $500 for first semester?
  2. Joseph: I will fund $500 for first
  1. Vote
    1. 20 – Yes
    2. 0
    3. 0
  • AB 42 – Joseph, Crimson Gaming ($625.00)
    1. Presentation
      1. Joseph: Crimson Gaming had an event in They are requesting reimbursement for food. 25 pizzas from Pi Pizzeria. There were about 150 people who came to the event.
    2. Questions
      1. Burnett: How many more of these events?
      2. Joseph: they have monthly meetings. They have poor responses to questions and They are a big club, and do have small fundraisers. They have done the same things for past years. They wont be asking for much money.
      3. Bond: This was an opening social which they do once a They have a massive discord.
      4. Joseph: it is a huge It has been going on for a while now.
      5. Burke: Do you know if they had leftovers?

 

  1. Vote

a.     20 -- Yes

  1. 0 -- No
  2. 0 -- Abstain
  • AB 43 – Parker, Formula SAE Team at the University of Utah ($6,129)
    1. Presentation
      1. Dong: promotes careers in the automotive Apply what they learn and gain real world experience. Open to all students. Build their car. Requesting t shirts for $496, hats for recruitment, stickers for branding, and more. They want to purchase tires as well. Food for meetings. Safety supplies for the car, including fire extinguisher, socks.
    2. Questions
      1. Subotic: this has to be housed in ASUU All of these safety supplies will be submitted back to ASUU offices. They msut be retained by the organization. This bill might be on the illegal side.
      2. Bond: I am not seeing the engines or anything, which hints to me they have alternate funds, is that true?
      3. Dong: I have never worked with this organization before
      4. Johnson: could we get sued if they crash and die?
      5. Ethan Foley: I don’t think so, every organization has alternative ways of funding. I think when it comes to equipment, if there is equipment being
      6. Johnson: Sijani said this
    3. Debate
      1. Thomas: tire companies donate this stuff to people building this kind of stuff
      2. Locke: I don’t think we should fund this If you wanted to fund something, we could fund the food and soda. T shirts and hats seem unnecessary especially since they don’t list amounts.
      3. Bayard: we should fund the food and drink; we should have Layton contact them.
      4. Johnson: if we fail this bill, they can resubmit for next cycle. When we have these questions answered; if they cannot answer accurately, we can fail it again or pass it.

e.     Locke:

  1. Vote
    1. 0 -- Yes

b.     20 – No

  1. 1 -- abstain
  1. AB 44 – Flores, CubeSat ($3,998.00)
    1. Presentation
      1. Oliver: Mechanical and technological components that go into it. Spreading recognition of this club is a priority. Club branded clothing, technological components, antenna, telemetry devices, filaments, chargers, and more. Total allocation to ~$4,000.

 

  1. Questions:
    1. Oleary: is this a satellite launch?
    2. RSO: we are attending a nasa conference, for which we want to use a
    3. Dutton: to build the satellite, will you be back to request more money?
    4. RSO: we will take all we can We are exploring other avenues of funding. A grant, and a NASA grant.
    5. Bond: is this a liability issue?
    6. Thomas: if we can fund stuff like we have in the past?
    7. RSO: can you define that>
    8. Kotter: how long will it take you to get alternative funding?
    9. RSO: the major grant we are pushing has a response time of 6-10 We will not be able to see this before our deadline on October 16th. The machining can all be done here on campus.
    10. Kotter: will you be able to wait until the grant comes in for reimbursement, or do you have an urgent need?
    11. RSO: it is not economical for students to fund this prototype before the event in a few weeks.
    12. Munot: how many fliers are you printing?
    13. RSO: 70, or a dollar per
    14. Cerynar: will you be using 3D printers at the U? How large are you printing?
    15. RSO: we can print at the library for free, but what we are aiming for is another Top of the line if we provide our own filament. They can print fairly large.
  2. Debate:
    1. Reese: it makes me wary to give money for anything Come

back when our budget isn’t so type. Motion to amend to take everything out except for T shirts and posters.

  1. Cerynar: recommend that you go out and buy what you can and ask for reimbursement later.
  2. Dong: if you suggest an amendment, the representative needs to decide whether to add that to the bill or RSO can respond, but representative can decide whether it.
  3. Oliver: it is already set in stone from the college of engineering – availability of funds sooner or later.
  4. RSO: COE will be allowing us to purchase
  5. Oleary: we have funded projects This is a cool programthis is a good opportunity and use of the funds.
  6. RSO: these sbsidary funds will cover costs Only if ASUU backs us in the future.
  7. Kotter: seeing as how we are on a tight budget right now and this club has more access to alternative funds than other RSOs we will see tonight, I say the items be struck from the bill.
  1. Vote

 

  1. 0 -- Yes

b.     No – 12

  1. Abstain -- 4

 

Motion – Erik Bond. Treasurer Johnson will read how much we have spent in between each bill.

Yes – 17

No – 0

Abstain – 4

 

  • AB 45 – Dutton, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ($959.15)
    1. Presentation
      1. Dutton: they are requesting business cards, without personal They will put club information. They are also asking for club reimbursement and compensation for their opening social.
    2. Questions
      1. Burnett: the vinyl banner, is this for marketing purposes?
      2. Bond: will caculators be retained by the club?
      3. Dutton: yes
      4. Johnson: do we own a label maker?
      5. Subotic: no I do not think so.
      6. Oleary: we do have a label maker. If we don’t have one, we can cross that bridge .
      7. Kwon: I have seen label makers in the business I think you can just use them.
    3. Debate
      1. Bond: remove label maker from the list and add a total allocation at the bottom of the bill
      2. Dutton: can someone do the math, I will do both those New total is $925.73.
      3. Oguz: if these calculators are just going to be used for study sessions in the club, we should take the calculators They can download apps or purchase on campus.
      4. Dutton: I will do this, but I need to recalculate the
      5. Johnson: new total is $559.58.
      6. Locke: Can we strike the table cloth?
    4. Vote

a.     20 -- Yes

  1. 0 – No
  2. 0 – abstain
  • AB 46 – Dong, Baking Club at the U of U ($1,436.12)
    1. Presentation
      1. Dong: Baking club creates a tight nit community which gives students hands on opportunities to bake, and bond at the same time. They want to rent the food lab at HPER north, which provides utilities for members to meet and achieve their 30 members per meeting right now. HPER is

 

the only location that can hold a group that large. They do not collect dues to increase accessibility.

b.     RSO:

  1. Questions
    1. Oliver: how are costs calculated?
    2. DONG: these purchases have already been made
    3. Burnett: what is on the menu?
    4. RSO: we have had to meetings so far, out of 7 We did lemon bars, cobbler, sticky buns, etc.
    5. Burke: is this going to be for the semester or the rest of the year?
    6. RSO: These are for the The rental fee for the lab is unavoidable because we need the space and the equipment.
  2. Debate
  3. Voted

a.     Yes -- 19

  1. 0 -- no
  2. Abstain 2
  • AB 47 – Kwon, Tau Beta Pi Alpha ($250.00)
    1. Presentation
      1. Kwon: only asking for small amount for
    2. Questions
      1. Oguz: is this Greek life?
      2. Kwon: this is for honors engineering
      3. Bond: what is the event?
      4. Kwon: they said it was just to introduce the club to
      5. Dong: do we know if this is the total allocation?
      6. Kwon:
      7. Johnson: their bill was a lot higher because they were asking for stuff

they could not fund. They just want to table and get people to join. That’s all I know.

  1. Kwon: they are all new leadership and don’t understand the They still didn’t know what to ask and I wasn’t sure how to help them other than you need to read the rules.
  1. Debate
    1. Maughan: motion to move to a

·       17 – No

  • 3 – yes
  • 2 -- abstain
  • AB 48 – Maughan, Students Interested in Educational Psychology ($153.94)
    1. Presentation
      1. Maughan: second year; used funds to purchase tabling and food; hosted a second event for food and reviews; $153.94
    2. Vote

a.     20 – Yes

  1. 0 -- No
  2. 1 abstain

 

  • AB 49 – Rubio, The Spanish Club ($37.94)
  1. Presentation
    1. Dong: Straight onto consent calendar, under $250. Their total is $98.24. We have not been able to cover it until now.
  • AB 50 – Munot, Sales Club at the University of Utah ($1,500)
  1. Presentation
  2. Questions
    1. Bond: did they say whether these competitions were instate or out of state?
    2. Munot: they are
  • Debate
    1. Bond: we don’t want to set a precedent where clubs can set a precedent where clubs can set a precedent.

ii.         21 – Yes

  • 0 no
  1. 0 abstain
  • AB 51 – Munot, The Hydroponic Club ($210.22)
  1. Striking
  2. New total is46
  • Pulled out of consent
    1. Subotic: pull lightbulbs
  1. Vote

i.         21 -- Yes

  1. 0 – no
  • 0 – abstsain

xl.AB 52 – Rep. Rubio, Persian Student Association ($761.89)

  1. Motion to move to Passes.

i.         18 – No

  1. 0 -- yes
  • 0 – Abstain

xlii.AB 54 – Rep. Rubio, Nepalese Student Association ($1,235.00)

  1. Presentation
    1. Dong: dedicated to promoting nepali culture and are holding a festival no October 22nd meant to feed 70 students. They need funding for catering.

ii.         Motion to move straight to debate.

  • Debate
    1. Oguz: for families and students, does this go into the category of things we cannot fund?
    2. Subotic: You funded Udebate, so precedent suggested
  • Thomas: graduate housing is all families, and we fund
  1. Oleary: our student and immersion utreach board funds things for families and
  2. Johnson: can I ask you to clarify what veto is for people who don’t know what that is?

ii.         Vote

  1. 16 – Yes
  2. 0 – No
  • 5 -- abstain

xliii.AB 55 – Rep. Rubio, Samoan Club ($658.00)

  1. Presentation
    1. Dong: they are requesting reimbursement for their opening social, held at the union recreation game These are specific expenses. Total comes to 478 for room and rental fees. They also paid for pizza and drinks, bringing the total to 658.

 

  1. Debate

i.         21 -- Yes

  1. 0 -- No
  • 0 – No

Consent Calendar: ($136.17)

AB 56 – Rep. Rubio, The Spanish Club ($98.24)

AB 57 – Rep. Rubio, Muslim Student Association ($37.93)

Vote

  • 20 -- Yes
  • 0 -- No
  • 1 -- Abstain

 

AB 58 – Rep. Dong, Business Economics Society ($600.00)

  1. Presentation
    1. Dong: they provide networking opportunities and have already requested funding through business student They host 40 students at each meeting. Their costs have increased this year. They have ordered food for their meetings.
    2. Questions
      1. Cerynar: is this it for the semester?
      2. RSO: we have had unprecedented We will request in the future.
  • Cerynar: wil this be the same amount of money?
  1. RSO: we are working with BSG to figure that
  2. Kotter: Do you have any intention to do fundraisers or look for other sources of funding?

vi.         RSO we are signed up for a fundraiser in October?

  • Debate
    1. Thomas: authors amend to correct RSO
  1. Vote

i.         20 – Yes

  1. 0 – No
  • 1 -- abstain

xlvii. AB 59 – Rep. Crockett, Country Swing at the U

  1. Presentation
    1. Bayard: room rental fee, stickers, and club
    2. Questions
      1. Burnett: what was the amount for stickers?
      2. Bayard: $148
  • Burke: How often is the room rental?
  1. RSO: every week, every My dancers are out right now in the cold. I have been running this in the cold for three months. We have 70 and 100 people every Tuesday, we want to increase this. We need as much funding as we can get to bring it inside. This is our first request, I will be back.
  2. Oleary: how many room rentals does this fund?
  3. RSO: this is three
  • Burnett: as far as room rentals, are there other spaces on campus that you could look into?
  • RSO: we have tried to find a free But the only safe space to dance is here at the Union. This is our safest option. We have people who like to do lifts as well.
  1. Alba: is this all you will pay for for the semester?
  2. RSO: this is our three week rental
  3. Burke: how many stickers is this?

 

  • RSO: as many as we 1000. We had a local artist do both of our stickers for us.
  • Dong; are thre membership dues or alternative ways of funding?
  • RSO: we have alternate ways; two fundraisers The only other way is dues. We do not charge right now.
  1. Dong: when will you charge?
  • RSO: our next fundraiser is We have not planned our next one, but we will base it off of our first one. We already have 500 unofficial members.
  • Debate
    1. Johnson: The ASUU event on the 2nd was Follow them on Instagram.
    2. Cerynar: I do country swing, and this is a community building activity. This is a great place to meet friends and build We should give them the funding with the foresight they have fundraisers.
  • Oleary: this is a great use of Students should have a safe space to dance. It is amazing you have grown on 200 people.
  1. Vote

i.         21 – Yes

  1. 0 – No
  • 0 – Abstain

 

AB 61 – Rep. Bond, ASUU Suggestions Box Joint Legislation ($19,500.00)

  1. Presentation
    1. Oleary: joint piece of legislation sponsored by ECAB and the legislature. The idea for these boxes is to put them in high traffic and visible places on campus. We want to put them in visible, high traffic places on campus. UVU has a successful system in place, as do most schools. We want a more systematic way to collect student feedback and increasing the visibility and representation of This bill passed senate unanimously. The funds will be pulled from the general reserve and from the ECAB budget, not from the assembly contingency fund.
    2. Bond: to touch that money, we need assembly and senate approval. WA, the U has 34,000 students, and 13% of students voting in ASUU elections means most student voices are not being heard; WA, elections at UVU experience much higher student turnout; WA UVU has a much higher student attendance than the University of Utah; WA undergraduate students commute in higher amounts than the U of Utah; WA when compared to a Utah school of a similar size, if not larger, where none reside on campus, the U of Utah falls behind by about 7% with their student government elections; but they have physical student government suggestion boxes. WA UVUSA has physical suggestion boxes they want to add to their campus. They have QR codes on their boxes. They have assignments to their legislative counterparts that are checked once per week; ASUU must increase avenues of student communication with the rest of the school to increase trust with the school; the implementation of suggestion boxes will allow ASUU to address and implement changes according to student will; this will increase trust in student government at the U of Utah. Large campus, means ASUU must increase its presence beyond what its small office Physical tabling can only operate for relatively small windows of time; tabling means we can gather student opinions for longer windows of time; it will be a great asset to the existing data gathering tools. This will allow for easier collaboration with canpus partners. The worst case cost for constructing a box is a waste of $435 per box. The estimated total cost of in-house production for 27 boxes is $11,745. WA the estimated cost for a box at UVU is $400 plus branding, which amounts to over $500. WA the purchase of an identical UVU box would also result in less control over the form and function of the box. The timeline for these boxes and construction is about 8 weeks. The executive cabinet has already pledged $6,000 from the presidential operating budget. TBIE, $13,000 for the implementation and allocation for the construction of ASUU suggestion boxes. The 17 colleges will each have 1 ASUU suggestion box installed in their college. Other boxes will be distributed to increase student interaction. TBIFE, members will be represented on a picture section on these boxes on the box at the college they represent.
  2. Questions
  • Bayard: these are intended to be used in the future? If we are putting up our photos for prospective schools, can we choose what photo to put up?

 

-          oleary: yes, you can choose.

  • how will you hold representatves accountable?
  • Bond: it seemed more pertinent to make the legislation, but we can write redbook amendments if needed.
  • Burnett: locations—if we have one in each of the colleges, where will they go? Knowing the college of fine arts, we have the school of music on one side of campus, we are very spread out. How would you equitably distribute the remaining 10 boxes?
  • Oleary: we have heat maps of where the most high traffic areas are. We will decide where the best places to put them are, but we will let you decide as representatives Everything will be spaced out for the floating boxes—we have 7 locations we are looking at for those. We have extra in case we want to put them in special places for limited time, or locations that have not been built yet. We are in talks about how we are going to weight them internally so people cannot steal them, but we want to be able to adjust as needed.
  • Bond: a poster can be used in place of boxes as
  • Locke: you have a lot of statistics from UVU, but do you have anything on how often they are used? Are people actually making comments? And, I am confused why they are so expensive. Why do they cost so much?
  • Bond: when they were first implemented, they were used a lot. Their suggestion boxes were mistaken for recycling We won’t have that issue. UVU is rewrapping them in vinyl and moving them around, but we can learn from their mistakes.
  • Bond: one of the reasons we used UVU—they have more students than us, and we have a captive They don’t. we have people who live on campus, but they don’t. They are

doing better at engagement even though they do not have people in their community on campus. Us producing these boxes will be cheaper than us buying these boxes.

  • Dong: how will we be aware if students are staying accountable? How are we going to keep track of students who are responding to these, and representatives recognizing they are in charge of these responsibilities?
  • Oleary: we are tacitly agreeing to this as something we want to This is boosting our profile on campus and increasing our engagement on campus. In ECAB, we will be making sure that people check their assigned boxes. I didn’t put redbook into the bill because, by voting for this, we are adding ways to get feedback. By having an easier way or a high profile way of getting feedback, this is another way to do that.
  • Dong: I know we said that representatives are in charge of boxes, but who will be analyzing this data?
  • Bond: amber will be handling the QR Papers might be put into an excel spreadsheet. Without redbook legislation, we are not sure.
  • Oleary: we might keep them in the It is a method of collecting feedback for your college. We should have a way of counting that. Physical paper we can keep in the office.
  • Reese: why not entirely online?
  • Bond: it is to make sure people have Not all people have phones or tech to engage entirely online. Student platforms are easy to ignore. Feedback is often viewed as totally optional. Our only consistent presence is in the office.
  • Reese: will there be clarification on what ECAB does and what legislature does?
  • Oleary: the insertable picture frame is double sided. One side will show reps with contact information and The other side will be executive cabinet. This gives us room to change up what we have. in bright bold lettering, we will have ASUU on the boxes. Anything can be changed if you put your mind to it.
  • Bond: having a lot of student representation is a valuable chip when it comes to bargaining and negotiations. We need student voices.
  • Burke: people have to respond within a week, but if I don’t have enough time to respond, what do we do? How do we make sure everything is responded to?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vote

16 -- Yes

2 -- No

2 -- abstain

  • Oleary: it doesn’t have to be a Regular business time response. We put it in there as a suggestion.
  • Burnett: how big are the boxes?
  • Bond: waste
  • Burnett: is there a way we can minimize the size of the box? Or make some sort of poster?
  • Bond: that would put us back in the territory of We want to be seen and acknowledged. People won’t see it otherwise. Accessibility issues as well.

 

  • Kotter: I would recommend adding into the bill a provision for posters for the satellite campuses in places where we canot get those boxes. There is a satellite campus for st. George, but it is important for a presence for ASUU. This is in the scope now.
  • Foley: that can be passed You can add clauses and sent to reconciliation committee.
  • Munot: I get the idea behind the boxes and it makes sense, but I am not sure how everyone would But QR codes could have pretty much the same effect. Most peple have phones.
  • Kotter: I think that there is a big problem ith people on campus not knowing what ASUU can do for them or even knowing that it exists. We need to do something to get in people’s faces. Use our help.
  • Oleary: totally valid. We are trying to be visible. People are QR coded out. We want to bring ASUU to This is one way of doing that. We want to increase our visibility and make a new system of doing that.
  • Johnson: I understand the concerns, but I honestly think it is well thought out and planned, especially accessibility They thought about everyone being able to see and find it. What if we added braille? Just one suggestion.
  • Bond: I am communicating with a department to put that in a
  • Burnett: as far as visibility and accessibility to students on campus, I recognize that peple are in favor of this, but I am not. If we can allow for tabling at installments of these boxes, this might be more effective—interact with a person instead of a box. Have opportunities throughout the year for students to be represented throughout the year.
  • Reese: I just want to clarify something in the bill—how much is being spent?
  • Bond: if we have money left over, that money will be returned to the presidential operating
  • Oguz: I just want to say, for those who have negative emotions towards this—something that addresses every student is something we should not be stingy about. All of us working in accordance can allow us to have an impact on every campus across Utah.

 

 

X.             Representative Forum

  1. Time for Assembly Representatives to share out with the group regarding any initiatives, programs, or projects of This is a great opportunity to recruit fellow Reps for support.

XI.          Adjournment

  1. Adjournment