January 23, 2024

Meeting Documents

Meeting Minutes

Associated Students of the University of Utah

2023-2024 ASUU Assembly, Cycle 4

General Assembly Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, January 23^rd 6:00-8:00PM

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

1. Roll Call
   1. The Parliamentarian will take and document roll call.

Absent: Cernyar, Altamiranda, Barlow, Bayard, Flores

• 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.”

1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
   1. Time for the Assembly to formally vote to approve the previous General Assembly’s Meeting Minutes as transcribed by the Assembly Secretary.
   2. Cycle 3 dMeeting Minutes

Vote:

Y - 20

N - 0

A - 0

1. 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.
   2. Director of Student Affairs Assessment & Analytics Jake Lemon
   3. Elections AD Brooklyn Brown

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

• 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

• 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. 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.)
  3. Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Director Estorpe
  4. Finance Director Subotic
  5. Academic Affairs Director Carson
  6. Attorney General Ho
  7. Vice President for Student Relations Madsen

1. Old Business
   1. Time updates on any legislation that was introduced during previous sessions.
   2. Legislation Updates

Motion to limit debate and question to five minutes

Passed.

750. AB 163 - Rep. Flores, Triple Board Student Interest Group ($1,750.00)

1. Presentation
2. Dutton: A meeting budget for the whole year and is requesting $1,750.00 in total for the year. I am not sure about the gifts for speakers but we can talk about that.
3. Questions
4. Johnson: Do we know what we are buying for each of those meetings? I think the line items need to be separated.
5. Dutton: I am good to table.
6. Dong: We are either going to fail or pass
7. Reese: I motion to move to a vote
9. Debate
10. Vote:

Y - 0

N - 17

A - 3

524. AB 174 - Rep. Maughan, American Student Dental Association ($4,524.28)

5. Presentation
6. Maughan: The ASDA is hosting a dental student prom for dental students, previously they requested for the entire event, but they have found alternative funding. This will reduce the funding they are asking for from ASUU. They are asking for catering, food items, and a reservation fee.
7. ASDA: Many of the students have families and children so we are trying to keep the price as low as possible.
8. Questions
9. Debate
10. Vote:

Y - 20

N - 0

A – 0

1. New Business
   1. Time to introduce all new legislation to the Assembly floor.
   2. Total ($39,226.83)
   3. Consent Calendar ($9488.59)
      173. AB 200 - Rep. Bond, Scientific Computing Student Club ($173.15)
      174. AB 177 - Rep. Burke, The Hydroponics Club ($270.06)

• AB 178 - Rep. Burke, Vietnamese American Student Association ($242.75)

241. AB 179 - Rep. Dong, Food For Meak00 ($241.10)
242. AB 180 - Rep. Dutton, Institute of Transportation Engineers Student Chapter ($117.00)
243. AB 181 - Rep. Flores, Financial Planning Association Student Council ($100.00)

• AB 182 - Rep. Flores, Urology Interest Group ($137.45)
• AB 183 - Rep. Johnson, Invisible ($51.94)

32. AB 184 - Rep. Joseph, Bowling Club ($32.43)
33. AB 185 - Rep. Joseph, Crimson Gaming ($526.61)
34. AB 186 - Rep. Joseph, Dungeons and Dragons ($602.50)

• AB 187 - Rep. Joseph, Marketing & Data Analytics Club ($60.51)
• AB 190 - Rep. Kotter, Red Cross Club ($112.00)
• AB 191 - Rep. Locke, HOSA ($512.70)

119. AB 192 - Rep. Maughan, American Marketing Association ($119.50)

• AB 193 - Rep. Maughan, Emergency Medicine Interest Group ($400.00)
• AB 194 - Rep. Oguz, American Physician Scientists Association ($364.50)
• AB 195 - Rep. Thomas, AASA ($109.07)
• AB 196 - Rep. Burnett, Samoan Club ($828.00)

931. AB 197 - Rep. Dong, Capstone Mentorship Club ($931.65)

• AB 198 - Rep. Reese, The U Marksmanship Club ($985.00)
• AB 208 - Rep. Thomas, Women's Outdoor Leadership Initiative ($977.46)
• AB 209 - Rep. Chicas, Pinoy-American United Student Organization ($520.00)
• AB 210 - Rep. Chicas, Society of Women Engineers ($450.00)
• AB 211 - Rep. Chicas, The Spanish Club ($87.34)
• AB 212 - Rep. Soult Women's Law Caucus ($529.98)
• AB 213 - Rep. Crockett, Army ROTC ($984.00)

Vote:

Y - 20

N - 0

A - 0

810. Bills ($27,810.00)
     985. AB 176 - Rep. Burke, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers Publishing Club ($1,985.00)
811. Presentation
812. RSO: We are hosting a series of lectures and are trying to find authors to come and talk to the club. The character art has a purpose for tabling, so this is a marketing tactic to attract people to our table. This artwork is something we want to belong to the club long term. This way we have something to present at events. It is a one time cost.
813. Questions
814. Burnett: What are the character drawings?
815. RSO: It’s artwork from our officers' books. So, it comes from our own books and is stuff to draw the eyer. The artist that we found that does these things charge significantly higher than what they are charging us.
816. Brown: How many curious do you have?
817. RSO: Twelve
818. Debate
819. Bond: I think it’s important to fund this because self publishing is something to support.
820. Burnett: I think this would be great to promote art and I can get you connected with artists to fund more drawings.
821. Vote

Y - 20

N - 0

A – 0

3475. AB 199 - Rep. Alba, Impact Campus Ministries ($3475.00)

13. Presentation
14. Alba: This is a club that has lasted for ten years now and they are asking for parking, canopy, and marketing materials.
15. RSO: We do the international event every Wednesday. This is our first time asking for funding, but we have been doing this for six years.
16. Questions
17. Bond: Can we pay for parking?
18. Subotic: Yes.
19. Locke: Was the parking at the union?
20. RSO: Yes, we needed to park so we can set up. To provide the supplies for the event, we need to pay for parking as we are here from 10–1 pm.
21. Burnett: The supplies for weekly tabling do you have one table you keep all the supplies?
22. RSO: We have the table we just need something to store the stuff in.
23. Johnson: Is the canopy personalized to your org?
24. RSO: We did look at renting, but that’s a longer process, so it would be better to buy one.
25. Debate
26. Vote:

Y – 20

N – 0

A – 0

• AB 189 - Rep. Kotter, College Republicans at the University of Utah ($736.24)
  1. Presentation

1. RSO: We host events with republicans to introduce students to leaders and get them some political experience.
   2. Questions
2. Burnett: Are there any parameters for the table that wouldn’t be available from the Union or ASUU?
3. Kotter: My understanding is to have the table for years to come
4. Locke: Does it have the RSO logo on the banner?
5. RSO: Yes
6. Buss: How many people are in this club?
7. RSO: 150
   3. Debate
8. Burnett: We should fund this to increase civic engagement
9. Dutton: This group does a lot of good work and should be funded
   4. Vote
      1. Y - 15
      2. N - 1
      3. A - 3

979. AB 201 - Rep. Buss, Persian Student Association ($2,979.99)

27. Presentation
28. Buss: This club holds Persian events to promote their culture and provide a space for Persian students. Attended by over 100 students. Refer to whereas clauses.
29. Questions
30. Locke: How many people ended up coming?
31. RSO: Most people came to the event and 120 people registered. 130 came. Back to school party 80 people came.
32. Debate
33. Vote

Y - 19

N – 0

A – 0

999. AB 202 - Rep. Flores, Formula SAE ($999.00)

31. Presentation
32. Dutton: Refer to whereas clauses.
33. Questions
34. Oguz: I think we have cut this bill before for liability, has anything changed?
35. Bond: I think it was cut also because of the tires because tire shops will donate tires for stuff like this.
36. Johnson: There is some leeway here because they can’t come to us and tell us that we funded them so they can’t sue us.
37. Debate
38. Johnson: I move to strike the hats
39. Dutton: I will strike that
40. Kotter: Are tires allowed?
41. Subotic: It is just a liability honestly
42. Bond: Tire shops will donate stuff like that
43. Oguz: Would you strike the tires, fireproof helmet and suit?
44. Dutton: I agree it is a liability, therefore I will strike that all.
45. Kotter: It comes out to $1,364.00
46. Burnett: I think we can help them by providing other opportunities for them to get funding for these things, like tire shops that will sponsor them
47. Buss: Would the suit count as equipment?
48. Subotic: Yes
49. Dutton: Does the seatbelt count?
50. Subotic: It’s complicated but maybe
51. Dutton: I will strike that down to $999.
52. Vote

Y - 20

N - 0

A - 0

80. AB 203 - Rep. Johnson, University Student Apartments Residence Association ($1,080.12)

35. Presentation
36. Johnson: Refer to whereas clauses
37. Questions
38. Debate
39. Kotter: I went to this event with my two year old daughter, it was fun and we need to be funding them so we can do stuff like that in the future.
40. Vote

Y – 20

N – 0

A – 0

• AB 204 - Rep. Joseph, Men's Rugby ($3,300.00)

39. Presentation
40. Joseph: They have practices all throughout the U and need an indoor space during the winter. They are requesting a rental fee for the Spencer Eccles Field House.
41. Questions
42. Locke: As a club sport do they receive sponsorship from outside of the club?
43. RSO: We collect sponsorships, and we collect marketing, so they take care of our games. But we have a lot of fees.
44. Joseph: We tend to push aside sports teams but a lot of times it helps students with scholarships and we should support them. At this time they do need ASUUs help.
45. Debate
46. Bond: I think we should fund this
47. Johnson: This was one of the only RSOs that came to our mingle, so we should appreciate that.
48. Vote

Y - 20

N - 0

A - 0

• AB 205 - Rep. Locke, SKY Campus at the University of Utah ($3,900.00)

43. Presentation
44. Locke: The sky campus club hosts a lot of wellness sessions. ASUU has funded some of their retreats in the past. It will come out to $3,900 events total. We don’t know the exact food yet, but they provided examples. The retreat cost is there because they have someone coming to speak.
45. RSO: This club is associated with International Association of Human Affairs across the United States. Someone who has trained more than 100 hours will come in to teach meditation and they charge $145. We have gotten funding from ASUU before.
46. Questions
47. Debate
48. Crockett: I think something like this is great for students and can be beneficial.
49. Vote

Y - 19

N – 0

A – 0

1. AB 206 - Rep. Reese, Men's Water Polo ($4,000.00)

47. Presentation
48. Reese: We have already cut as much as we need to cut. Refer to whereas clauses. Over 50 people attended this event and both the men's and women's teams attended this event. They need about $4,000 more dollars, are super responsive and if we don’t fund this event they’re going to have to take out a loan.
49. Questions
50. Debate
51. Crockett: Noah has put a lot of time into this bill to get it passed and we need to consider that
52. Kotter: Does the phrase for the speaker communicate that we are paying someone's salary?
53. Subotic: No
54. Burke: The total allocation needs to be added to the end and change the line item to $4000 for clarity
55. Johnson: I feel good about this because there are a number of things we asked for, Noah and the club are admirable for the changes they made.
56. Vote

Y - 20

N - 0

A – 0

1. AB 207 - Rep. Kwon, Finance Club ($4,000.00)

51. Presentation
52. Kwon: They have sent in a request before and it was denied so we worked on it and they came back.
53. RSO: We are holding a conference to have industry professionals come in and talk to people, it allows students to network and it places U students at the industries.
54. Kwon: This would be $20 per person, the portfolios will be roughly 200 portfolios at 6$ a piece.
55. Questions
56. Burnett: What are notepad portfolios? Nevermind.
57. Oguz: Is this a free event or do they pay to go to it?
58. RSO: Students pay to go to this event but we are trying to lower the price
59. Dong: The current fee is $25, how much will assembly funding lower that and will the remaining revenue be kept by the RSO?
60. RSO: It would bring the cost down about three to five dollars per person.
61. Dong: Would the extra revenue be kept by the RSO and where would it go?
62. RSO: We would refund the students that paid the original $25.
63. Debate
64. Madsen: This is a way to network and get our students in the door of these prestigious rooms.
65. Bond: We funded things before based on developing someone's career. We should fund it.
66. Vote

Y – 20

N – 0

A – 0

407. Supermajority ($407.00)
     407. AB 188 - Rep. Kotter, Alternative Breaks ($407.00)
408. Presentation
409. Kotter: This bill is just for stickers and we have funded them before.
410. RSO: We are looking to get stickers to improve our marketing materials for orientation and tabling.
411. Questions
412. Oguz: Is there any funding coming from the Bennion Center?
413. RSO: Yes, but we are largely student funded and last year we received request for $19,000 in scholarships and we weren’t able to meet that.
414. Debate
415. Johnson: We should fund this because it does so much and my legislation was prompted off of my alternative break.
416. Vote

Y – 19

N - 1

A – 0

1. Legislation
   1. JB 04 - A Bill to Adjust Compensation for the Members of the ASUU Supreme Court
2. Presentation
   150. Thomas: the previous supreme court justice had approached and talked about inequities in the court—currently paid $100 and chief paid $150. What is a realistic change in compensation?
   151. Refer to bill for specifics.
        1. Bill aims to bring the compensation in line with the obligations expected of them, as well in line with the other branches of ASUU. Supreme court currently holds jurisdiction over cases involving ASUU Redbook. The court as outlined in the constitution consists of one chief justice and six associate justices, who serve as long as they are in good standing with ASUU. They have the lowest compensation levels of any member in ASUU. This is leading to inequities between members of the government. The court requires training and expertise in ASUU. Knowledge of the judicial process. The supreme court justice is a primary court of contact and is a liaison between the director of the elections board and fulfills a multitude of other roles and involvement in various activities, not adequately compensated.
        2. Engage with various campus offices. Maintain office presence. Compensation change will begin in the 2024-2025 academic year. Adjust to $800 for chief and $500 for associate justices.

• People historically do not believe they were paid enough to show up for their obligations. Pay will motivate them to do so.

60. Questions
    1. Bond: how long did it take to find a supreme court justice?
    2. Dong: a lot of them are nontraditioal students nad we had a hard time finding available students.
    3. Thomas: I will note the previous vice president helped with this. He is noted as a redbook enthusiast.
61. Debate
    1. Bond: I have known mitch for a year. He has been talking about this for a long time. We need to approve this bill.
    2. Buss: I agree. This is important – with the amount of duties they have, it is not enough.
    3. Burnett: motion to fix spelling in the third to last clause.
    4. Thomas: yes
    5. Kotter: In your opinion as presidency, would this be too much work for next year’s presidency to accommodate extra payments?
    6. Jack: should not be an issue.
    7. Sault: as someone who knows no one in the court, I could not do the job for a $100. I would not want to do that position.
62. Vote

Y - 20

N - 0

A - 0

1. JB 05 - Legislation to Amend Redbook Article III, Section 1, Line 1

63. Presentation
64. Maughan: refer to bill specifics
65. Questions
66. Bond: How many assembly reps are in the honors college?
67. Burnett: Are there any RSOs for the honors college?
68. Maughan: There’s HSAC
69. Locke: HSAC is like a student government but for the honors college, so a college student council and they are able to do their own legislation
70. Maughan: This would allow a specific person to write legislation on behalf of the honors college
71. Kotter: Would this allow a graduate representative?
72. Maughan: Yes potentially
73. Bond: What does this mean for double majors?
74. Ethan: A person is only allowed to run and vote for one college
75. Bond: Would this make all honors students double or triple major for the purpose of voting?
76. Maughan: It wouldn’t be a bad thing, if anything it would allow more legislation
77. O’leary: Is HSAC an RSO?
78. Subotic: It’s not an ASUU org at all
79. Johnson: We are adding seats not taking away seats? Have you calculated compensation into that?
80. Maughan: No, we are also not adjusting compensation in Redbook
81. Subotic: One concern we had was in Redbook we would have to double the seats, so there would have to be two seats
82. Dong: Some colleges have only one seat
83. Reese: Would this open the bill to allow for student athletes to be a college?
84. Maughan: It would have to go through Attorney General
85. Debate
86. Burnett: I am in favor of this bill because the fine arts RSOs can’t get funding from ASUU because of the college. This just increases the amount of students that can be represented.
87. Maughan: It is benefiting students, the honors college is growing and continues to expand so we want to capitalize on this momentum through ASUU.
88. AG: Every college automatically has one and is apportioned, so this will be hard because they are pulling from the whole university
89. Thomas: The honors college is exclusive and it could artificially increase representation. The honors college also has their own funding and sends students to conferences. There are a lot of people in ASUU that are also honors
90. Maughan: A lot of honors students are minority students, so that should be noted. We don’t want to be exclusive. Honors ASUU students aren’t doing anything for the honors college unfortunately
91. Oguz: As being a student in the honors college we have our own requirements, so I think this is good because this will be someone who isn’t focused on their own specific college
92. O’leary: Every college is exclusive based on requirements. Apportionment should also be worked out because the honors college has no majors and is not a traditional college, so we would be pulling from the entire student body. I would encourage to think of it as a differently structured entity.
93. Motion to extend debate. Passed.
94. Johnson: My first concern is how we go about it. A lot of you are honors students but sometimes your focus can get swayed and you’d count as just another person for your own college. You can balance both. This may also open the door for the Bennion Center to join and when does that stop? There are so many problems I can see coming from this, so I think we should table this and do more research on how this would affect other departments and ASUU.
95. Buss: As a pharmacy student, the honors college doesn’t include grad students and it’s only for undergrad. I haven’t heard about any honors representation up until this point.
96. Locke: Motion to extend debate indefinitely
97. Dong: The speakers list will remain open for one more minute
98. Burnett: I have changed my opinion a bit because the honors college has a representation from here, so the honors college should work with the presidency
99. Bond: I have a friendly amendment to remove certain whereas clauses. There is also the option of having an ex-officio seat.
100. Maughan: I will friendly amend to change haven’t been accurately represented. I will leave the others. I will amend the other one for a small word change
101. Dong: Please remain respectful
102. Crockett: It is important to realize there are quite a lot of honors students here. It is important to hear from students who are interacted with the students
103. Kotter: I will get into the technicalities of Redbook. Apportionment is written in stone because students in other colleges. There are three or four colleges for grad students that don’t have accurate representation. That door needs to be opened for grad students. Honors students have a unique perspective.
104. Dutton: What about the idea of having a non-voting member?
105. Maughan: I have thought about it, but it doesn’t bring the same value. We are here to represent our campus community.
106. Thomas: I work with the dean of humanities for both my major and honors. That’s done behind the scenes because I already have those relationships so I don’t need to do legislation
107. Reese: The honors college represents the largest group on campus so it doesn't seem fair to not give them a voice
108. Maughan: I have a lot of responses to all of these concerns, I look forward to discussing
109. Subotic: The University policy doesn’t acknowledge this as a real college, so yes in Redbook it should be, but according to the University it’s compared to the LEAP program
110. O’leary: Grad students are represented in here, but we could do better. The idea of representation has always existed and will always be there. You should vote yes based on if this is fair. You cannot be enrolled in the honors college if are not enrolled in a different college
111. Vote

Y - 9

N - 10

A – 0

• JR 04 - Support of Disability Awareness on Campus

67. Presentation
68. Johnson: Refer to whereas clauses
69. Questions
70. Debate
71. Burke: I think this is awesome and we have to do it
72. Chicas: I work at the union and it is a struggle to see how many of the entrances that allow for wheelchairs aren’t shoveled
73. Vote

Y - 20

N - 0

A - 0

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

• Adjournment