February 20, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

Associated Students of the University of Utah

2023-2024 ASUU Assembly, Cycle #5

General Assembly Meeting Minutes

2.20.2024 & Time

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

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

Absent: Flores, Soult, Parra, Buss, Chicas, Crockett, Reese, Joseph

Land Acknowledgement
1. “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.”

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 4 Meeting Minutes
3. Vote: 19 aye, 0 no

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.

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. Secretary Thomas
10. 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

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

New Business
1. Consent Calendar
  1. AB 214 - Rep. Dong, The Hydroponics Club ($205.16)
  2. AB 215 - Rep. Kwon, Yoga Of Stressed Out Law Students ($350.00)

AB 216 - Rep. Bayard, Kappa Psi ($245.00)

AB 217 - Rep. Joseph, Crimson Gaming ($225.00)
AB 218 - Rep. Joseph, Marketing & Data Analytics Club ($30.98)
AB 219 - Rep. Joseph, Men's Ultimate ($450.00)

AB 220 - Rep. Crockett, Volleyball Club ($749.28)
AB 221 - Rep. Kotter, Graduate Students Public Health Group ($267.47)

AB 222 - Rep. Alba, Enviro Club ($14.99)
AB 223 - Rep. Johnson, Invisible ($100.00)
AB 224 - Rep. Maughan, Biomedical Engineering Society ($61.39)

AB 225 - Rep. Barlow, Medical Laboratory Science Professionals Club ($600.00)
AB 226 - Rep. Barlow, Ophthalmology Interest Group ($985.00)
AB 227 - Rep. Altamiranda, Software Development Club ($86.71)

AB 228 - Rep. Altamiranda, Orthodontics Club ($180.00)

AB 229 - Rep. Altamiranda, American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists ($417.12)
AB 230 - Rep. Altamiranda, Accounting Club ($680.00)
AB 231 - Rep. Dutton, Infectious Diseases Interest Group ($69.29)
AB 232 - Rep. Flores, Triple Board Interest Group ($950.62)

AB 233 - Rep. Cernyar, Public Interest Law Organization ($531.78)

AB 234 - Rep. Bond, Japanese Cultural Association ($76.02)
AB 235 - Rep. Bond, Model United Nations ($184.64)
AB 236 - Rep. Parra, Japanese American Student Association ($186.96)
AB 237 - Rep. Burke, Arab Student Association ($395.00)
AB 238 - Rep. Burke, Black Graduate Student Association ($724.00)
AB 239 - Rep. Burke, Bangladeshi Student Association ($938.97
AB 240 - Rep. Burke, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers Publishing Club ($755.00)
AB 241 - Rep. Thomas, AASA ($292.91)
AB 242 - Rep. Thomas, Ratio Christi at the University of Utah ($87.96)
AB 243 - Rep. Chicas, Spanish Club ($203.69)
AB 244 - Rep. Burnett, Pakistan Student Association ($590.00)
AB 245 - Samoan Club, Rep. Burnett ($800.00)

Vote
19 – Y
0 - N
1. Bills
  1. AB 246 - Rep. Reese, University Chess Club ($1,020.00)
2. Presentation
3. Kwon: refer to whereas clauses
4. Question
5. Burnett: Are there amount of cars going to the event?
6. Kwon: I’m not sure
7. Cernyar: Can we fund trophies? No. Okay
8. Kotter: Can we fund gas?
9. Subotic: We have not in the past and don’t plan to
10. Cernyar: Motion to strike the $200 in trophies and $50 of gas
11. Kwon: Will change $50 of gas
12. Debate
13. Locke: I was looking on amazon for cheaper score sheets and is there a reason this shouldn’t be cut
14. Bond: Sometimes you have to do it through a specific vendor
15. Kotter: It says it’s to support the UCF with the scoresheets
16. Johnson: We have struck personalized trophies in the past, so if we know they aren’t then it’s fine
17. Burnett: How much funding has been allocated this cycle?
18. Johnson: $51,800 is left in the total budget
19. Burnett: How much more do we have to see this cycle?
20. Johnson: We have over $30,000 to see this cycle still
21. Vote
22. 11 – Y
23. 7 – N
24. 1 - A
  1. AB 247 - Rep. Reese, U Marksmanship ($3,009.73)
25. Presentation
26. Kwon: refer to whereas clauses
27. Question
28. Cernyar: Can we fund taxes? No. Okay.
29. Debate
30. Thomas: I motion to amend to get rid of the gun attachments, and taxes because we cannot fund these
31. Kwon: I will amend
32. Locke: I motion to amend to only fund the jerseys
33. Johnson: So everyone feels better I talked to SLI staff to get clarification on this
34. Vote
35. 12 – Y
36. 6 – N
37. 0 - A
  - AB 248 - Rep. Bayard, Military Affiliated Students at the U ($2,000.00)
38. Presentation
39. Bayard: refer to whereas clauses
40. Thomas: It is usually for a banquet for everyone in the program and their families
41. Question
42. Debate
43. Dutton: Can we see this later?
44. Bayard: Yes.
45. Vote
46. 0 – Y
47. 19 – N
48. 0 - A
  1. AB 249 - Rep. Joseph, Trail Club ($1,050.00)
49. Presentation
50. Kwon: refer to whereas clauses
51. Question
52. Debate
53. Vote
54. 20 – Y
55. 0 – N
56. 0 – A

AB 250 - Rep. Kotter, WE WILL ($2,280.00)

Presentation
Kotter: refer to whereas clauses
Question
Maughan: Have they looked into any alternative sources of funding? Also, are they sponsored?
Kotter: No, they are also an RSO
Debate
Vote
16 – Y
1 – N
2 – A

AB 251 - Rep. Dong, Business Economics Society ($2,285.74)

Presentation
Dong: This funding request is for food for the entire semester and covers several signs for advertising
Question
Debate
Vote
20 – Y
0 – N
0 – A

AB 252 - Rep. Oguz, Graduate Women in Biomedical Engineering ($2,800.00)

Presentation
Refer to whereas clauses
RSO: This event helps us create a community and people feel more comfortable living in Utah. We need to provide more coaches because there are such a diverse group of bikers that come. The absolute minimum we can do this is for is $2,500 and that includes participants paying some of the cost.
Question
Cernyar: Do people have to register?
RSO: yes, they have to do a formal registration process
Maughan: How much are they paying?
RSO: that depends on how much help we get
Johnson: How will cutting the bill affect the students?
RSO: Depending on the cuts it will affect how many coaches they are able to have
Bond: What would a worst case scenario look like?
RSO: I haven’t ran the math because we don’t have an official list, but if it is going to cost too much then we don’t want to have it.
Burnett: When is the date of the event?
RSO: April 18^th
Debate
Bond: The college of engineering cannot get funds for grad students, and it is hard to get engineers involved on campus. Any event getting funding for grad students and engineering students is a necessary option. College of engineering is one of the most expensive colleges funding students all the way through their degree.
Burke: I agree we should fund this event, but for cost we should amend the bill to 2,500$ and cut $300
Oguz: We are not going to take amendment
Cernyar: This is such a hard field to be in and they should receive all the funding they are asking for
Vote
19 – Y
0 – N

AB 253 - Rep Johnson, Country Swing ($1,820.00)

Presentation
Johnson: refer to whereas clauses
Question
Cernyar: Going forward in the future do you have any plans to charge a low amount so you don’t have to come back to us?
Johnson: If they charge we can’t fund them and we do want them to stay free for people to attend. They have 500 plus people attending some of these events
O’Leary: You are allowed to charge to makeup for losses
Debate
Vote
19 – Y
0 – N
0 - A
1. AB 254 - Rep. Burke, VASA ($1,676.56)
Presentation
RSO: We hosted an event with AASA and APISA
Question
Locke: Did the other clubs requesting funding for this?
Thomas: Yes, they always do because a lot of people come to these events
Debate
Vote
20 – Y
0 – N
0 - A
1. AB 255 - Rep. Thomas, Resonate Church ($1,500.00)
  1. Presentation
    1. Thomas: 20 active members; bill is for them to rent a space in the PHC every sunday that way students can come to their meetings. Attending a service on campus, so on campus students do not have to go into SLC to go to church. $100 for 15 days over the semester /
  2. Questions
    1. Burnett: is the church sponsored by an organization or a church in downtown salt lake? Is this a satellite location of their services?
    2. Thomas: yes
    3. Kotter: how does the club structure differ from the salt lake location? Do they receive funding from the main location in salt lake? DO they have a source of funding besides ASUU?
    4. Thomas: for their events they do. They get funding for everything else, all they are requesting funding for is their meeting space. THey do not have this money all the time.
    5. Cerynar: have they looked at hceaper spaces in northern campus? I know people use chapel glen.and I’m wondering if this is the only space they can use
    6. Thomas: it is one of the bigger spaces. Intervarsity uses it before they moved to lower campus. It is the cheapest option for how big the room is.
    7. Burke: what is the church and what is its affilitaiton with students?
    8. Thomas: it is an RSO. Just a religious organization. The person in charge is a pastor. It is just an on campus sect.
    9. Burke: why should students fund this?
    10. Thomas: it is considered an RSO; it is kind of weird and sort of like an umbrella organization.
    11. Locke: they are kind of one of those organization where there is a big national organization but each college has a specific chapter of it. There is a salt lake “village.”
  3. Debate
  4. Vote
    1. Yes – 14
    2. No – 4
    3. Abstain -- 1
  5. AB 256 - Rep. Chicas, Nepalese Student Association ($1,267.50)
2. Presentation
3. Chicas: refer to whereas clauses
4. Question
5. Maughan: Why these places, is there a cheaper alternative?
6. Chicas: They always go to these places because it is authentic
7. Burke: It is about $3.00 a person
8. Debate
9. Vote
10. 19 – Y
11. 0 – N
12. 0 – A
  - AB 257 - Rep. Burnett, Minority Law Caucus ($2,700.00)
13. Presentation
14. Burnett: refer to whereas clauses
15. Question
16. Dutton: do you know how many people will be in attendance?
17. Burnett: 150
18. Alba: Is the 150 person an estimate or did they RSVP?
19. Burnett: That is the expected amount of guest they have had over the years
20. Debate
21. Vote
22. 19 – Y
23. 0 – N
24. 0 – A

AB 262 - Rep. Soult, National Speech and Hearing Language Association ($3,555)

Presentation
Burnett: refer to whereas clauses
Question
Thomas: Will the graduation cords be used again or are they for the specific people?
Burnett: It doesn’t say they will be reused
Johnson: We have cut them in the past
Debate
Locke: I motion to amend to cut the graduation cords and t-shirts
Burnett: I will accept that amendment
Vote
19 – Y
0 – N
0 – A

Supermajority
1. AB 258 - Rep Bayard, Ballroom Dance Company ($4,905.00)
Presentation
Bayard: refer to whereas clauses
Question
Burnett: What have they requested for in the past? Like how many months?
Bayard: I don’t know right now
Dutton: How many people are in this club, roughly 16?
Bayard: It says 25 on campus connect
Debate
Cernyar: Country swing does more with less money and so it seems they aren’t finding the cheapest option
Locke: I don’t think we should pass this bill
Kotter: Did it include the coach last time they requested?
Bond: It says it’s for just the room rental last time, so I would like to amend it to fund what they requested last time
Locke: I would say we either pass or fail it
Vote
0 – Y
19 – N
0 – A
1. AB 259 - Rep. Johnson, Dart Dynasty ($2,547.60)
Presentation
Johnson: refer to whereas clauses
Question
O’Leary: Is this a professional club for nerf?
RSO: No, this is a hobby and it is a hobby that is growing, we were all kids once
Dutton: This is awesome. These inflatable barriers sound expensive and there are only six people on the roster?
Johnson: yes according to campus connect
RSO: We have about 16 to 18, there are typically 25 people at our events. There are other options but our VP wants these barriers.
Bond: How much would it cost to fund the same amount of barriers but the cheaper option?
RSO: About a thousand dollars
Burnett: What kind of plans does the club have going forward for marketing and outreach?
RSO: Some of this is dependent on this bill being funded. We aren’t going to put up a couple grand to pay for these barriers.
Thomas: Motion for limiting questioning and debate to five minutes. Passed
Thomas: Why would the expensive ones benefit your club more?
Johnson: Accessibility concerns with tables and chairs
RSO: We don’t want to keep coming back, we want them to last
Kotter: What is the price difference for printers at the library and filament
Dutton: point of information, printers are free but you have to pay for filament
Alba: The library also has filament for 5 cents
Debate
Bond: I would like to make an amendment to fund the pvc barriers and save money to allocate to other clubs
Johnson: We will accept the amendment
Burnett: We should provide a portion of the price for the barriers
Kotter: This is a worthy cause and it ought to be funded, so we should keep it under $4,000 still
Johnson: We are going to stay with the pvc barriers
O’Leary: This is for the finance board, do we technically own this equipment
Burnett: Motion to extend debate for three minutes. Seconded.
Dong: I motion to lower the amount of filament down
Burnett: The inflatable barriers don’t have a negotiable price reduction, so I would recommend that the barriers be offered to other clubs for other purposes to promote campus connection and community
Johnson: The 3D printing materials includes other pieces, items that can’t be printed. So we are going to say no to that amendment. For the other club part we would have to find storage space for these and I don’t think we have the room
O’Leary: I have no opinion on whether we retain it or not
Vote
13 – Y
6 – N
0 – A

AB 260 - Rep. Buss, Persian Student Association ($4,578.73)

Presentation
Burnett: refer to whereas clauses
Question
Bond: Where is the 150 students and meals coming from?
RSO: We have over 100 people that come to our events
Locke: This sounds like a great event. The cost for the decorative items seems high, where do they come from?
RSO: They are coming from amazon, we are going to use decor from previous events and just wanted some new ones
Johnson: How much money would have they gotten before?
RSO: Over $2,000
Debate
Vote
18 – Y
0 – N
1 - A

AB 261 - Rep. Soult, Women's Water Polo ($8,269.75)

Presentation
Burnett: refer to whereas clauses
Question
Johnson: Where is this?
Cernyar: San Diego
Bond: Can we fund the registration fee?
Subotic: No
Debate
Cernyar: I would amend to strike the fee
Johnson: I motion to amend the bill to strike the travel lines
Burnett: accepted
Vote
19 – Y
0 – N
0 – A
1. Legislation
  1. JB 06 - Rep. Oguz, Rep. Locke - CEB Funding
2. Presentation
3. O’Leary: refer to whereas clause
4. Question
5. Subotic: What happened for CEB to lose their funding?
6. O’Leary: The first two things to get funded is concerts, then speakers, and then everything else to the directors choice and is spread across the rest of CEB. Overspending did occur and we were down $30,000
7. Johnson: Is it true that the general reserve is full?
8. Subotic: No, it’s at about 180,000$
9. Bayard: If assembly was going to request money then how would this affect it?
10. O’Leary: Assembly would still be able to request the money that they need
11. Burnett: What happens to the rest of the money in general reserve?
12. Subotic: It rolls over to the following year, I don’t believe this money has been fully spent in about 6 years
13. Bond: Does this money roll over into CEB or where?
14. Subotic and O’Leary: It rolls over into CEB
15. Debate
16. Johnson: This money can be used by the presidency next year so we should cut it down to keep it in the power of the students
17. O’Leary: The money rolls over into General Reserve, so if more is taken then it has to be filled up again by the President and then they have less in their operating budget
18. Vote
19. 18 – Y
20. 0 – N
21. 0 – A
  1. JB 05 - Legislation to Create Honors College Representation Within the ASUU Legislative Branch
22. Presentation
23. Maughan: Refer to whereas clauses
24. Question
25. Cernyar: So are they in two colleges then?
26. Maughan: It is similar to how double majors work yes.
27. Debate
28. Bond: I cannot support this bill is, I think you should include other areas that can be considered as colleges. Rather than doing multiple bills we should do just one bill. Also apportionment should be considered in this bill and how this is going to affect assembly.
29. Maughan: This would not be fair to graduate students because it does not encompass them, but it allows them to open the doors to other colleges. It was also a priority in the presidential debate, so why wait
30. Locke: This should be considered for what it is now not anything else
31. O’Leary: There should be some clarification on whether or not this would allow a graduate representative, so I will ask the AG
32. Johnson: How will this affect the elections?
33. Bond: It would just be appointed
34. Cernyar: Do we need anymore representation for honors?
35. Maughan: This could open the door to other colleges like graduate students to come and ask for representation. This would also allow for extra representation and help with freshman honors students. It would designate a specific person to advocate for honors students needs.
36. Kotter: There is work being done to fight for the graduate school to be involved in ASUU. There are other efforts being made and a lot of restructuring that should be done because it would allow for graduate students to be properly represented.
37. Burnett: I think this could allow for minority groups to be a part of the conversation and have a seat at the table.
38. Bond: I will support this bill based on new information.
39. O’Leary: This doesn’t directly affect RSOs and how they are able to be a part of ASUU. I would caution those who make those decisions
40. Vote
41. 13 – Y
42. 3 – N
43. 1 – A
  - JB 07 - Rep Johnson. QR Code Sign Funding
44. Presentation
45. Johnson: refer to whereas clauses
46. Question
47. Locke: I motion to limit each speaker to thirty seconds. Seconded
48. Debate
49. Vote
50. 16 – Y
51. 0 – N
52. 0 – A
  1. JB 08 - Rep. Johnson, Confirmation Redbook Change
53. Presentation
54. Johnson: refer to whereas clauses
55. Question
56. O’Leary: How would this bill work? After inauguration would new confirmations go through this committee or would it go through the original cycle?
57. Cernyar: there is a grammatical error
58. Debate
59. Burnett: I motion to change the line to correct the grammatical error
60. Vote
61. 16 – Y
62. 0 – N
63. 0 – A

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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