Attendance: Robert Guicheteau, Donald Gribbons, Hesham Badissy, Paige Jones, Sebastiano Trinh, Brendan Hale, Natalie Rehberger, Jasmine Purcell, Jonathan Gottlieb, Stefan Bach, Faurest Nelson Wicks, Douglas Ridely, Alani Akins-Smith
Absent: Tyler Langenbrunner, Ryan Bersentes, Andres Txai Villacorta,Lawrence Novak, Courtney Kindell, Ryan Morikawa, Drew Hawely
Public Comment:
4 different students came into the GSU this week to talk about the recent amendment to the Election and Voting Policy of the GSU.
This amendment states:
“3.6 All voluntary and optional fees that are brought up in front of the Geoduck Student Union to be put on the ballot for a vote must be opt-in fees. No optional fee can be put on the ballot that is not an opt-out fee. If a petition is proposed to the Geoduck Student Union with an opt-out fee it will be rejected until it’s been changed to an opt-in fee. For amendment to be overturned, Geoduck Student Union representatives must vote with a 2/3 majority in favor of discarding the amendment.”
Students expressed their concerns about what this amendment could do for future students and how it could negatively impact organizations trying to receive funding. One student spoke about bringing a petition to the GSU, having the students vote on whether or not this amendment should be final. The GSU had tabled this discussion for next week and encouraged students to come next week to talk about it further.
Lobby Day:
Lobby Day is coming up Monday February 18, 2013. The GSU is making a giant push to advertise and have student involvement at the capital this coming president’s day.
Action Items for Lobby Day:
- Make Fliers – Faurest and Tyler
- Set up tabling Schedule
- Door to Door Scheduling
- Build Props
- TV Ads
- Word of Mouth
Lobby Day Details
- Meet at Rachel Carrie Mural at 9:00am
- Advertise
- Actually leave at 10:30am
- Evergreen Dress Code: Evergreen Shirts/Tie Dye
- Dancing/Music