The amendment, which reflects the selection system SAC has unofficially used for the last several years, passed with 12 votes in favor and one abstention late last night.
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Matt Wagner (COL '11), a GUSA senator and finance appropriations chair said the senate approves of the new selection process.
“The finance committee and the senate as a whole both agreed to it,” he said. “We understand for logistical reasons that they need to have a different way to transfer power right now.”
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Senator Nick Troiano (COL ’11) said he does not believe that SAC should have changed its constitution.
“Instead of changing the constitution, they should adapt their behavior to the way that the constitution says that they should work,” he said.
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Read the full article here.
Few thoughts:
The Hoya never mentions the provision about voting in closed session or the removal of a SAC Liaison or anything else aside from the process to appoint a new chair. Nor does it mention anything about public comment being cut off at their meeting last night and the consideration of their Constitution after as this Senator refused to leave the room.
Secondly, how can my colleague Matt Wagner speak on behalf of the Senate? I know he was in the room last week when a substantial number of us were up in arms about this, so I don't know where (or how) he gets off saying that SAC has Senate approval in their actions. Same goes for the Speaker of the Senate (also quoted in the article). No one can speak on behalf of the Senate unless we pass a Resolution or Bill to that effect. I know it's tempting to tell the campus newspaper that everyone agrees with you - but that's simple not true.
1 comment:
Nick-
Please don't go assuming every quote in every newspaper is true without conferring with the source first. I never said that, I was referring to the Finance committee along with Reggie and Brian only, and it was a mis-quote. I apologize for the miscommunication, but you were there to hear almost everything I told the two reporters. I never said the Senate supports this change - the closest I came was saying that the proposal set for the spring (the committee to pick the new sac chair) seemed like a well-liked idea. I never said the full Senate supports anything that it has not voted on.
Have faith! If something in The Hoya seems too ridiculous to have actually been said (such as the idea that I would claim support for something controversial from the entire Senate), it was probably never said. In this case, it definitely was not.
I apologize for what would have understandably been an extremely offensive quote if it were accurate. But before you blog about me next time, please make sure that it is!
Thanks for all the work on the issue. Good luck with the blog.
-Matt Wagner
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