sixth assembly 13th meeting december 6th, 2016 agendalakshman mulpuri noah betman samantha kennedy...

I. Call to Order

II. Opening Roll Call

III. Approval of the Agenda

IV. Approval of the Previous Minutes

a. Minutes from the 12th meeting on November 29th, 2016 (Sent via email)

V. Guest Speakers

a. Julia Fiks Salem – Development Summer Internship Program (D-SIP)

b. Jack Bernard – Associate General Counsel to the Office of the Vice President

c. Dr. Ashley Lucas – Professor of Latino(a) Theater for Social Change

VI. Community Concerns

VII. Executive Communications

VIII. Report of the Speaker

IX. Representative Reports

X. Committee Reports

a. Rules Committee

b. Finance Committee (Report Attached)

c. Communications Committee

d. Resolutions Committee (Report Attached)

XI. Election and Recall of Members

a. Election Tie-Breaker for College of Architecture and Urban Planning Representative

XII. New Business

a. A.R. 6-022: A Resolution to Allocate Funds to the Student Organization Funding

Commission

b. A.R. 6-023: A Resolution to Amend the Operating Procedures to Streamline Time

Extension Rules

c. A.R. 6-024: A Resolution to Amend the Election Code to Reduce the UEC Burden of

Persuasion

d. A.R. 6-025: A Resolution to Amend the Election Code to Require Write-In Candidates to

Consent to be Elected

e. A.R. 6-026: A Resolution to Support Moving City Council Elections From August

Primaries to During the Academic Year

XIII. Old Business

a. A.R. 6-019: A Resolution to Provide Funding for the Food Recovery Network

b. A.R. 6-020: A Resolution in Support of Printing SAPAC’s Crisis Line on Student

MCards

c. A.R. 6-021: A Resolution to Support Undocumented and DACAmented Students, as well

as the Continuation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program

XIV. Motions and Other Business

XV. Announcements and Matters Arising

XVI. Closing Roll Call

XVII. Adjournment

Sixth Assembly – 13th Meeting

December 6th, 2016

Agenda

Committee Report Committee: Resolutions Date/Time/Location of Meeting: 12/4/16. Location: Room G, CSG Offices. Attendance:

Caitlin Christian

Josh Martin

Lakshman Mulpuri

Noah Betman

Samantha Kennedy Business before the committee (Number & Name):

A.R. 6-020: A Resolution in Support Of Printing SAPAC’S Crisis Line On Student

A.R. 6-021: A Resolution To Support Undocumented And DACAmented Students, As Well As The Continuation Of The Continuation Of The Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program

Notes about discussion:

No changes made.

Other things discussed:

Nothing

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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 6-022

A RESOLUTION TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION

FUNDING COMMISSION

WHEREAS, The Student Organization Funding commission manages a complex and

dynamic budget of about $217,000 for the Fall 2016 semester; AND 2

WHEREAS, SOFC supports the many registered student organizations of the

University of Michigan student body through the allocation of funds for 4

costs such as fundraisers, speaker events, event advertising, recreational

activities et cetera; AND 6

WHEREAS, there has been continued, increasing demand for funds, reaching nearly

$500,000 for the Fall 2016 semester as well as an unpredictable and 8

inconsistent funding request profile which makes predictive accounting

difficult over the course of the semester; AND 10

WHEREAS, additional funds allocated to SOFC from the Legislative Discretionary

account would lessen the financial risk to CSG, provide financial cushion 12

and remove the possibility of not upholding previous liabilities to student

organizations; AND THEREFORE BE IT 14

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Assembly authorize the transfer of

$7,000 from the Legislative Discretionary account for the Fall 2016 16

budget to the Student Organization Funding Commission account.

Authors

______________________________ _____________________________

JonMarco Cloutier, Chairman SOFC Kohlton Johnson, Treasurer CSG

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joe Goldberg

Speaker of the Assembly Vice Speaker of the Assembly

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President’s Approval

____________________________

David Schafer

Presented to the Assembly for First Reads on ___________________________

Presented to the Assembly for Second Reads on _________________________

Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________

Signature Necessary: ______ Signature Received By _________________: ______

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A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE OPERATING PROCEDURES TO STREAMLINE

TIME EXTENSION RULES

WHEREAS, The Assembly rules regarding the extension of speaking time limits, both

the total time and number of extension permitted, are mostly set on a case 2

by case basis leaving a patchwork of rules of extending time AND

WHEREAS, Having limits such as permitting a total extension of three minutes but 4

requiring it to be done in two votes for one and a half minute expansions

interrupts the flow of meetings; AND 6

WHEREAS, several other sections of the agenda do not currently have the options for

time extension or have over-restrictive time limits that, in the view of the 8

authors, need simplification; THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that the following changes be made to Chapter VII §B(5) to permit any 10

number of motions to extend time so long as the total amount of time

given in these motions does not exceed the total limit for extend time on 12

that business:

4. A motion to extend time for an order of business shall be for an 14

amount of time not exceeding half the stated time limit for that business

unless otherwise noted the remaining amount of extension time 16

permitted for that business. Given a time limit of x that can be

extended n times, the maximum allowable time with extensions for that 18

business shall be x+n*(0.5*x) a n number of motions to extend time,

the sum of all the time, tn, added by these motions including the 20

current proposed motion, c, must be less than or equal Text, the

maximum time by which an order of business can be extend: 22

∑ 𝒕𝒏 ≤ 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒄𝒏=𝟏 .

AND BE IT FURTHER 24

RESOLVED, that the following rule be added under Chapter VII §D(5) and the

following rules be numbered accordingly to set a default time limit to 26

extended time that will be in place unless a different amount is specified

for an individual business. 28

5. Total extended time for an order of business cannot be greater

than the time originally allocated for said business, unless a different 30

limit is otherwise specifically noted.

AND BE IT FURTHER 32

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RESOLVED, that the specific wording regarding the number of extensions each

individual time limit can have be struck from the following sections: 34

Chapter VII §K(5), §L(5), §M(2), §N(2), §O(3), §O(6), §P(3), §T(2),

Chapter XII §D(9) 36

AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, that the following text be added to Chapter VII §M(2) to specifically state 38

how long a Chair of an Executive Commission has to give a report:

2. … any Chair of an Executive Commission, or his or her designee, may 40

also make an official report to the Assembly, lasting up to 5 minutes,

and may inform the Speaker or the Vice Speaker of their intention. 42

AND BE IT FINALLY

RESOLVED, that the clause in Chapter VII §O(5) be struck and the following changes 44

be made to §O(3), §O(4):

3. A Representative may speak for up to five minutes. The Assembly may 46

extend the time allotted once by a simple majority vote. This time may

not be yielded to anyone other than a fellow Representative, except to 48

ask questions.

4. There shall be an additional three minutes allotted for questions 50

following the Report of a Representative. This time may be yielded to

anyone. 52

Authors

_______________________________ _______________________________

Jared Ferguson, Rackham Ramon Martinez, Rackham

Chair, Rules Committee Vice Chair, Rules Committee

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joe Goldberg, LSA


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____________________________

Bobby Dishell



Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________


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RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE ELECTION CODE TO REDUCE THE UEC BURDEN

OF PERSUASION

WHEREAS, The University Election Committee is charged with hearing assessing

elections complaints and determining if demerits ought to be issued AND 2

WHEREAS, the burden of proof threshold beyond a reasonable doubt is very difficult

to prove and is typically only applied in criminal proceedings and has 4

been shown to be very difficult to arrive at in regards to election

complaints, while the threshold of clear and convincing evidence is less 6

strict but still a greater degree of believability must be met than the

common standard of proof in civil actions, a preponderance of the 8

evidence; THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that Article VI. § C(4) of the Compiled Code be amended to state: 10

Burden of Persuasion. At all stages of the complaint process, the UEC

and the CSJ shall assume that the allegations set forth in the complaint 12

are not true. At all stages, the petitioner shall have the burden of proof of

showing that the allegations set forth in the complaint are true beyond a 14

reasonable doubt with clear and convincing evidence. If a UEC decision

is appealed to the CSJ, questions of fact are reviewed using a clearly 16

erroneous standard and questions of law are reviewed using a de novo

standard. 18

Authors

_______________________________ _______________________________



Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad Joe Goldberg


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____________________________

Michael Proppe



Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________


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A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE ELECTION CODE TO REQUIRE WRITE-IN

CANDIDATES TO CONSENT TO BE ELECTED

WHEREAS, Currently, successful write-in candidates automatically take their

positions regardless of whether they express acceptance of taking that 2

position or not; AND

WHEREAS, It is the opinion of the author that a person should not forced to hold a 4

position they do not want to and write-in candidates should be required to

willingly accept their election and confirm they want to take the position 6

rather than be automatically given it; THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that Article VI. § G(2)b of the Complied Code be amended to state: 8

b. Once unofficial results have been released the Election Director shall

notify via email elected write-in candidates of their election to their CSG 10

position pending certification of the election results, and stated that

written acceptance of their election to said CSG position is required if 12

the candidate wants to said position.

AND BE IT FINALLY 14

RESOLVED that the following text be added as Article VI. § G(2)c of the Complied

Code: 16

c. After being notified by the Election Director of their successful

election, write-in candidates must provide written acceptance of their 18

elected position to the Election Director via email or other

appropriate method. If the candidate declines the position or does 20

not provide written acceptance within 10 days of the UEC certifying

the results, the seat will be left vacant. 22

Authors

_______________________________ _______________________________



Attest

2

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad Joe Goldberg



____________________________

Michael Proppe



Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________


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A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT MOVING CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS FROM

AUGUST PRIMARIES TO DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR

WHEREAS, 44,718 students were enrolled at the University of Michigan in Fall

20161, making them a key constituency in Ann Arbor; AND 2

WHEREAS, the United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Ann Arbor

to be 117,070 as of 20152; AND 4

WHEREAS, turnout in the 2016 Presidential election at the four precincts that feature

many student voters ranged from 42.8% to 49.71%3; AND 6

WHEREAS, Ann Arbor is one of only three cities in the state of Michigan that has

partisan primary elections and general elections in November, Ionia and 8

Ypsilanti being the other two,4 AND

WHEREAS, students, one of the largest constituencies in Ann Arbor, are largely 10

unable to vote in the August Primary elections as most students are not

on campus during the summer; AND 12

WHEREAS, turnout in the City Council primary elections is exceptionally low,

ranging from 10.43% in 2013 to 10.46% in 20154; AND 14

WHEREAS, the Ann Arbor City Council rejected a proposal to move their elections to

a nonpartisan November election on July 7, 2016 by a vote of 7-45, 16

THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, CSG supports the city of Ann Arbor switching to non-partisan November 18

elections; AND BE IT FINALLY

RESOLVED, that the authors of this resolution will present this resolution to the Ann 20

Arbor City Council.

1 http://www.ro.umich.edu/report/16enrollmentsummary.pdf 2 http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/2603000 3 https://www.michigandaily.com/section/election/greater-student-turnout-could-shifted-state-

towards-clinton-narrow-michigan-race 4 https://electionresults.ewashtenaw.org/electionreporting/aug2015/index.jsp 4 http://annarborchronicle.com/2012/06/17/column-lets-put-life-into-city-elections/ 5 http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/07/ann_arbor_officials_vote_down.html

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Authors

____________________________ ____________________________

Nadine Jawad, Public Policy Noah Betman, LSA

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________




____________________________

David Schafer



Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________


ASSEMBLYRESOLUTION 6-019

A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK

WHEREAS, FRN is committed to fighting unnecessary food waste and preventing hunger in the greater Ann Arbor community ; AND 1

WHEREAS, Food Recovery Network (FRN) at University of Michigan is a student volunteer organization that goes into dining halls to recover surplus perishable food and donate it to local food banks, including Ann Arbor’s Food Gatherers ; AND 2

WHEREAS, As a student organization, FRN is additionally committed to providing education to students on the issues of community hunger and food waste through hands-on opportunities and educational outreach; AND

WHEREAS, Since FRN’s founding in Fall of 2012, they have recovered over 20,000 lbs (10 tons) of food from Bursley Dining Hall, South Quad Dining Hall, East Quad Dining Hall, The Hill Dining Center, Martha Cook, the Law Quad, Dance Marathon at U-M, Michigan athletics, and other campus and off-campus events; AND

WHEREAS, FRN engages with the community, on and off campus, through volunteer work days with Food Gatherers and community education events like our annual Food for thought Dinner. The Food for Thought dinner serves recovered food from local restaurants and invites local leaders involved in sustainability and hunger to speak about the impact of food waste and food insecurity; AND

http://www.foodgatherers.org/?module=Page&sID=hunger-facts1

The left over food is perfectly good food that the dining hall isn't intending to use anymore. It is frozen within food 2

safety regulations, and delivered in coolers that prevent thawing (potential for bacteria growth). Any food in packaging that we deem "unsafe" is composted at Food Gatherers (this is very rare as Michigan Dining is fantastic about complying to food safety procedures, but I mention it to assure you of the quality of food we deliver). The food we get is what the dining hall can't repurpose. Think of prepared dishes like lo mein, fried rice, or curry. While this food is still good and makes a great contribution to a small soup kitchens offerings, the dining halls don't want to serve their customers repeat dishes within a week and the quantities of food we save are not enough for them to save for themselves for reuse. For example, two or three full pans of curry chicken could not begin to serve a crowd at a large dining hall like Bursley, but could make a great contribution to a small soup kitchen that doesn't have facilities to cook full meals each night. Where as the dining hall might reuse left over baked chicken to repurpose into soups or chicken salad. Another note on safety: we get the recipe and ingredient information from the dining halls to ensure that all allergens or preparation considerations (Kosher/Halal) are accounted for.

http://www.foodgatherers.org/?module=Page&sID=hunger-facts

WHEREAS, FRN operates exclusively off of 15-20 student volunteers and their gas money to gather the food and deliver it to Food Gatherers who distribute it around Washtenaw County; AND

WHEREAS, FRN runs two cars, five days a week, two our of every three weeks; AND

WHEREAS, the pans and coolers used by FRN are from 2012 and have accumulated wear and tear; AND

WHEREAS, FRN needs 100 pans and matching lids per dining hall per semester, and pans are $43.77/100 pans and matching lids are $24.98/100 lids ; AND 3 4

WHEREAS, FRN plans to begin recovering food this fall in North Quad Dining Hall and university cafes on a more regular basis (ie. Beansters, Berts, Ugos, Fields), IF they receive funding for an additional freezer; AND

WHEREAS, FRN’s requests are not eligible for SOFC funding because they are capital goods; THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that in total the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates up to $4,012.50 to the Food Recovery Network, based on the amounts that follow; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates $200 to FRN with the intention of subsidizing gas of volunteers in order for them to attract more volunteers; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates $412.50 to FRN with the intention of providing pans and lids for storage in dining halls; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates up to $400 to FRN to provide supplies for community engagement and education events such as the “Food for Thought” dinner; AND BE IT FURTHER

http://www.supplycity.com/thanksgiving/steam-pans-and-lids/1-2-size-deep-aluminum-steam-pan-100-per-case?3

gclid=COeX6ZntoNACFQiQaQodC90F2w

http://www.supplycity.com/thanksgiving/steam-pans-and-lids/aluminum-flat-lid-for-1-2-steam-table-100-per-case?4

gclid=CNKN76ftoNACFQWpaQodh-4FQw

http://www.supplycity.com/thanksgiving/steam-pans-and-lids/aluminum-flat-lid-for-1-2-steam-table-100-per-case?gclid=CNKN76ftoNACFQWpaQodh-4FQw

http://www.supplycity.com/thanksgiving/steam-pans-and-lids/1-2-size-deep-aluminum-steam-pan-100-per-case?gclid=COeX6ZntoNACFQiQaQodC90F2w

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates up to$3,000 to purchase a freezer to store food in one of the dining halls that FRN hopes to expand to; AND BE IT FINALLY

RESOLVED, that FRN will report to the Central Student Government Assembly in the Winter 2017 semester about the status of the applicable funds.

Authors

_______________________________ _______________________________

Joseph Goldberg, LSA Anne Grech, Communications Director FRN

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________




Item Quantity Price Total

gas 1 $200 $200

pans 6 $43.77 $262.62

lids 6 $24.98 $149.88

community engagement 1 $400 $400

freezer 1 $3,000 $3,000

TOTAL $4,012.50

____________________________

David Schafer



Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________


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A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PRINTING SAPAC’S CRISIS LINE ON STUDENT

MCARDS

WHEREAS, The Central Student Government at the University of Michigan is

dedicated to campus safety and promotion of campus resources; AND 2

WHEREAS, Mcards are a student’s main identification and are used frequently by

nearly all students; AND 4

WHEREAS, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (hereafter SAPAC)

and its crisis line are valuable educational and supportive resources for 6

survivors of sexual assault and misconduct as well as all students; AND

WHEREAS, 53.6% of survivors on campus have never told anyone about their 8

experience and only 3.6% have reported their experience or used any

university resource1; AND 10

WHEREAS, SAPAC’s crisis line “…is available 24-hours a day and is staffed by

professionals, who provide confidential crisis intervention, information 12

and referral services to survivors of sexual assault, dating/domestic

violence, sexual harassment and stalking. 24-hours-a-day information and 14

support is also available for the friends, partners, and family members of

survivors”2; AND 16

WHEREAS, SAPAC student co-coordinators have shown support for the addition of

SAPAC’s crisis line on student Mcards as a way to promote awareness of 18

the resource and demonstrate that sexual misconduct is not tolerated and

survivors are supported; THEREFORE BE IT 20

RESOLVED, The Central Student Government supports the initiative to print SAPAC’s

crisis line on the back of student Mcards, as follows: “SAPAC 24-Hour 22

Crisis Line: (734) 764-7771”; AND BE IT FURTHER

1 U-M 2015 Campus Climate Surveys Regarding Sexual Misconduct

2 https://sapac.umich.edu/article/182

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RESOLVED, The Central Student Government will work with LSA Student 24

Government and any other interested student governments on this

project; AND BE IT FINALLY 26

RESOLVED, The Central Student Government shall work with SAPAC and the

University of Michigan Treasurer’s Office to lobby for the addition of the 28

SAPAC crisis line to the back of student Mcards.

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Authors

_______________________________ _______________________________

Samantha Kennedy, LSA Yong-Joon Kim

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Noah Betman, LSA Tania Haddad, Engineering



____________________________

David Schafer



Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________


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A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT UNDOCUMENTED AND DACAMENTED

STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUATION OF THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR

CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA) PROGRAM

WHEREAS, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, established in 2012,

provides eligible undocumented immigrants with the ability to “apply for 2

temporary deferrals of deportations and [for] work permits”1; AND

WHEREAS, DACA has enabled more than 700,000 individuals brought to the United 4

States before their 16th birthday to stay in the United States2; AND

WHEREAS, some the beneficiaries of this program include students previously or 6

currently enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions, such as the

University of Michigan; AND 8

WHEREAS in a recent national survey, conducted in June 2015 to analyze the impact

of DACA, 92% of respondents who were then enrolled in school noted 10

that DACA allowed them to “pursue educational opportunities [they]

previously could not” have pursued3; AND 12

WHEREAS, recently there has been a serious discussion about ending the DACA

program4; AND 14

WHEREAS, in light of such discussions, University of Michigan President Mark

Schlissel and more than 250 other college and university presidents 16

across the United States signed a letter, which called the need to uphold

and continue the DACA program a “moral imperative” and “national 18

necessity”5; THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that Central Student Government joins President Schlissel and other 20

higher education leaders in their call to uphold and continue the DACA

program; AND BE IT FINALLY 22

1 https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2015/07/09/117054/results-from-

a-nationwide-survey-of-daca-recipients-illustrate-the-programs-impact/ 2 Ibid. 1. 3 Ibid. 1. 4 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/us/immigrants-donald-trump-daca.html. 5 https://www.pomona.edu/news/2016/11/21-college-university-presidents-call-us-uphold-and-

continue-daca.

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2015/07/09/117054/results-from-a-nationwide-survey-of-daca-recipients-illustrate-the-programs-impact/

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2015/07/09/117054/results-from-a-nationwide-survey-of-daca-recipients-illustrate-the-programs-impact/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/us/immigrants-donald-trump-daca.html

https://www.pomona.edu/news/2016/11/21-college-university-presidents-call-us-uphold-and-continue-daca

https://www.pomona.edu/news/2016/11/21-college-university-presidents-call-us-uphold-and-continue-daca

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RESOLVED, that Central Student Government reaffirms its support of undocumented

and DACAmented students at the University of Michigan and across the 24

country.

Authors

______________________________ _____________________________

David Schafer, LSA Micah Griggs, LSA

President Vice President

_____________________________

Noah Betman, LSA

Chief of Staff

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________




____________________________

David Schafer



Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________


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