Associated Students
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RESOLUTION No. 2008-09-03 AUTHORED BY: Sofia
Pereira, Associated Students President SIGNED BY: Dina
Haigounian, CAHSS Representative Josephine
Villegas, COPS Representative REFERRED TO: AS
COUNCIL ACTION
SCHEDULED: ACTION
APPROVED: Subject: Resolution In Opposition to the Transfer of Assets between the 1.) WHEREAS, The Associated Students of Humboldt State University (HSU) have been entrusted to represent and fight in the best interests of our constituents, the over 7,500 students which make up our campus community; and 2.) WHEREAS, It is in the mission of the Associated Students to educate students on those issues that impact them, and advocate for the student perspective to the ‘appropriate parties,’ which include the university administrators and campus decision-making bodies; and 3.) WHEREAS, Students pay $186 a year to fund the University Center (UC) for their dining services, bookstore, and other commercial and programming services; and 4.) WHEREAS, The University Center Board of Directors is
comprised of a student majority who is elected by the students, the main
stakeholders of the 5.) WHEREAS, The University President has proposed a transfer of students’ dining services, the bookstore, and CenterArts from the University Center over to the Enterprises Foundation, an auxiliary where no sufficient student vote is guaranteed; and, 6.) WHEREAS,
The students on the UC Board have and should continue to vote in the
best interest of the 7.) RESOLVED, The Associated Students of Humboldt State University adamantly opposes any transfer of these commercial services to the Enterprise Foundation without written by- laws provided to the public stating half of the Enterprises Foundation Board will be comprised of voting student members elected from the student body during the Associated Students (AS) General Election held in April; and further 8.) RESOLVED, The Associated Students of HSU requests University Center Board Members to vote in the best interest of its stakeholders and vote against the proposal that doesn’t allow a half student board; and be it finally 9.) RESOLVED,
This resolution shall be sent to, but not limited to: HSU President,
Rollin Richmond; Vice President of Student Affairs, ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Dina Haigounian Josephine Villegas Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Representative Professional Studies Representative ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Sofia Pereira Beth Weissbart Associated Students President Legislative Vice President |