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Senate calls three meetings on short notice | Stanford Daily

Senate calls three meetings on short notice

Monday, September 20th, 2010

By The Daily News Staff The ASSU Undergraduate Senate has tried three times this month to hold a meeting or committee meeting without the advance notice required by the the ASSU constitution. The ASSU constitutions freedom-of-information section says meeting locations, times and agendas must be made available at least 24 hours before held. The Senate bylaws indicate 72-hours notice is required for meetings: All rules that apply to actual meetings should apply to online meetings, hours public notice and providing previous notice for all bills. Senate Chair Michael Cruz 12 says 72 hours notice is only required for online meet The latest two incidents of short notice came Sunday, when members of two committees sought to call meetings for later that day. Senator Robin Per mail to the advocacy committee on Sunday morning calling a meeting for that day at 4 p.m. She said if committee members were not available then, meet Monday afternoon; that time would have met the 24-hour requirement. After The Daily contacted Perani and Cruz asking if the committee wou hour rule, Perani told the committee we cant do the meeting right now because of 72 hour meeting notice and said the meeting time would be cha On Sunday afternoon, Senator Deepa Kannappan 13 asked the Student Life, Housing and Education committee members if they could have an inf meeting at Stern Late Nite that evening. After The Daily inquired about advanced-notice rules, Cruz said Sunday evening the meeting did not happen On Sept. 1, Cruz called an online, unofficial meeting of the Senate for the next day at 6 p.m. After The Daily asked Cruz and Deputy Chair Madeli whether or not they would go ahead with the meeting, Cruz announced the meeting would move to Sept. 6. The reason, he wrote: Seems like a lot o Stanford already for SoCo [Sophomore College]. Well move the unofficial meet-upso everybody can make it. The first regular Senate meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Nitery.

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