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There were few, if any, quiet moments during Wednesday night’s ASG meeting.
Ten new senators were sworn in, standing to recite their pledges to ASG and the students of CMU in unison before diving right into business on the Senate floor, which included the first rejected bill of the semester.
Memebrs of E-Club presnted Bill 13-08 to ASG, requesting$9,515.80 from SCRF to cover costs associated with sending 13 students to the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization National Conference in Chicago, Oct. 31- Nov. 2.
After a lengthy discussion lasting nearly 40 minutes, the bill was rejected in a 6-13 vote after many senators expressed concerns over the large amount of money requested and what they considered a lack of preparation on the part of E-Club.
“Taking a hands-off stance, I can’t trust that the level of preparedness… I just feel that some things have been overlooked, like the fact that using a van for transportation wasn’t even considered,” Professional Studies Senator Nicholas Powell said.
Conversely, senators also weighed the credibility of E-Club, noting its past achievements and large membership.
“E-Club is one of the more active clubs on campus,” Professional Studies Senator Colton Vaughan said. “I don’t know any clubs on campus who put on the kind of events that E-Club does. [E-Club] benefits tons of students and brings in influential people from the community who students wouldn’t get to meet otherwise.”
“They have shown they can walk the walk, and I think they’ll do it again,” Vaughn said.
However, concerns over the amount of money requested from SCRF by E-Club outweighed the club’s obvious merits.
“E-Club has done a great job, but I think that for the sustainability of this account, [$9,515.80] is too much,” Senate Leader Connor Boe said.
Professor Georgann Jouflas, faculty advisor for E-Club, said the club will pursue funding through ASG’s Conference Committee.
Interestingly, at least one member of E-Club will be attending the CEO conference in Chicago with help from SCRF funding.
A separate bill, Bill 13-09, was passed unanimously, granting one E-Club member $1,516.60 to cover travel expenses and registration fees for the CEO conference, where he will be competing at the national level in an elevator pitch competition.
Two other pieces of legislation made their way successfully through the Senate Wednesday night during what proved to be ASG’s busiest and longest-running meeting of the semester so far.
Bill 13-10 and Joint Resolution 13-01 were both passed unanimously, allowing for and establishing the wording of an ASG-specific code of conduct that mirrors the CMU Student Code of Conduct and will apply specifically to members of student government acting in their elected positions.
Chief of Staff Jack Bryan noted after voting that “the Student Code of Conduct will always supercede” the ASG Code of Conduct.
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