Members of ASG made their way south Wednesday, opting to conduct their weekly meeting at the CMU Montrose Campus in order to meet with its officer and students.

Two bills were passed unanimously, one regarding the adoption of an ASG code of conduct (13-10) and another concerning a change in the bylaws to allow proxy voting (13-12).

Bill 13-10 received the final round of voting necessary to constitute a change in ASG bylaws allowing for the adoption of an ASG-specific code of conduct. The bill was sponsored by Senate Leader Connor Boe, who was unable to make Wednesday’s meeting in Montrose due to a medical injury. The ASG Code of Conduct itself is currently being written by ASG members and will require a vote of approval in upcoming meetings.

Bill 13-12, sponsored by newly sworn-in senator Kenneth Machi, made its first appearance on the Senate floor this week and seeks to amend ASG bylaws in order to grant proxy voting to WCCC and Montrose senators “at the discretion of the Senate Leader.” This would allow WCCC and Montrose senators who may be absent from a given meeting to delegate their voting power to other senators.

Speaking on behalf of CMU Montrose students who travel weekly to Grand Junction for classes at the main campus, Montrose Senator Michael Shull addressed the need for alternative transportation for these students, most of whom carpool in personal vehicles.

“[President] Foster has come to us and asked to pull students off the road and leave the driving to someone else,” Shull said, citing passenger vans from All Points Transit as the most viable alternative.

“We’re going to expand our programs, but we’re never going to have all the programs that GJ has. There’s always going to be a need [for transportation],” Shull said.

ASG President Ariel Diamond agreed with Senator Shull but said she would like to see that need expressed in numbers. Senator Sheila Cloud had previously mentioned conducting a poll among CMU Montrose students to determine the necessity of school-sponsored transportation.

“In the past, it hasn’t been sustainable enough, but if we’re running into problems of students not being able to finish credits, I think it’s time we start heading in that direction,” Diamond said.

Though no decision, formal or informal, was made regarding the transportation needs of CMU Montrose students, the issue is to be the subject of discussion at future ASG meetings.

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