1. Removing the "/" from the "USU/SA" acronym and changing it to "USUSA."
2. Changing references of "Regional Campuses and Distance Education (RCDE)" to reflect name change to "Regional Campuses (RC)"
3. Removal of the Academic Senate Pro Tempore position
4. Addition of behavioral conduct requirements to definition of "Good Standing" for eligibility of office.
5. Authority of Executive Council put officer on probation with 2/3 majority vote without Hearing Board
6. Minor grammatical changes
The problem? Because of poor communication and oversight (at the least...this is giving USUSA officials the benefit of the doubt) during the process of the giving the text for these changes to the site manager for vote.usu.edu, the proposed constitutional changes were grouped as one item. This means students had to vote yes for all of them, or no for all of them. This is unacceptable. NO ONE can genuinely argue these items are similar in anyway, or of equal importance...some of the changes affect branding, while some could (potentially) affect the standing and reputation of student officers. For context, if USUSA had grouped candidates into arbitrary "parties" of their choosing, and made you vote on one group or another, students would be in uproar. But this mishap has slid by without any real effort to rectify it in order to give students an actual, unique, meaningful voice on these proposed constitutional changes.
By signing this petition, you - and we together - are telling USUSA that we want and demand a revote on these constitutional changes with the following process implemented carefully and without mistakes: a) The current votes placed on the grouped-together constitutional changes will be nullified, b) A new link to a survey will be issued with c) each of the 6 items as their own separate condition within that survey. This is what is fair and right. It is something simple to fix, and shouldn't have to be a big deal. To ignore this would be at the very least disrespectful and disregarding USUSA's duty to advocate for students.
Updates
February 26, 2015
The momentum is undeniable. This level of support shows the administration that bundling these changes was a mistake.
Reached 100 supporters
February 26, 2015
36 Comments
I submitted my ballot in favor of the changes because I carelessly skipped over each amendment. I'd like a personal re-vote so as to correctly represent my opinion among the student body.
I wanted to vote yes on a couple of the amendments but ended up voting no because they were lumped together. Please separate them and allow us to vote on each amendment based upon it's own merits.
These issues should be voted on individually rather than as a bundle. I agree with all of them but the 5th point about probation without a hearing.
i personally disagree with the way this was presented, i feel it was done to sneak one thing in and was underhanded not, a oversight, either way it should be seperated
If these amendments pass, it will be because of the uninformed masses at USU. I'm signing because of issues I've had as a reporter with USUSA - a general lack of accountability and disregard for transparency is not only prevalent in USUSA officers. It's an infection.
hahaha typed the wrong email
This was really weird.
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1. Removing the "/" from the "USU/SA" acronym and changing it to "USUSA."
2. Changing references of "Regional Campuses and Distance Education (RCDE)" to reflect name change to "Regional Campuses (RC)"
3. Removal of the Academic Senate Pro Tempore position
4. Addition of behavioral conduct requirements to definition of "Good Standing" for eligibility of office.
5. Authority of Executive Council put officer on probation with 2/3 majority vote without Hearing Board
6. Minor grammatical changes
The problem? Because of poor communication and oversight (at the least...this is giving USUSA officials the benefit of the doubt) during the process of the giving the text for these changes to the site manager for vote.usu.edu, the proposed constitutional changes were grouped as one item. This means students had to vote yes for all of them, or no for all of them. This is unacceptable. NO ONE can genuinely argue these items are similar in anyway, or of equal importance...some of the changes affect branding, while some could (potentially) affect the standing and reputation of student officers. For context, if USUSA had grouped candidates into arbitrary "parties" of their choosing, and made you vote on one group or another, students would be in uproar. But this mishap has slid by without any real effort to rectify it in order to give students an actual, unique, meaningful voice on these proposed constitutional changes.
By signing this petition, you - and we together - are telling USUSA that we want and demand a revote on these constitutional changes with the following process implemented carefully and without mistakes: a) The current votes placed on the grouped-together constitutional changes will be nullified, b) A new link to a survey will be issued with c) each of the 6 items as their own separate condition within that survey. This is what is fair and right. It is something simple to fix, and shouldn't have to be a big deal. To ignore this would be at the very least disrespectful and disregarding USUSA's duty to advocate for students.
Updates
February 26, 2015
The momentum is undeniable. This level of support shows the administration that bundling these changes was a mistake.
Reached 100 supporters
February 26, 2015
36 Comments
i don't understand why the Senate Pro Tempore position is being removed. The more votes within the executive council the better.
I submitted my ballot in favor of the changes because I carelessly skipped over each amendment. I'd like a personal re-vote so as to correctly represent my opinion among the student body.
I wanted to vote yes on a couple of the amendments but ended up voting no because they were lumped together. Please separate them and allow us to vote on each amendment based upon it's own merits.
These issues should be voted on individually rather than as a bundle. I agree with all of them but the 5th point about probation without a hearing.
i personally disagree with the way this was presented, i feel it was done to sneak one thing in and was underhanded not, a oversight, either way it should be seperated
If these amendments pass, it will be because of the uninformed masses at USU. I'm signing because of issues I've had as a reporter with USUSA - a general lack of accountability and disregard for transparency is not only prevalent in USUSA officers. It's an infection.
hahaha typed the wrong email
This was really weird.
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i don't understand why the Senate Pro Tempore position is being removed. The more votes within the executive council the better.