handle social media, event planning, outreach, working with other student orgs, answer emails. Finance Committee Jake – new chair of finance. Budget each semester to use. If resolution asks for money referred to finance, will go over and you’ll be on your way. 5 Thursdays Ross wintergarden. Also looking for vice chair. POI slot as nominations? A- yes Executive Nominations Committee Eli – meet with executive team nominations and review and make recommendations to assembly. Will need new chair, 2 remaining committees. Recommend both Efe and Frank. Election and Recall of Members Motion to appoint Jim and Kevin as tellers; seconded; approved Election of Resolutions Committee Vice Chair Selena – nominate self; seconded; accepted Selena – freshman, interested in what goes on on campus. Zoha – available Thursdays 5pm? A – yes Ali – you want to work on? A – diversity Brittney – example of resolution you would write? A – something about diversity Marzia – diversity? A – promote acceptance Rachel – dorm? A- Betsey Barbour Zeke – construction loud? A – yes Congratulations Selena Election of Finance Committee Vice Chair Eli – nominate Ben; seconded; accepted Ben – freshman, from Chicago suburbs, excited to be on CSG as representative. Finance, interested in government efficiency, maximizing resources, investing beneficially Brittney – experience with finance? A- high school worked in congressional office and helped write analyses using funds successfully and minimal waste Tyler – future aspirations? A – politics, general manager of Bears, super bowl in Chicago Jesse – favorite Chicago rapper? A – chance Frank – how’d you like game on Sunday? A – no Matt – DC or marvel? A – Marvel Zoha – drake or kanye? A- kanye Congratulations Ben
already hold, if we get committee and private meeting access I think better move for us. A.J. – committee access, with codified influence on how laws get made. Pushing for greater student involvement. Goes to payment thing again. Opportunity cost…need more student voices on committees Zeke – voted on regents. As in state student has say, out of state students, chose to come to public university for taste of Michigan and people from here, board of regents as representative of people of state of Michigan. That’s what we’re doing. We pass resolutions that tell people how they feel. Ibtihal – find out how many committees in board of regents so multiple students can be involved Jared – graduate student representation Anushka – caution against bifurcating graduate and undergraduate representation A.J. – attacking issues and dicing of people… Tom – obviously I have feelings. Disagree with a lot of those points. Graduate students…teach for school, work for the school. A different experience altogether. Austin – was undergraduate and now graduate. Efe – different ways to detract...if committee could have graduate and undergraduate different ways to approach problem. Austin – reframe as advising to presidents Referred to resolutions committee Old Business A.R. 7-023 A Resolution Calling on the U-M Regents, President Schlissel, and U-M Administration to Defend the Safety and of Our Diverse Campus Community by Declining the Request of Richard Spencer Coming to Speak at the University of Michigan Second reads Jason – made some changes from last week to focus on violence and safety aspect of Richard Spencer coming to speak, removed references to content of speech. Events have been accompanied with violence. Call on regents, president, administration to prioritize safety of student body which would be jeopardized by him coming to speak on campus. Nadine – meet with Will? A – yes. Said changes good. A.J. – he was on board with it? A – yes
Marzia – bringing up diversity…diversity of opinion…freedom of speech? A – don’t take as call to diversity trumps basic safety Tom – advocates for peaceful ethnic cleansing…? Austin – slight change…all students need to feel and to be safe and secure. Change need to must Austin – period at end of quotation to Friendly Jason – will had discussed second whereas changing acts as lobbying group for white supremacists. And second was on third page, last clause, resolved opposing the decision, to a decision. Megan – fourth whereas change to specify date Friendly – remove second whereas on first page. Extraneous…possibilities of issues. Kevin – only strike and as described? A.J. – assume ignorance, consider changing? Ben – willing to add linking national policy institute as linked to violence? Megan – need for evidence to support violence? Jesse – as is and language linked to promotion of violence A.J. – language and source for that? – purpose of deleting described by Southern Poverty Law Center…called hate group. Link from MSU case? Megan – activists instead of supporters? A – yes – amendment within same clause, enough to say president but European descent strengthens that white nationalist group. Propose remove lobbies through descent. Friendly Ben – adding link for penn and changing activists to supporters Friendly Anushka PPP – resolution as amended with what Jason added was passed on by Will so legally okay Marzia POI why removed statement from own website? A- has to separate beliefs from threat of violence. Marzia – we’re keeping SPLC
Jesse – Hafsa saying trying to take step beyond what Will okayed to ensure we’re protecting ourselves Kevin – re-include previous language…including their own definition not by another organization Kate (author) SPLC important authority in tracking hate crime violence Austin – change wording adding two words…claims to and then but is described. Kevin – legal reasons to keep? – legitimacy with independent organization identifying hate groups...this could be legal argument for. Kevin – more factual evidence, weaker with than without, could be perceived Lloyd – refer back to resolutions committee? Anushka – a lot of comments coming from people who weren’t here last week Tom – resolutions another chance to give to Will with concerns? A – yes Ibtihal – according to MLive Spencer gave to 12/8 to make decision which is Friday Motion to back to resolutions committee; seconded; Yara – people making amendments not necessarily new and weren’t at resolutions last week Hafsa – voting to? A- send back to resolutions Motion to back to resolutions Objection Debate Rescinded amendment Motion to extend time by 5 minutes; seconded; approved Unfriendly Rescinded Marzia – proposed amendment Linked to violence…add footnote about Spencer…and is described Hafsa – adding citation might be good. Can learn from website. A.J. – POO added footnote Reintroduce crossed out? A- yes
Unfriendly Vote Rescinding Ibtihal – footnote added in there Friendly Zeke – Google doc with clauses. Resolved and for background info. Tom – makes it seem like we would be violent ones? A – safety main concern of this body? Ibtihal – if school day no choice to interact? A – Marianne – willing to and write as another resolution if he does come? A- yes Rescinded Third reads Motion to voice vote; seconded; denied Vote Resolution passes 20 in favor, 3 against No with rights Joel – biggest thing inviting someone to speak is first amendment. Resolution talks about overwhelming majority of students who feel unsafe don’t think we have evidence to prove that, I think up to President Schlissel Zeke – will read what was going to propose as amendment…don’t want anybody to be caught in literal or metaphoric crossfire. Austin – don’t disagree with spirit of resolution, voted against because displeased with amount of last minute editing and still not in form happy voting for. Don’t want to see as consistent practice. Zoha – come to resolutions if you have comments you want to make Motions and Other Business Announcements and Matters Arising Yara – jay wanted me to relay putting up flyers about blood donation ban. Haya – humanitarian aid coffee and donut/bagel? Sale
Mackenzie – working with SLC to open to math department if anyone can help that would be great Marianne – PCAP art auction Friday and communications Spencer if you have thoughts have meeting Friday Zeke – quidditch. Customized broom. Yule ball January Hafsa – Yara’s last meeting on CSG Lloyd – airbus Brittney – graduating Ali – was working on in government panel. If anyone interested Closing Roll Call Adjournment – 11:24pm