Student Union

Some people have asked why I think that Google Apps for Education is the solution to the email problem. Northwestern is a peer institution that is very similar to WUSTL in terms of size, location and ranking. Northwestern decided to outsource email to Google Apps for Education for many of the same reasons that we want to. In fact, Northwestern's student government was largely responsible for the school's decision!

The final changes to the Constitution and Statutes that make up Executive Committee Restructuring are attached to this blog post!

These changes have been passed by Senate and Treasury. The constitutional changes will go up for a referendum vote during the March 4th and 5th Student Union elections.

The Student Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) is a student owned and student governed advisory committee that works collaboratively with the University and IT resources to participate in technology projects and initiatives that cut across the student population.  The STAC is charged with serving as “the” voice for student technology needs for both operational purposes and strategic purposes, and collects and solicits ideas from the student body.

I took over the Executive Committee Restructuring project 10 months ago. I am happy that it has finally been completed. More importantly, I am happy that the final proposal is one that passed almost unanimously in Senate and Treasury and, for the most part, has the support of the groups who were formerly Executive Committees.

This process has taught me a lot. The most interesting thing that I have learned is that there is a huge disconnect between Student Union and student groups/students.

Student Union, Student Technology Services and the Office of Campus Life are working hard to find a permanent alternative to the services that Ruckus provided.

In the interim, we encourage students to check out some temporary alternatives that will give them access to legal music. Please go to http://sts.wustl.edu/index.php/Legal-Downloading.html to learn more information.

11/7/08 - SU Working to mend Budget Implementation (http://studlife.com/news/1.899720-1.899720)

11/21/08 - New Budget Scheme Detailed at Treasury (http://studlife.com/news/1.915701-1.915701)

12/5/08 - SU Postpones Executive Committee Restructuring (http://studlife.com/news/1.1048775-1.1048775)

2/9/09 - Behind Executive Committee Restructuring (http://studlife.com/news/behind_executive_committee_restructuring-1.1360046)

12/8/08 - Staff Editorial: SU group restructuring needs to go further (http://studlife.com/forum/1.1095818-1.1095818)

12/11/08 - Op-Ed: Role of Executive Committees need clarification (http://studlife.com/forum/1.1098452-1.1098452)

8/23/08 - [Old SU Website] Summer Accomplishments

Rough timeline of process. All dates not included (i.e. informal meetings and conversations left out). 

Copies of all emails can be produced upon request.

April 22- I send emal to Neil Patel, John Ablan, Aaron Robinson [SU/WUSTL Alumns who have worked on project before] a document with a rough sketch of my initial ideas about how restructuring should go.  

April 23 - Based on feedback, I revise rough sketch of initial ideas and send to Neil Patel, Aaron Robinson, John Ablan, Neehar Garg (Treasury Rep), and Frank Beling (Speaker of the Treasury), David Cohen (Budget Committee Co-Chair), Jack Kider (Budget Committee Co-Chair).  

The current Social Programming Board groups are Team 31, Campus Programming Council, Gargoyle Committee, and Filmboard. These four groups are allocated about 20% of the Student Activity Fee their to put on large-scale social programs that are attended by large and diverse portions of the student body. The Social Programming Board brings great things to campus already, and can only improve as we move forward.