by Lola Garcia
This week in Joint Board the proposed Cabinet for next year was presented to hall senators and current Cabinet members. President-elect Mark Henry ’05 and Administrative Coordinator and Vice President-elect Andy Grimm ‘05 gave the initial introduction of next year’s cabinet nominees.
Nominees included Mike Maloney ‘06 for Administrative Coordinator, Matt Clienman ‘06 for Assistant Treasurer, Anne Saloman ‘05 for All Campus Events Chair, Lori Cooke ‘05 for Films Chair, Brendan Baker ‘06 for Concerts Chair and Rebecca Miller ‘05 for the newly created position of Student Services Coordinator. These nominees must be approved by two Joint Board supermajority votes. The first will occur during next Wednesday’s meeting.
“We are looking forward to having a really productive Cabinet,” said Henry of the group he and Grimm had assembled.
At their last meeting, Joint Board gave final approval to two Cabinet position changes in the SGA bylaws. This week, Joint Board also gave final approval to the removal of the “Tony O. Pham” clause in the Films Chair job description. The clause required the Films Chair to host a film festival every year. The three amendments were written and presented by Grimm.
The most dramatic amendment combines two cabinet positions into one. Next year the duties of the Student Services Coordinator and Student Groups Liaison will be performed by one position under the Student Services Coordinator. The person filling the cabinet position will be responsible for coordinating student groups and acting as a liaison between student groups and SGA, as well as being responsible for all student services under the purview of SGA and handling the student initiative process. “Essentially Cabinet saw that both position could be done with one position,” Grimm said. “We basically saved a salary that can be reallocated for other things.”
The other change was to the responsibilities of Administrative Coordinator, the highest un-elected position in SGA. New clauses add an advise/assist role for Cabinet members as well as “general support for Cabinet communications.” According to Grimm, “[the position] was changed to reflect what the AC was already doing, … so there was really no radical change there.”
Administrative Coordinator
Mike Maloney ‘06
Student Services Coordinator
Rebecca Miller ‘05
Assistant Treasurer
Matt Clienman ‘06
All-Campus Events Chair
Anna Saloman ‘05
Films Chair
Lori Cooke ‘05
Concerts Chair
Brendan Baker ‘06
Nominees must be approved by two Joint Board super-majority votes. The first vote is next Wednesday.
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