Student Senate to discuss new Webmaster bylaw

After a Student Senate meeting last week which lasted more than three hours and included debate over a proposed resolution, the only item under the old business agenda for Wednesday is a bylaw change.

No new business will be discussed this week.

The bylaw change, which was tabled last week, would open a position for a volunteer Webmaster to design and update the student government and other subsidiary web pages, among other responsibilities.

“Essentially, this remedies the problem that there is really no one to do the Web site,” said George Lesica, sophomore political science major and senate member. “It hasn’t been updated correctly in a couple of years.”

The resolution that prompted heated argument last week was proposed by student senate members Jeff Tischauser and Dwight Nelson to limit senate executives from serving on anything but specified committees.

The student government constitution does not currently limit executives with regard to serving on committees.

While it failed as a proposed resolution last week, Tischauser and Nelson plan to rewrite the resolution as a bill that will be more specific on limitations.

Nelson said the bill will not specify committees executives cannot serve on, so the bill will not be outdated with future additions of committees, and a date will be listed for the proposed bill to take effect.

He said executives can currently sit on all committies relating to their position as exofficiary members, so the bill would not limit them from sitting on committies where they can offer the most expertise.

The approval of Apostolic Circle of Today’s Students as a Recognized Student Organization is on the consent agenda. Approval of student senate member Lindsey Baum to the Faculty Senate is also on the agenda.

The Student Senate will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.