I. Call to Order

II. Opening Roll Call

III. Approval of the Agenda

IV. Approval of the Previous Minutes

a. Minutes from the 16th meeting on January 17th, 2016 (Sent via email)

V. Guest Speakers

a. Kevin Yang – Chair of the Student Organization Funding Commission

VI. Community Concerns

VII. Executive Communications

VIII. Report of the Speaker

IX. Representative Reports

X. Committee Reports

a. Rules Committee

b. Finance Committee

c. Communications Committee

d. Resolutions Committee (Report Attached)

XI. Election and Recall of Members

a. Confirmation of Josh Martin as Ex-Officio for Interfraternity Council

XII. New Business

a. A.R. 6-030: A Resolution to Support the Adoption of a Student Fee to Aid Student

Extracurricular Involvement and Leadership via the Leadership Engagement Scholarship

b. A.R. 6-032: A Resolution to Approve the CSG Winter 2017 Budget

c. A.R. 6-033: A Resolution to Commit to Hosting Zero Waste Events

XIII. Old Business

XIV. Motions and Other Business

XV. Announcements and Matters Arising

XVI. Closing Roll Call

XVII. Adjournment

Sixth Assembly – 17th Meeting

January 17th, 2016

Agenda

Committee Report Committee: Resolutions Date/Time/Location of Meeting: 1/22/17 Room G CSG Attendance:

Miclan Quorpencetta

Ali Rosenblatt

Christopher McDonald

Arlyn Reed

Christopher Fowler

Sandhya Medapuram

Lakshman Mulpuri

Kathryn Graham

Jared Ferguson Business before the committee (Number & Name):

None Notes about discussion:

None

Other things discussed:

Miclan’s resolution talks about adjusting either AA school district or Michigan academic calendar to better coincide in order to make it easier for students with kids

o Strong support expressed by LEO. Waiting to hear back from GEO. o Will bring up at assembly next week.

Disscussed the zero waste resolution again. o Set up proper means of implementing the requirement. Is the sustainability

commission able to properly monitor and facilitate this process? o Will be brought before the assembly on the 24th of January.

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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 6-030

A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF A STUDENT FEE TO AID

STUDENT EXTRACURRICULAR INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP VIA THE

LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP

WHEREAS, the Leadership Engagement Scholarship was created to reduce the implicit

and explicit cost barriers to extracurricular involvement that students might 2

face by providing students with “demonstrated need” 1 with scholarship

funding to join and lead their respective student organizations; AND 4

WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the authors that the Leadership Engagement Scholarship

aligns with the University’s larger Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) 6

strategic plan, as it will function as a “tool of equity,” providing the means

for more emerging and established leaders with the resources to get involved 8

in the extracurricular life of Michigan; AND

WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the authors that the Leadership Engagement Scholarship 10

has the potential to strengthen intra-organizational diversity, especially with

regards to socioeconomic status (SES); AND 12

WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the authors that the Leadership Engagement Scholarship

aligns with the spirit of the University’s Bicentennial, embracing the storied 14

history of student leadership at the University of Michigan; AND

WHEREAS, this scholarship fund will be available to undergraduate, graduate, and 16

professional students, of all schools, colleges, and majors at U-M; AND

WHEREAS, although initial donations to create the scholarship have been acquired, there 18

is a need to increase its resources to provide more students with award

funding; AND 20

WHEREAS, this scholarship has received support from various sectors of the University

community, including the administration2 and the student body3; AND 22

WHEREAS, every University of Michigan students pays a collection of student fees per

semester, which support a number of programs and departments at the 24

University, including the different school/college student governments and

the Union and Recreational Sports facilities renovation fee4; AND 26

1 https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/leadership-engagement-scholarship. 2 https://www.michigandaily.com/section/administration/csg-announces-new-student-leadership-

scholarship-regents-meeting 3 https://www.michigandaily.com/section/columns/victoria-noble-leadership-engagement-

scholarship-financial-need-extra-curriculars 4 http://ro.umich.edu/tuition/

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WHEREAS, student fees are covered by financial aid packages as part of one’s cost of

attendance at the University of Michigan5, an increase in the amount of 28

student fees will be mitigated by an increase in financial aid; AND

WHEREAS, implementing a student fee to help fund a scholarship program has been 30

done at different Universities, including the University of Southern

California6 and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign7; AND 32

WHEREAS, a 5-year, $5/semester student fee in support of the Leadership Engagement

Scholarship will bring in more than $2 million for student leadership 34

involvement and support over the course of the 5-year life of the fee; AND

WHEREAS, a student fee in support of the Leadership Engagement Scholarship will not 36

support the activities or operation of CSG in any capacity; AND

THEREFORE BE IT 38

RESOLVED, that Central Student Government encourages the University administration

to adopt a 5-year, $5/semester student fee to support extracurricular 40

involvement and leadership for students with demonstrated financial need

via the Leadership Engagement Scholarship. 42

5 https://finaid.umich.edu/cost-of-attendance/. 6 http://sait.usc.edu/ntsaf/. 7 http://union.illinois.edu/get-involved/office-of-volunteer-programs/legacy-scholarship.

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Authors

_______________________________ _______________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joe Ambrose, Public Policy

_______________________________

Micah Griggs, LS&A

Sponsors

_______________________________ _______________________________

Max Rothman, LS&A Alex Brewster, Engineering

_______________________________ _______________________________

Joe Shea, Public Policy Tommy Vu, Pharmacy

_______________________________ _______________________________

Sophia Baur-Waisbord, Kinesiology Whit Froehlich, Medicine

_______________________________ _______________________________

Trevis Harrold, Public Policy Nadine Jawad, Public Policy

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joe Goldberg

Speaker of the Assembly Vice Speaker of the Assembly

President’s Approval

___________________________

David Schafer

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Presented to the Assembly for First Reads on ___________________________

Presented to the Assembly for Second Reads on _________________________

Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________

Signature Necessary: ______ Signature Received By _________________: ______

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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 6-032

A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE CSG WINTER 2017 BUDGET

WHEREAS, the Central Student Government acquires its revenue from the current

student fees in addition to any rollover funds existing from previous

terms; AND

WHEREAS, the CSG budget proposal must comply with the CSG Compiled Code’s

disbursement mandates; AND

WHEREAS, the disbursement of these funds will occur over ten CSG accounts; AND

BE IT FINALLY

RESOLVED, that the budget below serve as the CSG Winter 2017 semester budget.

CSG Accounts Compiled Code

Mandates

Disbursement

Percentages

Projected Monetary

Disbursement

General Reserve 5% minimum 5% $20,292.26

Operations 4% maximum 2.5% $10,146.13

Payroll 20% maximum 18% $73,052.13

Executive

Discretionary

2% minimum

9% maximum

6.5% $26,379.94

Commission

Discretionary

2% minimum

9% maximum

6.5% $26,379.94

Legislative

Discretionary

2% minimum

9% maximum

5% $20,292.26

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Central Student

Judiciary

N/A 0% $0.00

Summer Assembly N/A 0% $0.00

CSG Sponsored N/A 0% $0.00

SOFC 50% minimum 56.5% $229,302.52

Total 100% $405,845.17

Authors

_______________________________

Kohlton Johnson, LSA

CSG Treasurer

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joseph Goldberg, LSA

Speaker of the Assembly Vice Speaker of the Assembly

President’s Approval

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____________________________

David Schafer

Presented to the Assembly for First Reads on ___________________________

Presented to the Assembly for Second Reads on _________________________

Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________

Signature Necessary: ______ Signature Received By _________________: ______

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ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 6-033

A RESOLUTION TO COMMIT TO HOSTING ZERO WASTE EVENTS

WHEREAS, The University of Michigan has committed to a waste reduction goal of

reducing landfill waste by 40% by 2025 and 35-40% of our landfilled 2

waste is compostable1; AND

WHEREAS, A substantial portion of waste comes from food products and events 4

where food is present, events that can be zero-waste events wherein at

least 90% of the waste is diverted from the landfill by reducing, 6

recycling, and composting; AND

WHEREAS, The Central Student Government represents the student body and should 8

be a leader in sustainability on campus as evidenced by the passage of

AR 6-010: A Resolution to Promote Green Books2; AND 10

WHEREAS, Central Student Government hosts a variety of events with food that can

be hosted as “zero-waste events”; AND 12

WHEREAS There are already many compostable dinnerware and utensils in the CSG

storage room that are currently not being utilized; AND 14

WHEREAS, The Student Sustainability Initiative lays out how to host zero-waste

events and will provide information, resources, and advice upon filling 16

out the form at http://sustainability.umich.edu/ssi/zero-waste;

THEREFORE BE IT 18

RESOLVED, Central Student Government will further its commitment to sustainability

in encouraging sponsored, co-sponsored, and funded events to follow the 20

zero-waste guidelines.; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, Every Central Student Government event run by executive members, 22

assembly members, or commissions will be required to fill out the form

at http://sustainability.umich.edu/ssi/zero-waste to receive advice on how 24

to make the event more sustainable; AND BE IT FINALLY

RESOLVED, There will be guidelines for how to host zero waste events uploaded to the 26

Central Student Government website and CSG Sustainability Commission

will work with the event hosts to ensure guidelines are followed. 28

Authors

1 http://sustainability.umich.edu/media/files/Landfill-Waste-Reduction-Committee-Report-2015.pdf 2 https://umcsg.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/a-r-6-010-final.pdf

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______________________________ _____________________________

Ali Rosenblatt, LSA Kathryn Graham, LSA

______________________________ _____________________________

Samantha Kennedy, LSA Kimberly Cusmano, Engineering

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joe Goldberg, LSA

Speaker of the Assembly Vice Speaker of the Assembly

President’s Approval

____________________________

David Schafer

Presented to the Assembly for First Reads on ___________________________

Presented to the Assembly for Second Reads on _________________________

Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________

Signature Necessary: ______ Signature Received By _________________: ______

ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 6-034

A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR MONTHLY LUNCHES PROMOTING

POSITIVE ACTION AND DIALOGUE REGARDING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN

CONFLICT

WHEREAS, After A.R. 6-018 failed in Central Student Government there were many

calls for positive action and dialogue surrounding this topic; AND

WHEREAS, we hold that in order to make positive, collaborative steps forward we

must first be able to understand each other’s narratives; AND

WHEREAS, the Central Student Government is committed to fostering meaningful

conversations around difficult subjects and improving the campus

climate; AND

WHEREAS, we plan to hold monthly lunches attended by students passionate about

working toward a peaceful and collaborative solution to this conflict on

the University of Michigan’s campus and in the region at hand;

THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that the Central Student Government Legislative Fund allocates up to

$200 to this effort to be spent over the course of four monthly lunches

between January and April of 2017; AND BE IT FINALLY

RESOLVED, that we will report to the Central Student Government Assembly in

March 2017 about the status of these efforts.

Authors

_______________________________

Gaby Roth, LSA

_______________________________

Eli Schrayer, LSA

_______________________________

Matt Fidel, Ford School of Public Policy

Attest

______________________________ _____________________________

Tania Haddad, Engineering Joe Goldberg

Speaker of the Assembly Vice Speaker of the Assembly

President’s Approval

____________________________

David Schafer

Presented to the Assembly for First Reads on ___________________________

Presented to the Assembly for Second Reads on _________________________

Yes: _____ No: _____ Abs: _____ Date: _______________________

Signature Necessary: ______ Signature Received By _________________: ______