6:59 | Members of the 25th VSA Council are filing in. At this meeting the Council will appoint students to positions that remained empty after elections.
Empty positions include Town Houses Treasurer, Terrace Apartments Treasurer, South Commons Treasurer, Strong Treasurer, Noyes Secretary, and a student representative to the Committee on Academic Technologies. Though all applicants to the vacant positions were invited to attend the meeting, only seven have arrived so far.
7:07 | Attendance: All Council members are present.
7:07 | VSA President Mat Leonard ’11 is explaining the process of appointing students to the positions. The Council will be able to go into closed session to discuss candidates before voting on multiple options.
7:09 | Vice President for Operations Ruby Cramer ’12 moves to appoint Anne Silk ’13 to the position of Noyes Secretary. President of Noyes Jenna Konstantine ’13 is elaborating on Silk’s qualifications.
7:11 | The Council unanimously votes to appoint Silk.
7:12 | Cramer moves to appoint Sena Goka ’11 to Terrace Apartments Treasurer. She is unanimously appointed.
7:14 | Cramer moves to appoint Hannah Savio ’11 to South Commons Programming Director. She is unanimously appointed.
7:15 | Jordan Tower ’13 and Asuka Sawada ’13 are both running for Strong House Treasurer. Class of 2010 President Moe Byrne ’11 asks if they have any ideas for alternative programming.
7:21 | The Council has moved into closed session to discuss the candidates.
7:35 | The Council has moved out of closed session. Strong, Ferry and Cushing representatives abstain. The Council elects Jordan Tower by a vote of 12-8.
7:37 | Cramer moves to appoint Adam Russin ’11 to be South Commons Treasurer. He is unanimously appointed.
7:39 | The Council is moving on to appoint a Town Houses Treasurer. There are seven applicants, though only two are present at Council this evening–Rachel Mestel ’11 and Garrett Rich ’11.
7:45 | The Council has moved into closed session to discuss the applicants.
7:54 | The Council has moved out of closed session. Representatives from the Town Houses, Class of 2011, and the Terrace Apartments abstain. By a vote of 9-5-4 between three of the candidates, the Council elects Rachel Mestel ’11.
7:56 | The Council has moved on to appoint a student representative to the Committee on Academic Technologies. There are three applicants–Aashim Usgaonkar ’13, Will Serio ’13 and Brittany Stopa ’13. Stopa and Usgaonkar are at the meeting.
8:01 | South Commons President Brian Kim ’11 is questioning Usgaonkar about his proposal to work with the committee to create more stringent barriers that will keep students from illegally downloading music. Though he could not go into the technical details, Usgaonkar said that students’ illegal downloading is a waste of resources for Computing and Information Services.
8:04 | The Council has moved into closed session.
8:14 | The Council has moved out of closed session. Josselyn House is abstaining. By a vote of 17-2-1 between the applicants, the Council elects Usgaonkar to the Committee on Academic Technologies.
8:20 | The Council adjourns.
