The results are in! Thank you to everyone who voted! 21% of the student body voted!
ASPLU's new president is: Kennedy Gwin
ASPLU's new vice president is: Todd Dizon
Senate Resolution 14:
The status of honorary member of ASPLU shall be restricted to those persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the students enrolled at PLU. Be it resolved, Haedon Brunelle and Carson Bergstrom are made honorary members of ASPLU for life
Senate Bill 32: Sex Traffic Awareness Seminar
Claudia Lawrence will be speaking about the problem of sex trafficking that afflicts indigenous communities, missing and murdered Indigenous Women and other missing Natives: Men and gender fluid/Two Spirit Folks.
Tabled for 2 weeks
Senate Bill 31: Funding for Sounds of Solidarity 2019
This would help fund materials for Sounds of Solidarity 2019.
It passed 10:1! (one senator is participating and thus abstained from voting)
Senate Bill 25: Commuter and Transfer Student Senators, Article IV Bylaw Changes
We've had a lot of discussion. Changing the titles of people in the senate is a big decision and we want to do our research before we come to a decision about this.
Tabled for 2 weeks
This beautiful PNW weather sets us up perfectly for the @ASPLU_Lutes Executive Open Forum tonight starting with a reception at 6 and the forum at 6:30 in the UC! See you there!
Our office is going to be open to all trans/intersex/GNC students who've been affected by recent social media conflict until noon today! We'll be offering coffee and snacks in the hopes of creating a welcoming environment for you all. Please feel free to make our space your own!
Thank you to everyone who voted!
The presidential candidates who will be advancing to the general election are: Carlos Alvarez and Kennedy Gwin
The vice presidential candidates who will be advancing to the general election are: Todd Dizon and Mei-Yun Loya
Congratulations!
There were so many students involved in this process and I couldn't be more grateful for all the work put into this resolution. I also want to thank Vice President Carson Bergstrom for putting pen to paper on this Resolution and meeting with the Chair to get this going!
This is massive. I can’t thank the Senate enough for support on legislation that will add representation on the highest level of this institution. This is a huge step for PLU as an institution and we have been happy to take charge!
Senate Bill 29: Compensation of ASPLU Senators
We are discussing the possibility of compensating future ASPLU Senators. Currently, ASPLU Senators are unpaid for all of the hard work that they do.
We want to get more input from the student body.
Forwarded to all committees!
Senate Bill 28: Civic Engagement Conference Funding
This would fund Civic Engagement Director Riley Dolan's attendance of the Unrig Nashville conference so he could gather the guidelines for the possible Lute Vote Director.
Uanimously forwarded to Ways & Means
Senate Bill 27: Autism Awareness Month & Intersectional Neurology
This would fund advertising for the events that will be taking place during Autism Awareness Month.
This has been unanimously forwarded to all committees!
Senate Resolution 13: Lute Vote Director Support
We very much appreciate the work that Civic Engagement Director Riley Dolan does for Lute Vote. This resolution voices our support for the creation of a paid Lute Vote Director to continue that work on.
It passed unanimously!
Senate Bill 25: Commuter and Transfer Student Senators, Article IV Bylaw Changes
We still need to work out the details of this bill, so it has been tabled unanimously until next week!