Student Assembly

Dear President Skorton,

Thanks for your responses and suggestions. I hope the commencement ceremony in Qatar went well, and I hope that the commencement here in Ithaca goes even better. I will be sure to provide plenty of caffeine for family and friends as you have suggested.

R. 65 - Revision of University Inclement Weather Policy 8.2�Recommends a revision to the University Inclement Weather Policy to specify protocols for Student Disabilities Services in the event of inclement weather. No approval necessary.

R. 73 - Appendix B Revisions

R. 75 - Appendix B Change�Follows up on your response to the Non-Discrimination Clause by making an amendment to Appendix B to ban discrimination on any organization which directly or indirectly receives by-line funding with the exceptions of club sports and choruses, and allows organizations to enforce uniform standards of belief as a perquisite for membership rights.

R. 76 - Appendix A Changes

R. 77 - Requesting Information from Cornell Dining�Requests (1) The average number of unused Big Red Bucks from the 2008—2009 academic school year, per student and (2) The average monthly Big Red Buck expenditure per student, from the 2009—2010 academic school year. If, for any reason, the information is not available per student, we request a cumulative total of unused Big Red Bucks from the 2008—2009 academic school year. No approval necessary but if you can assist us in attaining the requested information it would help us spread awareness of the initiative to encourage students to spend their leftover Big Red Bucks on food for local soup kitchens and charities.

R. 82 - Upholding Cornell’s Code of Conduct�Recommends the University to sever its contracts with Nike unless the company realigns its business practices with the University’s Codes of Conduct.

R. 84 - Housing Lottery Time Slots�Calls for the redesignation of housing lottery time slots on the basis of number of semesters spent at Cornell rather than class year so as to give mid-year transfer students an equitable chance to participate in the Housing Lottery. No approval necessary but we look forward to working with Campus Life to implement this change.

I plan to submit both an end of the year report and a comprehensive charter review by the end of the week.

Yours in the struggle, I am
Rammy