Student Assembly

Whereas, the Student Assembly had 31 students run for 19 spots in the Spring 2010 elections;

Whereas, the Student Assembly had 23 Freshmen run for 3 available Freshmen seats in the Fall 2010 elections;

Whereas, there are more issues and initiatives brought to the attention of the SA than the current SA Members have time to address;

Be it therefore resolved, that the charter now read;

ARTICLE 3: Membership

3.1 Composition The SA will consist of 23 27 voting members who are registered undergraduate students at Cornell University. Up to two additional votes shall be allocated to the entire community of undergraduates as a whole present at a Student Assembly meeting on motions that express the opinion of the assembly. Such community votes shall be allowed only as provided by the Assembly in its bylaws. Eleven voting members of the SA will be elected by and from the student populations of the colleges and schools, one from each: the College of Architecture, Art and Planning; the School of Hotel Administration; the College of Human Ecology; and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Two each shall be elected from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering; and three shall be elected from the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, eight twelve voting members will be elected at-large by and from the University undergraduate student population as a whole; two at-large seats are to be reserved for candidates seeking the offices of President and Executive Vice President of the Student Assembly and must be explicitly designated as such; three at-large seats are to be reserved for non-constituent, undesignated at-large group candidates who do not run for President or Executive Vice President; four at-large seats are to be reserved for candidates seeking to represent constituent groups of students determined to be underrepresented, two of which shall represent minority students; one of which shall represent international students; and one of which shall represent the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer community. Four Five shall be elected by and from new students entering in the fall. Should there be no candidate running for a given seat, the seat shall be considered vacant. The seat will be filled, under Article 3, Section 4, after the newly elected SA takes office.

Bylaw 3.1.a SA members elected from the various colleges and schools must be registered students in their respective colleges and schools by the beginning of the fall term of the academic year for which they were elected. SA members elected at-large must be registered students at Cornell by the beginning of the fall term of the academic year for which they were elected.

Bylaw 3.1.b Three (3) Four (4) new student seats shall be elected and held by new students entering in the fall semester. One (1) additional seat shall be designated the Transfer Seat and shall be elected by transfer students and held by a transfer student.

Respectfully Submitted,

Vincent Andrews ‘11
At-Large Representative
Student Assembly President