Coucil Clippings: GSS passes two administrative bills

The Graduate Student Senate conducted a fairly short session this Tuesday with only two bills on the agenda. The meeting began in traditional fashion with the reports by the Senate's executive officers.

President Brock Wester discussed some important campus issues, including the drought and campus safety concerns. With the drought and the Atlanta water restrictions in place, Tech has undertaken some measures to help ease its water consumption with, for example, the implementation of water capture systems on buildings and for air conditioning condensation, the use of water wells on campus and low-water-use toilets.

President Wester also discussed campus safety initiatives, such as the cellphone text message alert system and a system of loudspeakers setup across campus. Wester also mentioned a new proposal that would integrate all the door locks on campus that, in case of an emergency, could all be locked from a central location.

Lastly, in the continuing evolution of the Tech campus, Wester also mentioned the proposal for the addition of a women's softball field to replace the land currently occupied by the O'Keefe Building parking lot.

First up on the agenda was an amendment to make changes to the Joint Finance Committee Policy. The bill would simply revise small sections of the JFC policy document. After a very brief discussion, the bill was passed unanimously.

The second bill discussed was Joint Appointment of new members to the Joint Campus Organizations Committee. The JCOC is in charge of reviewing and overseeing the charters of all campus student organizations.

The bill appointed eight new members to the committee: three graduate students and five undergraduate students. The bill passed with unanimous consent.

Bills passed

Changes to Joint Finance Committee policy

Appointments to Joint Campus Organization committee