minutes from 8/6/07

06 August 07 Student Council Meeting

Pamela Tate Roger: Reported on formation of the Interim Independent Student Council. Fielded suggestions for revision from those present.

James Sheldon: Presented models for decision-making processes:
1. Parliamentary Procedure/Majority Voting
2. Consensus Decision-Making
3. Modified Consensus Models

Council: Unanimously approves adoption of the modified timed consensus model, with a simple majority vote (if necessary) at the meeting’s end. This decision making model applies only so long as the council remains ad hoc, without a ratified charter and without elected representatives from each department.

Katie Paul: Student Council structural models:
1. Spokesperson Model
2. Parliamentary Model
3. New School Senate Model
4. Anarcho-Syndicalist Model

Council: Unanimously approves adoption of the anarcho-syndicalist model. This student council structure applies only so long as the council remains ad hoc, with a ratified charter and without elected representatives from each department.

Anarcho-Syndicalist Model:
1. Any one who wants to speak, speaks.
2. Any one who wants to vote, votes (given that they are currently or previously enrolled students).
3. One person, one vote (whether or not you are an elected representative from your department).
4. Static facilitator positions will be on a rotating basis.
5. Static treasurer and secretary positions can, if people want, be set.

Sarah Zesmer: Discusses original student council mission statement.











Next Meeting: 13 August 2007, 6:00 p.m.

Next Week’s Facilitator: James Sheldon

Next Week’s Agenda:
1. Draft charter based on anarcho-syndicalist model with modified, timed consensus-based decision making, with a simple majority vote at the meeting’s end, if necessary.
2. Discuss publicizing meetings—posting the meeting on the New College of California home page, flyering the 777 Valencia campus, promoting meetings when we meet with our departments.
3. Funding: New College should give us an office and offer financial support for the council
4. Facilitator training: New College should pay for all interested council members to attend facilitator training, so that we can better conduct meetings.
5. Mission statement.