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...tried to turn back the clock. He proposed a constitutional amendment that would restore the two-thirds requirement for bylaws changes.The council voted 31-0-4 for Greenfield’s legislation, and Haddock ruled that it had passed.Yet the constitution—which takes precedence over the bylaws??can only be amended if two-thirds of all UC members cast ballots, And since there are 51 members of the council, Greenfield’s legislation “failed to achieve the necessary threshold for passage,” according to Haddock’s e-mail.Since Greenfield?...
...these initiatives through subsidizing grants. This would be a highly cost-efficient method, especially in comparison with the UC’s current system under which elected representatives with little business prowess run inefficient systems. With respect to FiCom, the UC must also seek reform. Currently somewhat hamstrung by bylaws??one, for instance, that requires a two-thirds vote to overturn FiCom recommendations—the UC should seek to revise its bylaws in addition to changing the institution of FiCom itself. In looking at ways to restructure, the UC must not repeat the mistakes of last spring?...
...discussion moved a step further last night when the UC Rules Committee—the committee responsible for changes to the UC’s bylaws??took up reorganization as its major issue...
...Actors dropped out of one production to do another,” recalls Jonathan S. Miller ’72. In 1984, the HRDC board, led by then-president Nick J. Wyse ’84, decided to coordinate auditions of the separate on campus theater companies. Early on, bylaws??such as rules prohibiting directors from directly contacting actors before cast lists go up—had to be made to stop outside pressure from making actors’ decisions more politically complicated. “The rules have gotten a little more careful,” says...
...this week, council representatives began an “Issue of the Week” campaign targeted at HCCR questions, soliciting students’ ideas on the timing of concentration choice. Additionally, some House representatives hold regular office hours before Sunday council meetings—as required by council bylaws??to gather student views about other issues. Yet this outreach is still spotty. Different House representatives display varying levels of commitment to collecting student input. Glazer and Nichols must pound it into the heads of all council representatives that their first job is to represent and respond...
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